Ok, that’s easy to get. As a holy Paladin, Anderson certainly believes—and no doubt actually is—defending most of humanity against vampires and possibly other interesting critters that creep in the night.
Interesting random factoid: Dracula’s father, Vlad Dracul, was actually Transylvanian, but went on to win the throne of Walachia by fighting and defeating its then-current prince, Alexandru. Considering the smack-you-upside-the-head obviousness of the Dracula reference in Hellsing, one has to wonder about this.
Anderson- mostly from Greek, “Son of Humanity,” alternatively “Son of Man”
“Andros,” the Greek word for man, mankind, or humanity, shows up in both parts of his name. “Son” is a common name ending meaning… well, “son”.
Interesting to me is the second translation I offer, as Jesus Christ is called “Son of Man” frequently in the Bible. Hmmm… I do think that this, despite other transliterations of his name, is very likely intentional, simply because of the excellent Biblical reference.
Or it could just be a really cool coincidence.