Given name & surname · also Middle English
Jacobson
Jacobson is a given name from Middle English, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English and Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jacobson comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Jacobson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Jacob.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacobson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 7 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 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 as a first name in 2020; 42,784 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.
Jacobson’s family of names
In English usage, Jacobson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Jacob. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Jacobson as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Danish form JACOBSEN. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Jacobson as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form JACOBSSON.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Jacobson has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Norwegian roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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