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Polson Polson is a surname.
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Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans boys
71.4% boysBased on U.S. population records 28.6% girls
People named Polson in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin How it developed In English usage, Polson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Paul.
Polson’s family of names In English usage, Polson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Paul. In Greek usage, Polson as a surname is a transliteration of Πόλσον. In Greek usage, Polson as a surname is a transliteration of Πώλσον.
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Polson Πώλσον Πόλσον Paul Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2 The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.