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Addison Name Meaning, Origins & History

Addison

Pronunciation: AD-uh-sun

Meaning Son of Adam Origin surnames Gender Girl
GIRLS RANK
#84
TREND
16
BOYS RANK
#2,259
TREND
329
Peak Years
2007, 2008, 2009
Lowest Years
1980, 1982, 1984
Energy Archetype
Powerful & Complete

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Addison in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Addison

  • A newer favorite: Addison first entered the U.S. top 100 in 2006 and stayed there through 2025 - a run of 20 consecutive years.
  • More than 162 thousand babies named Addison: U.S. records list 162,278 babies given the name Addison from 1880 through 2025. Even 13,425 boys received the name Addison - about 1 boy for every 11 girls.

What Does the Name Addison Mean?

Addison is an English surname used as a given name, usually explained as "son of Adam." Its first element is the Middle English personal name Addie or Addy, a pet form of Adam; the second is the surname suffix -son, which marks a patronymic. Literally, then, the name means "son of Addie," and because Addie was a familiar form of Adam, it is customarily glossed as "son of Adam." Adam comes from Hebrew adam, meaning "man" or "human being." Some surname references also mention the Old English personal name Æddi, a short form of names containing ēad "prosperity, riches," as a possible first element, but the Adam derivation is the usual explanation and the Æddi possibility remains less certain.

Addison Name History & Origins

Addison began as an English surname. Hereditary surnames became established in England during the Middle Ages, and patronymic surnames ending in -son were especially common in northern England and Scotland. Addison belongs to that pattern. The surname is found in English records by the early modern period, and it was carried to English-speaking communities overseas.

As a first name, Addison is a transferred use of the surname, not a separate coinage. Surname-derived given names became common in the English-speaking world, and Addison has been used as a male given name, with female use also developing in recent decades. The surname is associated with Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), the English essayist, poet, and politician who co-founded The Spectator, and with Thomas Addison (1793 - 1860), the English physician whose name is attached to Addison's disease. Those associations belong to the surname's history; the given name developed from the surname as a whole.

How Popular is the Name Addison?

Addison recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2007. Addison entered the top 100 U.S. girl names in 2006.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Addison Shapes Your Personality and Life?

Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.

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