Given name & surname
Sanderson
“son of Alexander”
Sanderson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “son of Alexander.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “son of Alexander.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Sanderson as a surname is a short form of Alexander. In English usage, Sanderson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Sander.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanderson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,553 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,553 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 23,313 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sanderson’s family of names
In English usage, Sanderson as a surname is a short form of Alexander. In English usage, Sanderson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Sander. Sanderson has a related form in Sanders.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sanderson
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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