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| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɒnsən/ ( listen) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English, Scottish |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Germanic |
| Meaning | son of John |
| Region of origin | England, Normandy |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Bevan, Giannitelli, Giannopoulos, Hanson, Hansson, Hovannesian, Hovannesyan, Hovhannisian, Hovhannisyan, I'Anson, Ioannides, Ioannidis, Ioannou, Ionescu, Ivanenko, Ivanić, Ivanov, Ivanović, Ivanovski, Janavičius, Jānsons, Janowicz, JansenI, Jansons/Jansone, Janssen, Jensen, Johansson, Johns, Johnston, Johnstone, Jonavičius, Jonson, Jonsson, Jónsson, Johnsson, Jones, Jovanović, Mac Eoin, MacIain, Mac Seáin, McKeown, McKeon, McLachlan |
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world.[1][2] As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of Johnston, a habitational name.
Etymology[edit]
The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured".[3]
Origin[edit]
The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints.[3]
Other Germanic languages[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of people with surname Johnson
- Gjoni (Gjonaj)
- Ioannou
- Jensen
- Johansson
- Johns
- Johnsson
- Johnston
- Johnstone
- Jones
- Jonson
- Jonsson
- Jovanović
References[edit]
- ^ Wikisource:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)
- ^ "Johnson Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Johnson name meanings". ancestry.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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