Anderson

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/

Alternative forms

• (surname): Enderson.

Etymology 1

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) +‎ -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

Proper noun

Anderson (countable and uncountable, plural Andersons)

1. (countable) A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (countable) A male given name
3. A placename
   1. A river in British Columbia, Canada; flowing from near the Coquihalla Pass into the Fraser River near Boston Bar; named for fur trader James Anderson.
   2. A river in the Northwest Territories, Canada; flowing 692 km from Colville Lake into the Beaufort Sea, probably named for fur trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson.
   3. A river in Indiana, United States; flowing 80 km from near Eckerty into the Ohio at Troy.
   4. A locality in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia; named for early settlers Samuel, Hugh and Thomas Anderson.
   5. A locale in the United States:
      1. A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama; named for local gristmill operator Samuel Anderson.
      2. An unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama.
      3. A city in Denali Borough, Alaska; named for homesteader Arthur Anderson.
      4. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
      5. A city in Shasta County, California; named for landowner Elias Anderson.
      6. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California; named for early settler Walter Anderson.
      7. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
      8. An unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois.
      9. A city, the county seat of Madison County, Indiana; named for Lenape Chief William Anderson.
      10. A city in McDonald County, Missouri; named for local merchant Robert Anderson.
      11. A census-designated place in Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
      12. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
      13. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina; named for Revolutionary War officer Robert Anderson.
      14. A town, the county seat of Grimes County, Texas; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.
      15. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
      16. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
      17. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
      18. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Anderson Township.

Alternative forms

• Andison (Scottish surname)

Derived terms

• Anderson County
• Anderson-Darling test
• Anderson-Higgs mechanism
• Andersonian
• andersonite
• Anderson localization
• Anderson squat
• Andersonstown
• react Anderson

 

Related terms

• Andrews

Translations

surname meaning "son of Andrew"

• Armenian: Անդրեասյան (Andreasyan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安德森 (āndésēn)

• Danish: Andersen
• Greek: Ανδρεάδης (el) m (Andreádis), Ανδρέου (el) (Andréou), Ανδρεόπουλος (el) m (Andreópoulos)
• Marathi: अँडरसन (aĕṇḍarsan)
• Norwegian: Andersen (no)
• Polish: Andrzejewicz
• Romanian: Andreescu (ro)
• Russian: Андре́ев (ru) m (Andréjev)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Андријашевић, Андровић, Андрејић, Андић

  Roman: Andrijašević, Andrović, Andrejić, Andrić

• Swedish: Andersson (sv)

river in Northwest Territories

• Inuktitut: Kuuk (iu)
• Marathi: अँडरसन (aĕṇḍarsan)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Anderson is the 15^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 784,404 individuals. Anderson is most common among White (75.2%) and Black/African American (18.9%) individuals.

See also

• Anders

Etymology 2

From earlier Anderston, from Middle English Andreuston, equivalent to Andrew +‎ -s- +‎ -ton.

Proper noun

Anderson

1. A small village and civil parish (served by Lower Winterborne Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8797).

See also

• Anderson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Naderson, Nardones

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Anderson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈandeɾson/ [ˈãn̪.d̪eɾ.sõn]
• Rhymes: -andeɾson
• Syllabification: An‧der‧son

Proper noun

Anderson m

1. a male given name from English

Proper noun

Anderson m or f by sense

1. a surname from English