Addison.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Meaning & usage
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.
A place name, including: A town in Winston County, Alabama, United States.
A place name, including: A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
A place name, including: Synonym of Webster Springs, West Virginia; this is actually the official name, after landowner Addison McLaughlin.
A place name, including: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Addison Township.
Where this word comes from
A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.
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