Anderson (surname)
Anderson | |
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Gender | Masculine |
Origin | |
Language(s) |
1. English 2. Swedish 3. Danish |
Word/Name |
1. Anders 2. Andrew |
Meaning |
1. "son of Andrew" 2. "son of Anders" |
Other names | |
Variant(s) | D'Andrea, Andersen, Andersson, Andersonne, Andersons, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andrásffy, Andrásfi, Andreasian, Andreasyan, Andreescu, Andreiescu, Andresen, Andresoun, Andresson, Andreou, Andrewson, Andrejević, Andrejavičius, Andrejevičius, Andrejić, Andrejsons, Andrzejowicz, Andreyev, Andriadze, Andriashvili, Andrić, Andriyenko, Andriyiv, Andrijašević, Andrijavić, Andrijević, Androson, Ondřejovič, MacAnndrais |
Families | |
Clan Anderson |
Anderson, Andersson, or Andersen is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly"). It originated in parallel in Britain and the Nordic countries.
In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means the servant of St. Andrew. Variations of this name were MacAndrew, Gillanders and Anderson. The name soon migrated to other parts of Scotland due to the popularity of the name "Andrew" as associated with the Patron Saint of Scotland and the largest grouping lies in the north-east of Scotland from the Mearns through Aberdeenshire, Banff and Moray.
In England, the very first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere, is probably that of William Andreu, which was dated 1237, in the ancient charters of the county of Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1237.
Anderson is the eighth most frequent surname in Scotland and 52nd most common in England.[1]
In Sweden, the form Andersson (and also Anderson) is the most common surname.[2]
In Norway and Denmark, the form Andersen is quite common, being the fifth most common surname in both countries[3][4] - see Andersen.
The Scandinavian forms Andersson and Andersen were often rendered as Anderson by immigrants to the English-speaking countries, whereby the latter form became one of the most common American surnames. The name was eleventh most common surname reported in the 1990 United States census, accounting for 0.3% of the population.[5] It is the twelfth most common surname reported in the 2000 United States Census.[6] Anderson is also one of the most common surnames in Canada.[7]
Other spelling variations include: Andison, Andersonne, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andresoun, Androson, Andirston, Andresson, Andrewson, and Andresen.
Notable persons with the surname Anderson include:
United Kingdom
- Ben Anderson (journalist) (born 1975), English journalist and television reporter
- Brett Anderson (songwriter and musician), English singer, Suede
- Clive Anderson, British lawyer and comedian
- Daphne Anderson (1922–2013), British actress
- G Anderson, English cricketer
- George Frederick Anderson, British musician and Master of the Queen's Music
- Geraint Anderson, British analyst and columnist
- Gary Anderson (darts player), Premier League 2011 Champion darts player
- Gary Anderson (F1 designer), Northern Irish former Formula One racing car designer
- Gerry Anderson, British television producer and puppeteer of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet
- Ian Anderson (musician) (born 1947), British singer, songwriter and flautist, with Jethro Tull
- Ian A. Anderson, folk musician and editor of "fRoots" magazine
- Ijah Anderson (born 1975), English footballer
- Jon Anderson (born 1944), English musician and singer, with Yes
- Lucy Anderson (1797–1878), English pianist
- Adam Anderson (born 1984), English musician with Hurts
- Mark S. Anderson (born 1960), U.S. journalist with American Free Press
- Martina Anderson (born 1962), Northern Irish politician
- Miller Anderson (musician), Scottish musician
- Pamela Sue Anderson, English philosopher
- Paul Anderson (born 1971), rugby league footballer and current Head Coach of the Huddersfield Giants.
