Henderson| Origin |
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| Derivation | Mac Eanraig |
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| Meaning | "Son of Hendry" (Henry); "Son of Henry" |
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| Region of origin | Scotland |
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Henderson is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Henry andHendry, which is a Scottish form ofHenry. It means "Son of Hendry" and "Son of Henry". InScottish Gaelic it is renderedMacEanraig (masculine), andNicEanraig (feminine).
The surnameHenderson is borne by numerous unrelatedfamilies in Scotland. For example, the Hendersons of Fordell, in Fife, were the chiefLowland family of the name,Clan Henderson. The Hendersons of Glencoe, a sept ofClan Donald, derive their surname from theGaelicMacEanruig.
The surname was unknown in England prior to the 17th century and is first mentioned in a marriage document between one of the Borders Hendersons and the daughter of aCarlisle merchant atHexham.
- Adele Dunlap (née Henderson; 1902–2017), American academic and supercentenarian
- Ainslie Henderson (born 1979), Scottish singer-songwriter
- Alan Henderson (1944–2017), Northern Irish bassist for the rock bandThem
- Alan Henderson (born 1972), African-American basketball player
- Alana Henderson, Northern Irish musician, singer, songwriter, and actress
- Alastair Henderson (1911–1979) Scottish footballer
- Albert H. Henderson (1893–1951), American lawyer, politician, and judge
- Alexander Henderson (disambiguation), several people including:
- Alice Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Alistair Donald Henderson of Fordell, Australian environmental engineer, inventor, and Chief of theClan Henderson
- Amari Henderson (born 1997), American football player
- Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987), teacher, civil servant, and poet
- Andrew Henderson (disambiguation)
- Anketell Henderson, known asA. M. Henderson (1820–1876), clergyman in Australia
- Ann Henderson-Sellers, climatologist
- Anthony Henderson, African-American rapperKrayzie Bone
- Archibald Henderson (1783–1859), fifth Commandant of the US Marine Corps
- Archibald Henderson (politician), United States Congressman from North Carolina
- Arthur Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Barrington "Bo" Henderson, African-American singer
- Barry Henderson, Conservative member of the House of Commons
- Barton Henderson, Scottish curler, European champion
- Biff Henderson, American television personality
- Bill Henderson (curler), Scottish curler, European champion
- Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), singer and songwriter
- Bill Henderson (novelist) (William McCranor Henderson), American novelist, author ofI Killed Hemingway
- Billy Henderson (disambiguation)
- Bobby Henderson, American creator of the satirical parody religion Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
- Brian Henderson (disambiguation)
- Brodie Henderson (rugby union), Canadian rugby player
- Brodie Henderson (engineer), British civil engineer
- Brooke Henderson (born 1997), Canadian golfer
- Bruce Henderson, American management consultant
- Bryan Henderson, American football player
- Dan Henderson, American martial arts fighter
- Darius Henderson (born 1981), Nottingham Forest football player
- Darrell Henderson (born 1997), American football player
- David Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- David Henderson (basketball), 1991Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, head basketball coach at the University of Delaware
- David Henderson (British Army officer), senior British Army and, later, RAF officer
- David Henderson (economist), chief economist at the OECD in Paris from 1984 to 1992
- David B. Henderson, prominent U.S. politician of the 1890s and 1900s
- David N. Henderson (1921–2004), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Dave Henderson, Major League Baseball player
- Dave Henderson (footballer), Irish football player
- Dean Henderson (born 1997), English footballer
- De'Angelo Henderson (born 1992), American football player
- SirDenys Henderson (1932–2016), chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries from 1987 to 1995
- Devery Henderson, American football player
- Diane Henderson, American applied mathematician
- Dick Henderson, English comedian (father of Dickie Henderson)
- Dickie Henderson, British comedian
- Don Henderson, British actor
- Donald Henderson (1928–2016), American epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization's successful World Smallpox Eradication Campaign
- Donnie Henderson, American football figure
- Doug Henderson (Labour politician) (born 1949), British politician
- Douglas Henderson (SNP politician) (1935–2006), British politician
- Douglas Mackay Henderson (1927–2007), Scottish botanist
- Duke Henderson (1925–1973), American blues shouter and jazz singer
- Ebenezer Henderson (1784–1858), Scottish minister and missionary
- Ebenezer Henderson (writer) (1809–1879), Scottish historian and science writer
- Edith Henderson, American landscape architect
- Ed Henderson (1884–1964), American baseball pitcher
- Eddie Henderson (disambiguation), several people
- Edith Maude Henderson, British writer better known asE. M. Hull
- Edmonia Henderson (c.1898 or 1900–1947), American classic female blues singer
- SirEdmund Henderson (1821–1896), head of London Metropolitan Police
- Edward Henderson (disambiguation), several people
- Edwin Henderson (1883–1977), American educator and NAACP pioneer
- Edwin Hubert Henderson (1885–1939), Chief Architect of the Commonwealth of Australia 1929–1939
- Ella Henderson, British singer
- Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), British artist
- Erica Henderson, American comic artist
- Eugénie Henderson (1914–1989), British linguist and academic
- Gary Henderson (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
- George Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Gerald Henderson (born 1956), American basketball player
- Gerald Henderson Jr. (born 1987), son of the above, also an American basketball player
- Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and commentator
- Gilbert Henderson, Canadian sports shooter
- Girard B. Henderson, CEO of Alexander Dawson, Inc.
