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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ADDISON

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The same as Adamson, the son of Adam, Adie or Addie being, in the Lowland-Scotch, a familiar corruption of Adam, hence Addie-son.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).