- Paul W. S. Anderson (born 1965), British filmmaker
- Rona Anderson (1926–2013), Scottish actress
- Russell Anderson (born 1978), Scottish footballer
- Viv Anderson, English footballer
- William Anderson (Bishop of Salisbury) (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury
- James Anderson (born 1982), English Cricketer
United States
- Alf Anderson, American baseball player
- Amy Anderson (comedian), American comedian
- Anderson family, a group of American professional wrestlers who are billed as relatives:
- Gene Anderson (1933–1991), fictional brother
- Lars Anderson (born 1939, real name Lawrence Heinemi), fictional brother
- Ole Anderson (born 1942, real name Alan Rogowski), fictional brother
- Arn Anderson (born 1958, real name Martin Lunde), fictional cousin
- Brad Anderson (wrestler) (born 1969), real-life son of Gene
- Bryant Anderson (born 1970, real name Brian Rogowski), real-life son of Ole
- C.W. Anderson (born 1971; real name Chris Wright), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
- Karl Anderson (born 1980; real name Chad Allegra), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
- Anthony Anderson, American actor
- Anton Anderson (1892–1960), American engineer and mayor of Anchorage, Alaska 1956–1958
- Benedict Anderson, social scientist, author of Imagined Communities
- Bill Anderson (baseball), professional baseball player
- Bob Anderson (runner), (born 1947), American runner
- Brady Anderson (born 1964), American professional baseball player
- Brent F. Anderson (1932–2013), American politician
- Brooke Anderson, American television personality, co-host of The Insider
- Bryan Anderson, Iraqi War veteran and stuntman
- Cal Anderson (1948–1995), American politician
- Carl David Anderson (1901–1991), American physicist, 1936 Nobel laureate
- Carl Thomas Anderson (1865–1948), American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Henry
- Carlotta Adele Anderson (1876-?), teacher of the deaf and dumb
- Charles David Anderson (1827–1901), Confederate general
- Chic Anderson (1931–1979), American horse race announcer
- Charles DeWitt Anderson (1827–1901), Confederate colonel
- Bud Anderson, American aviator and flying ace
- Clayton Conrad Anderson (born 1959), American NASA astronaut
- Cliff Anderson (born 1944), American basketball player
- Cliff Anderson (American football) (1929–1979), American football player
- Clinton Presba Anderson (1895–1975), American politician
- Cornealious Michael Anderson III, American robber
- Curt Anderson (born 1949), Maryland legislator and former broadcast journalist
- David Leroy Anderson, Academy Award winning makeup artist
- Edmund E. Anderson, American auto designer
- Ernie Anderson, American voice actor and radio personality
- Floyd E. Anderson (1891–1976), New York politician and judge
- Frank Anderson (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
- Galusha Anderson, American theologian
- Garret Anderson, former American baseball player
- Gillian Anderson (born 1968), American actress
- Harry Anderson, American actor and magician
- Harry Anderson (artist), American illustrator and a member of the Illustrator's Hall of Fame
- Ho Che Anderson, American comic book artist
- Ivie Anderson (1904–1949), American jazz singer
- Jace Anderson, American scriptwriter
- Jack Anderson (columnist) (1922–2005), American journalist
- James B. Anderson (1935-), Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Pennsylvania State University
- Jane Anderson (born 1954), American actress, screenwriter and director
- Jason Anderson (American football), baseball player
- Jerald C. Anderson (1934–2014), American dentist and politician
- Jesse Anderson, American murderer
- Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete
- John Anderson (baseball coach) (born 1955), American college baseball coach
- Bud Anderson (baseball), American baseball player
- Karen Anderson (writer) (born 1932), American fantasy writer
- Karen Anderson (athlete) (born 1938), American javelin thrower
- Karl Anderson (athlete) (1900-1989), American hurdler
- Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American football quarterback
- Ken Anderson (defensive lineman) (1975–2009), American football defensive lineman
- Ken Anderson (wrestler) (born 1976), American professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
- Kyle Anderson (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American singer and performance artist
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), American composer
- Liz Anderson (born 1930), American country music singer
- Loni Anderson (born 1945), American actress
- Louie Anderson, American comedian
- Lynn Anderson (born 1947), American country music singer
- Marc Anderson, American percussionist
- Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the USAR
- Margaret Caroline Anderson (1886–1973), American founder, The Little Review
- Margaret L. Anderson, historian
- Marge Anderson (1932–2013), American politician
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), First African-American singer at the Metropolitan Opera
- Mark Anderson (writer) (born 1967), American journalist and author
- Mark Anderson (football player), American football player
- Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) (1918–2014), American actress
- Maurice Anderson (born 1975), American football player
- Melissa Sue Anderson (born 1962), American actress
- Melody Anderson (born 1955), Canadian-American actress and social worker
- Mike Anderson (disambiguation), various people
- Miller Anderson (1922–1965), American diver
- Moses Anderson (1928–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Nicole Anderson (born 1990), American actress
- Ottis Anderson (born 1957; also known as O. J. Anderson), American football player
- Pamela Anderson (born 1967), Canadian-American glamour model and actress
- Paul Thomas Anderson (born 1970), American filmmaker
- Pete D. Anderson (1931–2013), American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
- Philip Warren Anderson (born 1923), American theoretical physicist
- Poul Anderson (born 1926), American science fiction author
- Richard Anderson (born 1926), American actor
- Richard "Big Daddy Ritch" Anderson, lead vocalist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
- Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor and television producer
- Ricky Anderson (American football) (born 1963), American football player
- Rodney Anderson (Texas politician) (born 1968), American politician
- Robert M. Anderson (economist), American economist
- Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
- Sari Anderson (born 1978), American multisport and endurance athlete
- Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941), American writer
- Sparky Anderson (1934–2010), American baseball manager
- Stephen Wayne Anderson (1953–2002), executed Utah assaulter and California murderer of Elizabeth Lyman
- Steve Anderson (athlete) (1906-1988), American athlete
- Theodore Wilbur Anderson (born 1918), American statistician, co-inventor of the Anderson–Darling test
- Tom Anderson (born 1970) is the American co-founder of the social networking website Myspace.
