Meaning of the nameWanderson

Male
English origin
Wan-der-son

Wanderson is a Brazilian male name, a variant of Anderson, which comes from an English surname meaning 'son of Andrew'.

Meaning

“variant of Anderson, an English surname meaning 'son of Andrew'”

Source: Behind the Name: Wanderson · Behind the Name: Anderson

People (2022): 77,186
Rank in Brazil: #401
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 76,012; people

Wanderson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Wanderson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (26,529 people).

341 women 76,845 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Wanderson is most common

States with the highest share of people named Wanderson in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Tocantins 0.126%
Maranhão 0.116%
Goiás 0.099%
Espírito Santo 0.093%
Minas Gerais 0.074%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	15,174	0.074%
Maranhão	7,859	0.116%
Goiás	6,972	0.099%
Rio de Janeiro	6,881	0.043%
São Paulo	5,767	0.013%
Bahia	4,614	0.033%
Pará	4,393	0.054%
Pernambuco	3,627	0.040%
Espírito Santo	3,579	0.093%
Mato Grosso	2,163	0.059%
Piauí	2,135	0.065%
Tocantins	1,900	0.126%
Distrito Federal	1,769	0.063%
Ceará	1,697	0.019%
Alagoas	1,538	0.049%
Paraíba	1,169	0.029%
Rio Grande do Norte	963	0.029%
Sergipe	803	0.036%
Paraná	759	0.007%
Rondônia	745	0.047%
Amazonas	711	0.018%
Mato Grosso do Sul	514	0.019%
Santa Catarina	497	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	264	0.002%
Amapá	262	0.036%
Roraima	257	0.040%
Acre	174	0.021%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Wanderson

Behind the Name records Wanderson as a Brazilian variant of Anderson, which it explains as an English surname meaning 'son of Andrew'. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Anderson among the names with the formative -son, from English, 'son of', and shows the ending -erson in Brazilian names such as Vanderson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 77,186 people named Wanderson, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, with an initial W.

Other spellings of Wanderson

Spelling	People (2022)
Wanderson	77,186
Uanderson	6,864

Sources

Behind the Name: Wanderson · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Anderson · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son, -erson) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Uanderson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Wanderson

What does the name Wanderson mean?

Wanderson means “variant of Anderson, an English surname meaning 'son of Andrew'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Wanderson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 77,186 people with the first name Wanderson, which ranks it number 401 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Wanderson a boy's or a girl's name?

Wanderson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 341 women and 76,845 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Wanderson?

Wanderson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Wanderson most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.126% of the state's population is named Wanderson (1,900 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Wanderson?

Uanderson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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