Talk:Anderson (surname)

Different spellings
This page refers to many surnames which do not share common origin, but simply sound the same. Gaelic and Scandinavian versions, for instance, deserve separate pages, for one thing because the formation of the surnames followed different logic, and the forms were cemented into their current versions at different points in history. In fact the multiple Scottish clans and septs should ideally be distinguished.


 * Thanks for your input. I suggest you expand the information in the article, providing separate sections on Gaelic and Scandinavian etc., and explaining what the different logic is, and so on.  If the page gets involved enough, we can split them into separate pages, but I think most people hitting this page would be interested in the full history of the name.  Good luck and happy editing, &mdash; Catherine\talk 04:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Coat of arms link
Isn't the link bogus? The site seems to have a mass-produced coat of arms for every other common family name, with no references or background information. It seems fairly ludicrous that anybody with an obviously peon name like Andersson or Eriksson would have a well-established coat of arms anyway.-- era (Talk | History) 20:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The coat of arms link isn't working. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.30.118.87 (talk) 17:33, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * The website (houseofnames.com) is almost worthless as a reliable source, and spam as an external link.--Celtus (talk) 04:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

WTF ?!
What the bloody … ? Why am I redirected to Anderson when I search for Andersson ? WTF ?!!! As if the list(s) would not be long enough to find the one Anders/son one was looking for, if these were separated articles/ lists for Anderson and Andersson. Look at Smythe, it does NOT redirect to Smith, so why should that be the case here? Show some bloody respect to people's names! Why don't we redirect Rawlins to Rollins (or vice versa) ? It is practically the same, more or LESS, right? damn! I mean, just looking at the spelling you can already make a guess at someone's ancestry. But no, -son, sson, -sen - it is all the same, right ? Pfft. I am NOT "correcting" this right away, because I am not totally sober right now, but should I remember this the next days … (giving anyone the chance to speak in favour of this (to me) ridiculous solution.)

well, then Pardon my German (Fiiiisch!) (talk) 00:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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How could you possibly omit this V.I.P. ?
How could you possibly omit this V.I.P.?

George W. Anderson, Jr., U.S. Naval officer, four-star admiral, and the Chief of Naval Operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis 47.215.180.7 (talk) 22:25, 15 December 2017 (UTC)