Given name & surname
Dickson
“the son of Dick”
Dickson is a variant of Dickinson. One English interpretation is “the son of Dick.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dickson is a variant of Dickinson. One English interpretation is “the son of Dick.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dickson is a variant of Dickinson. An origin associated with Dickinson is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From English Rick, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, from Middle High German Rihard, from Old High German Rihhart, built from Old High German *rīh + hart.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dickson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 610
- 610 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 15 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,097 as a first name in 2020; 33,594 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.
Dickson’s family of names
Dickson has a related form in Dickinson. In English usage, Dickson as a surname has a related form in DIXION. In Greek usage, Dickson is a transliteration of Ντίκσον.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dickson
- Dickson EtuhuNigerian footballer (born 1982)
- Dickson NwakaemeNigerian association football playerborn 1986
- Dickson ChotoZimbabwean footballerborn 1981
- Dickson DespommierAmerican academic, microbiologist, ecologist1940–2025
- Dickson ChumbaKenyan marathon runnerborn 1986
- Dickson IroegbuNigerian film directorborn 1901
- Dickson AbiamaNigerian association football playerborn 1998
- Dickson JobTanzanian footballerborn 2000
- Dickson AgyemanBelgian footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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