Anderson

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/

• (surname): Enderson.

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.

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.

• Andison (Scottish surname)

• Andrews

• 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.

• Anders

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

Anderson

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

• Anderson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Naderson, Nardones

Unadapted borrowing from English Anderson.

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

Anderson m or f by sense

1. a surname from English