Judson

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Judson

/ˈd͡ʒʌdsən/

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From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan + son.

proper noun

a patronymic surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname. "Judd" was a name associated with a certain measure of sternness, sobriety, though in fact we Mulvaney children were rarely scolded and even more rarely punished: "Judson Andrew" which is my baptismal name was a name of such dignity and aspiration I never came to feel it could be mine, only somethin

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@misc{judson_2026,
  title = {Judson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/judson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}