Word.ws English Dictionary

Anson

/ˈæn.sən/

Anson proper noun: an English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".

Proper noun

Anson (countable and uncountable, plural Ansons)

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. The Avro Anson.
  4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Somerset County, Maine.
  5. A city, the county seat of Jones County, Texas.

Forms of Anson

pluralAnsons

Origin of Anson

From Ann + -son (the former word is a diminutive).

Words formed from Anson

Phrases with Anson

Words that rhyme with Anson

Questions about Anson

What does Anson mean?
Anson means an English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".
What part of speech is Anson?
Anson is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Anson?
Anson is pronounced /ˈæn.sən/.

Words near Anson in the dictionary

  1. anslaight
  2. anslaights
  3. Anslee
  4. Ansley
  5. Ansleys
  6. Anson
  7. Anson County
  8. Ansonia
  9. ansonica
  10. Ansons
  11. Ansons Bay

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Anson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Anson.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/anson. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.