| [ 3 syll. an-der-son, and-ers-on ] The boy name Anderson is pronounced as AENDerSahN KEY. Anderson is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Scandinavian origins. The meaning of Anderson is son of Andrew. Derived from the word 'son'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See also the related forms, Anders (Scandinavian) and Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian). Anderson is a rather popular baby boy name, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.042% of baby boys were given the name Anderson. It was #347 in rank then. In 2007, out of the family of boy names directly linked to Anderson, Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian) was the most popular. It was 20 times more widely used than Anderson in that year. KEY: Pronunciation for Anderson: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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