- Gordon Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Grace Henderson, American silent film and stage actress
- Greg Henderson, professional New Zealand track and road racing cyclist
- Greig Henderson, Scottish curler and coach, European champion
- Gunnar Henderson (born 2001), American baseball player
- Gus Henderson, American football coach
- J. R. Henderson or J. R. Sakuragi (born 1976), American–Japanese basketball player
- J. W. Henderson, fourth governor of Texas
- Jack Henderson, artist, charity fundraiser
- Jack Henderson (author)
- Jackie Henderson (1932–2005), Scottish football player
- James Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Jarlath Henderson, Irish folk musician, doctor
- Jeremy Henderson (1952–2009), artist
- Joe Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Jolene Henderson (born 1991), American softball pitcher
- Joseph Henderson (pilot), early American harbor pilot
- John Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- John Henderson (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules footballer
- John Henderson (darts player)
- John Henderson (defensive tackle) (born 1979), American football player
- John Henderson (director), British film and television director
- John Henderson (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Henderson (Mississippi politician) (1797–1857), U.S. senator from Mississippi
- John Henderson (Conservative politician) (1888–1975), Conservative MP for Glasgow Cathcart 1946–1964
- Sir John Henderson, 5th of Fordell (1605–1650), Scottish soldier who brought his military expertise to the Royalists cause during the English Civil War.
- Sir John Henderson, 5th Baronet of Fordell (1752–1817),Scottish nobleman and politician
- John B. Henderson (1826–1913), U.S. senator from Missouri and author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- John D. Henderson ("Colonel Jack" Henderson), American editor and pro-slavery politician
- John E. Henderson, American politician
- John Ronald Henderson (1920–2003), British Army officer
- Jordan Henderson (born 1990), English footballer
- Joseph Welles Henderson, lawyer and Bucknell University president
- Josh Henderson, American actor
- Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn
- LaDarius Henderson (born 2001), American football player
- Larry Henderson, Canadian television journalist
- Laura Henderson, English theatrical promoter
- Lawrence Joseph Henderson, American scientist
- Leannel J. Henderson, professor
- Les Henderson, Canadian consumer-fraud author
- Liam Henderson (born 1996), Scottish football player (Celtic FC, Hibernian FC)
- Liam Henderson (English footballer) (born 1989), English football player (Watford FC)
- Linda Dalrymple Henderson, American art historian
- Lofton R. Henderson, World War II aviator
- Lois T. Henderson, novelist
- Lucius J. Henderson, American silent film director
- Luther Henderson, American arranger
- Logan Henderson (born 1989), American actor/singer
- M. R. Henderson, Scottish botanist
- Margot Henderson (born 1964), New Zealand chef
- Marianne K. Henderson, American biomedical scientist
- Marie Therese Henderson, Scottish music director and composer
- Mario Henderson (1984–2020), American football player
- Marjorie Lyman Henderson, the cartoonist Marge
- Mark Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people
- Marshall Henderson (born 1990), American basketball player
- Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
- Mary Henderson, writerMary H. Eastman (1818–1887)
- Mary Foote Henderson, socialite and wife of Missouri Senator John Brooks Henderson
- Mary H. J. Henderson (1874 –1938), World War I Scottish Women's Hospital administrator, suffragist and war poet
- Mary Henderson (1919–2004), Greek-British journalist and host
- Matt Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
- Michael Henderson (doctor), (born 1937), Vehicle safety researcher
- Monique Henderson, American athlete
- Monroe Henderson (1818–1899), New York politician
- Rachel Henderson, American politician
- Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost, 1896–1970)), American songwriter
- Richard Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Richard Alexander Henderson (1895–1958), First World War stretcher-bearer at Gallipoli and the Somme
- Rickey Henderson (1958–2024), American baseball player
- Ricky Henderson (born 1988), former Australian rules footballer and anthropologist
- Robert Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Rosa Henderson (1896–1968), American jazz singer
- Rose Henderson, New Zealand social worker
- Saffron Henderson, Canadian actress
- Safiya Henderson-Holmes (1950–2001), African-American poet
- Sákéj Henderson, Indigenous law scholar
- Sam Henderson, American comics artist
- Sammy Henderson, Scottish footballer
- Sara Henderson, Australian writer
- Sarah Henderson, Australian politician and former journalist
- Scoot Henderson (born 2004), American basketball player
- Scott Henderson, American guitarist
- Scott Henderson (golfer), Scottish golfer
- Sean Henderson, American soccer player
- Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
- Skitch Henderson, musician and band leader
- Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer
- Stewart Henderson, Scottish footballer
- Seth Aaron Henderson, American Fashion Designer
- Thelton Henderson, federal judge
- Thomas Henderson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Thomas Henderson (American football), NFL football player
- Thomas Henderson (astronomer) (1798–1844), Scottish Astronomer Royal
- Thomas Henderson (Liberal politician), Scottish Liberal Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire 1922–1923
- Thomas Henderson (New Jersey politician), U.S. congressman
- Thomas Henderson (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician
- Tom Henderson (Labour politician) (1867–1960), Scottish Labour Cooperative politician
- Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1844–1923), Scottish author
- Thomas J. Henderson (activist), American businessman
- Thomas J. Henderson (politician), United States congressman from Illinois
- Tommy Henderson, Northern Ireland politician
- Trayvon Henderson (born 1995), American football player
- TreVeyon Henderson (born 2002), American football player
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