Given name & surname
Davison
“the son of David”
Davison is a variant of Davidson. One English interpretation is “the son of David.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Davison is a variant of Davidson. One English interpretation is “the son of David.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Davison is a variant of Davidson. An origin associated with Davidson is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Davison as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to David.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Davison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 332
- 332 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,964 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,964 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 421 as a first name in 2020; 21,313 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Davison’s family of names
In English usage, Davison as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to David. Davison has a related form in Davidson.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Davison
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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