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Addison

/ˈædɪsən/US[ˈæɾɪsən]

Addison proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Addison (countable and uncountable, plural Addisons)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
    • My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does. I was named after my great grandfather, Addison Jay Dawson, - - -2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1
  4. A town in Winston County, Alabama, United States.
  5. A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
  6. Synonym of Webster Springs, West Virginia; this is actually the official name, after landowner Addison McLaughlin.
  7. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Addison Township.

Synonyms of Addison

Forms of Addison

pluralAddisons

Origin of Addison

A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.

Words formed from Addison

Questions about Addison

What does Addison mean?
Addison means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Addison?
Addison is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Addison?
Addison is pronounced /ˈædɪsən/.

Words near Addison in the dictionary

  1. Addis Ababa
  2. Addis Ababan
  3. Addis Ababans
  4. Addis Abeba
  5. Addiscombe
  6. Addison
  7. Addison County
  8. Addison's anaemia
  9. Addison's anemia
  10. Addison's anæmia
  11. Addison's disease

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