Addison, Eade, Edison, Edson, Eide, Etson Surname and Variants

Eade
English and Scottish: from a Middle English short form of Adam, found mainly in Scotland and northern England.
English: from Eda, a Middle English short form of the female personal name Edith (Old English Eadg¯{dh} ‘prosperity battle’).
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Eide.

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Ede
Southern English: variant spelling of Eade.
North German: from the Germanic personal name Edo.

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Eide
North German: variant of Ede.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads, especially in western Norway, so named, from Old Norse ei{dh}i, dative case of ei{dh} ‘isthmus’.

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Edson
English: patronymic or metronymic from Eade.

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Edson
English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Addison, Addeson, Addesoun, Adieson, Adison, Edison and many more.

First found in the county of Dumbartonshire in Scotland, where they were recorded from very ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Matthew Addison, who settled in St. Christopher in 1635; Thomas Addison settled in Virginia in 1623; William Addison, settled in the Barbados in 1654.