Pronunciation | \wo(od)-son\ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Old English |
Meaning | "Wood's son" |
Region of origin | Anglo-Saxon |
Woodson is a patronymic surname. It is also used, less commonly, as a given name. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Tillman is a surname and given name of English origin and an Americanized spelling of Tillmann. Other variants of the name include Tilman and Dillman. Notable people with the name Tillmann include:
Garvin is both a surname and a given name of Irish origin. Notable people with the name include:
James is a surname in the English language originating from the given name, itself derived from the HebrewYaʿaqōḇ. Notable people with the surname include:
Emerson is an English surname derived from Anglo-Saxon Emars sunu, meaning "Emar's son" or "Ethelmar's son". Another origin has been suggested as starting with the Old French epic hero Aimeri de Narbonne which passed into Italian as Amerigo and subsequently into English as Emery, Amery, and Imray, among others; Emerson is thought to derived as a patronymic from Emery.
Samuel is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. From its appearance it seems to have the meaning of "God has set" or "God has placed", appearing to derive from the Hebrew Śāmū (שָׂמוּ) + ʾĒl. The Hebrew śāmū is also related to the Akkadian šâmū (𒊮𒈬), which shares the same meaning. However, from the explanation given in 1 Samuel 1:20, the name would seem to come from a contraction of the Hebrew שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל, meaning "I have asked/borrowed him from God". This is the verse in which the Prophet Samuel's mother Hannah names her son, after praying that she would be able to give birth. Her prayers having been answered, she dedicates the child to God as a Nazirite. Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and later anointed David.
Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from the given name Adam. Related surnames include Addams and McAdam/MacAdam.
Hyde is a surname derived from the unit of measurement hide. It may refer to:
Beck is a surname of either Germanic or Hebrew origin, and is fairly common in English and Slavic speaking countries, Germany and Denmark. The Germanic name can mean "brook, stream" or be a variant of Becker, which is an occupational surname meaning "baker". In Hebrew, it exists as an abbreviated form of B'nei Kiddoshim. In some Slavic countries such as the former Yugoslavia and Russia it is spelled as Bek.
Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average. Notable people with the surname include:
Adair is a surname of Scotland. A common misconception is that the surname is related to Edgar, Eadgar, O'daire or MacDaire. Robert Fitzgerald De Athdare was the first Adair. He was from what is now Limerick, Ireland.
Francis is an English surname of Latin origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Bowman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Snyder is an Anglicized occupational surname derived from Dutch Snijder "tailor", related to modern Dutch Snijders and Sneijder. It may also be an Anglicized spelling of the German Schneider or Swiss German Schnyder, which both carry the same meaning. A less common Anglicized spelling of the Dutch Snijder is Snider.
Booker is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Finley is both a surname and given name. Its meaning is of Scottish origin, from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh, composed of the elements fionn "white", "fair" + laoch "warrior", "hero", which led many people believe that has been reinforced by an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements finn "Finn" + leikr "fight", "battle", "hero".
Woodward is a surname.
Madadhan is an Irish name commonly anglicised as Madden and Madigan. Whilst originally a forename, it also became the surname Ó Madadhan, meaning "descendant of Madden". Notable people with the surname include:
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French curteis which was in turn derived from Latin cohors.
Roscoe is a Cornish name originating from the Old Norse words for "doe wood" or "roebuck copse". It is also an Americanized spelling of the French name Racicot, and possibly a corruption of Roscrowe.