| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | "David's Son (or Descendant)" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Davey, Davidian, Davidoglu, Davidoff, Davidopoulos, Davidov, Davidović, Davidovičius, Davidescu, Davids, Davidsen, Davidsson, Davidyan, Davies, Davis, Dea, Deas, Deivson, Day, Davison, Davitashvili, Dawes, Dawidowicz, Dawson, McDaid, McDevitt, Tavitian, Tavityan |
Davidson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son/descendant of David" (or "Beloved Son/Descendant"; 'David' lit. "Beloved One"). In the Highlands of Scotland, where the surname is an anglicised version of the Gaelic "mac Daibhidh", Clan Davidson was traditionally a sept of the Clan Chattan Confederation. There are alternate spellings, including those common in the British Isles and Scandinavia: Davidsen, Davisson, Davison, Daveson, Davidsson. While the given name comes from the Hebrew "David", meaning beloved, Davidson is rarely used as a masculine given name or nickname. [1] [2]
It is also an anglicised version of the Ashkenazi Jewish surname Davidovitch, Slavic for "son of David" and Davidoff.
Notable people with the surname Davidson include:
John Davidson may refer to:
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to:
Murray is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb ; the b here was pronounced as v, hence the Latinization to Moravia. These names denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray. The Murray spelling is not used for the geographical area, which is Moray, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray. See also Clan Murray.
Bailey is an English or Scottish surname. It is first recorded in Northumberland, where it was said to have been changed from Balliol due to the unpopularity of Scottish king John Balliol. There appears to be no historical evidence for this, and Bain concludes that the earliest form was Baillie or Bailli . The origin of the name is most likely from Anglo-Norman bailli, the equivalent of bailiff; bailie remains a regional Scottish variant of the term bailiff. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the Norman name may have been locational, derived from Bailleul-En-Vimeu in Normandy.
The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:
Tait is a Scottish surname which means 'pleasure' or 'delight'. The origins of the name can be traced back as far as 1100.
Grahame is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:
Paton is a surname of Scottish origin. It was formed by adding an Old French suffix -on to the given name Pat, a short version of Patrick. Notable people with the surname include:
Millar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
William or Bill Davidson may refer to:
The etymology of the surname Morrison is either Anglo-Norman, commonly found throughout England, Scotland and Ireland, or from the Clan Morrison, a Scottish clan originally from Sutherland and the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
Kirby is a surname of Irish and English origin. The Irish surname is an anglicisation of Ó Ciarmhaic, while the English surname is from the Old Norse "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement". Notable people with the surname include:
Simpson is an English/Scottish patronymic surname from the medieval masculine given name 'Simme', a medieval variant of 'Simon'. The earliest public record of the name was in 1353 in Staffordshire, West Midlands region of England.
Walton is a toponymic surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from a place with the suffix tun and one of the prefixes wald, walesc ('foreigner') or walh. First recorded as a surname in Oxfordshire in the person of Odo de Wolton on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. People with the name include:
Hartley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ireland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Major and Majors are surnames.
