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Addison
Say it: AD-ih-sun
Meaning
From an English surname 'son of Addy', Addy being a medieval pet form of Adam.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A boys' surname-name before the 1990s, it became a top-20 American girls' name in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 143,513 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 161 girls
- 4,559 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Addyson, Adison
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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