Sanders

Where Sanders comes from

From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sanders
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1893
    Peak, #538
    13 babies named Sanders — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #954.
  4. 1921
    Sanders Sims born
    American hockey player
  5. 2004
    Sanders Ngabo born
    Danish association footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Sanders Ngabo · Danish association footballer, born 2004
  • Sanders Sims · American hockey player, 1921–2003
  • Sanders T. Frank · American pulmonologist, 1938–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.