- Vivian Anderson (baseball) (born 1921), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Warren Anderson (chairman) (born 1921), American former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation
- Warren M. Anderson (1915–2007), New York politician
- Wayne D. Anderson (1930–2013), American college sports coach
- Wes Anderson, film director
- William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War
Footballers
- Andrade Antunes Anderson (born 1981), Brazilian striker, started at Ferroviário
- Andrew Anderson (footballer) (born 1909), English, former player
- Felipe Anderson (born 1993), Brazilian midfielder, started at Santos
- Ijah Anderson, (born 1975), English defender, who played in The Football League
- John Anderson (Irish footballer) (born 1959), Irish, former defender who played for Newcastle United
- Paul Anderson (footballer) (born 1988), English winger, started at Hull City
- Rupert Anderson (1859-1944), English, former player
- Sonny Anderson (born 1970), Brazilian, former forward, started at Vasco
- Stan Anderson (born 1933), English, former player, started at Sunderland
- Viv Anderson (born 1954), English, former player, started at Nottingham Forest
Other
- Alexander Anderson (physicist), Irish Physicist known for Anderson's Bridge; also first to suggest Black Holes
- Anna Anderson (1896 - 1984), a famous impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and that she miraculously escaped her family's execution.
- Arnold Anderson (athlete), New Zealand athlete
- Gerald Anderson, Filipino celebrity
- Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Janet Anderson Perkin (1921–2012), Canadian professional baseball player and curler
- Jeffrey Anderson (radio producer) (1928–2014), Canadian music critic, journalist, and television and radio producer
- Judith Anderson (1897–1992), Australian film actress
- Karen Anderson (squash player) (born 1971), Jamaican squash player
- Kevin Anderson (disambiguation), various people
- Lory Anderson (born 1982), Paraguayan actress and presenter
- Louis Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
- Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (1887–1960), Russian-German statistician
- Sam Anderson (rugby league) (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
Andersson
- Arne Andersson (1917–2009), Swedish middle distance runner
- Axel Andersson i Österfärnebo (1897–1979), Swedish politician
- Benny Andersson Member of Swedish pop group ABBA.
- Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress
- Conny Andersson (disambiguation), various people
- Daniel Andersson (disambiguation), various people
- Emil Andersson, Swedish running target shooter
- Eric Andersson, Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
- Gunnar Andersson, (1928–1969) Swedish football player
- Håkan Andersson, Swedish former Motocross World Champion
- Håkan Andersson, Swedish amateur hockey scout
- Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
- Ingermar Andersson (1928–1992), Swedish sprint canoer
- Jessica Andersson (born 1973), Swedish singer. Also previously part of the Swedish pop duo Fame
- Joakim Andersson (diver), Swedish retired diver
- Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist, geologist and author
- Kent Andersson (motorcyclist) (1942–2006), Swedish Grand Prix motorcyclist
- Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Mauritz Andersson (1886–1971) Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer
- Ove Andersson (1938–2008), Swedish rally driver
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Roy Andersson, Swedish filmmaker
- Roy Andersson (footballer), Swedish footballer
- Theresa Andersson, Swedish-born American musician
- Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
Fictional
- Sgt. Zeke Anderson, character in the TV series Tour of Duty
- Sgt. Suzanne Anderson, star of in the TV series Police Woman
- Thomas A. Anderson ("Neo"), character from The Matrix
- Judge Anderson, character from Judge Dredd
- Alexander Anderson (Hellsing), character in the Japanese anime/manga series
- Amy Anderson, the name briefly used by Sailor Moon character Ami Mizuno
- Tom Anderson, neighbor from Beavis and Butthead
- Jesse Andersen, character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Trent Anderson, character from Dan Brown's novel, The Lost Symbol
- Bonnie Anderson, a character in Toy Story 3
- Blaine Anderson, character from Glee
- Dru Anderson, character from the book series Strange Angels
- Tyler Anderson, character from the Play-by-Play series by Jaci Burton
- Andersson, fictional family, featuring several of the main characters in the Sune book series
See also
- Anne Anderson (disambiguation)
- Alan Anderson (disambiguation)
- Clan Anderson
- David Anderson (disambiguation)
- James Anderson (disambiguation)
- John Anderson (disambiguation)
- Kenneth Anderson (disambiguation)
- Martin Anderson (disambiguation)
- Peter Anderson (disambiguation)
- Robert Anderson (disambiguation)
- Richard Anderson (disambiguation)
- Ryan Anderson (disambiguation)
- Samuel Anderson (disambiguation)
- Terry Anderson (disambiguation)
- Thomas Anderson (disambiguation)
- Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
- Victor Anderson (disambiguation)
- Andersen
References
- ↑ "Anderson Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
- ↑ Efternamn, topp 100 - Statistics Sweden
- ↑ Statistics Norway
- ↑ Statistics Denmark
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ↑ Genealogy
- ↑ CBC News In Depth: Common surnames