Addison
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Addison (countable and uncountable, plural Addisons)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
- 2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:
- My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does. I was named after my great grandfather, Addison Jay Dawson, - - -
- A place name, including:
- A town in Vermont, United States, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
- Synonym of Webster Springs, West Virginia; this is actually the official name, after landowner Addison McLaughlin.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Addison is the 1986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,169 individuals. Addison is most common among White (50.75%) and Black/African American (42.95) individuals.
See also[edit]
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A diminutive form of Adamson.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Addison
- a surname
References[edit]
- “Addison” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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