Addison

Where Addison comes from

A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Addison
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1980
    First appearance
    #9,095 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Addison Timlin born
    American actress
  3. 1996
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 2000
    Addison Rae born
    American singer and actress
  5. 2007
    Peak, #11
    11,949 babies named Addison — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #34.
In the dictionary
  • A surname transferred from the given name.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
  • A place name, including:
  • A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
Namesakes
  • Addison Rae · American singer and actress, born 2000
  • Addison Timlin · American actress, born 1991
  • Addison Emery Verrill · U.S. zoologist, 1839–1926
  • Addison Brown · United States federal judge, astronomer and botanist, 1830–1913
  • Addison Richards · American actor, 1902–1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.