Given name & surname
Dennison
“the son of Dennis”
Dennison is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Dennis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Dennis.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Dennison as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Dennis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dennison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 760
- 760 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 605 as a first name in 2020; 13,817 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.
Dennison’s family of names
In English usage, Dennison as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Dennis. Dennison has a related form in Denison. Dennison has a related form in Denisan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Denisonvariant
- Denysonvariant
- Dennysonvariant
- Denisynvariant
- Dennisynvariant
- Denisinvariant
- Dennisinvariant
- Denisanvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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