Jonson Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Jonson sits within the Johnson family of names, which has English and Scottish roots. The family name meaning is “Son of John”, the same as for Johnson. Without the “h” of Johnson, Jonson is a simpler written form of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Related forms: Johnston and Johnstone.

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