Davison
/ˈdeɪ.vɪ.sən/noun
A surname originally meaning “son of David.”
Did you know?Davison is a patronymic surname, meaning it identified a person through their father—an everyday linguistic survival of patriarchal medieval naming customs.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
דָּוִד (Dāwīḏ)
“David, traditionally interpreted as “beloved” or “favorite””
Late Antiquity
Latin
David
“The biblical personal name preserved in Christian Latin”
Old French
David
David
“The personal name transmitted through medieval French and Christian naming traditions”
Middle English
English
Davison
“A patronymic surname meaning “David’s son””
14th–15th Century
English
Davyson / Davison
“Recorded surname forms built from a diminutive or familiar form of David plus “son””
Modern English
English
Davison
“An inherited family surname”