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Addison en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈæɾɪsən] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈædɪsən/

Etymology

A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A female given name transferred from the surname popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
    • 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, - - - 2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place name, including: ▸ A town in Winston County, Alabama, United States.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A place name, including: ▸ A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A place name, including: ▸ Synonym of Webster Springs, West Virginia; this is actually the official name, after landowner Addison McLaughlin.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A place name, including: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Addison Township.

Forms

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Addisons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Adders · West Addison · Addisonian · Addison County · Addison's disease

Synonyms

Webster Springs · West Virginia