Adamson as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adamson

What is the meaning of the name Adamson ?

The baby name Adamson is a Male name , 3.0 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈædəm.sən/ (AD-əm-sən).

Adamson is English in Origin.

Adamson is an English and Scots patronymic formed from Adam + -son, signifying "son of Adam." Adam derives from Hebrew Adam/'adam, linked to adamah, "earth" or "red soil," hence the broader sense of "man; earthling." As a given name, Adamson carries the meaning "descendant of Adam" and, by extension, "child of the earth," blending biblical lineage with a grounded, elemental image.

Recorded in medieval northern England and Lowland Scotland, Adamson appears in 14th-century tax rolls and parish registers, and later became a stable surname. It has more recently joined the Anglophone surname-as-first-name trend. Variant forms and cognates include Adamsson (Swedish/Icelandic), Adamsen (Danish/Norwegian), Adamsons (Latvian), and Adamsone (archaic Scots); related are Adams and MacAdam. Short forms Addy, Ade, and Adam work naturally as nicknames.