Given name & surname

Dickenson

“the son of Dick”

Dickenson is a variant of Dickinson. One English interpretation is “the son of Dick.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dickenson is a variant of Dickinson. One English interpretation is “the son of Dick.”

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Where it comes from

Dickenson is a variant of Dickinson. An origin associated with Dickinson is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Built from English Dicken + son.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dickenson’s family of names

Dickenson has a related form in Dickinson.

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