Addison — Family Name, Records and Arms

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Addison usually leads back to Adamson. The family name meaning is “Son of Adam”, the same as for Adamson. Before spelling was fixed, Adamson was also written Addison. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Adamsson and Adamsen.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Addison with 18,169 bearers, at rank 1,986.

There is no single Addison family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Addison surname pack.