Addison (given name)

Addison is an Old English given name whose etymological meaning is "son of Adam".^[1] Originally a masculine name from 1600’s Scotland, Addison has become an increasingly feminine name since the 1990’s in the US while remaining strictly masculine in the Latin and German speaking countries.

Notable people with the given name "Addison" include edit

A edit

Addison Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer

B edit

Addison Bain, American scientist
Addison Baker (1907–1943), American pilot
Addison Barger (born 1999), American baseball player
Addison Brown (1830–1913), American judge
Addison Burkhardt (1879–1937), American lyricist

C edit

Addison Caldwell (1856–1910), American teacher
Addison Clark (1842–1911), American academic administrator
Addison B. Colvin (1858–1939), American businessman
Addison Cresswell (disambiguation), multiple people

D edit

Addison Dale (born 1942), Zimbabwean weightlifter

F edit

Addison Farmer (1928–1963), American musician
Addison Fatta (born 2004), American artistic gymnast
Addison Fischer, American businessman
Addison G. Foster (1837–1917), American politician

G edit

Addison Gardiner (1797–1883), American lawyer and politician
Addison Garnett (born 1996), English footballer
Addison Gayle (1932–1991), American professor
Addison Grace (born 2001), American singer-songwriter
Addison Groove (born 1942), English musical artist

H edit

Addison C. Harris (1840–1916), American lawyer
Addison Hehr (1909–1971), American art director
Addison Hewlett (1912–1989), American politician
Addison J. Hodges (1842–1933), American soldier
Addison Holley (born 2000), Canadian actress
Addison Hosea (1914–1985), American prelate
Addison Hutton (1834–1916), American architect

J edit

Addison James (1849–1910), American politician
Addison P. Jones (1822–1910), American politician

K edit

Addison Kelly (1875–1942), American football player
Addison Kimball, American architect

L edit

Addison H. Laflin (1823–1878), American politician
Addison Lockley (born 1991), English rugby union footballer

M edit

Addison S. McClure (1839–1903), American lawyer and politician
Addison W. Merrill (1842–1920), American politician
Addison Mizner (1872–1933), American architect
Addison Webster Moore (1866–1930), American philosopher
Addison Mitchell McConnell (born 1942), American lawyer and politician

N edit

Addison Niles (1832–1890), American judge
Addison H. Nordyke, American industrialist

O edit

Addison O'Dea (born 1979), American filmmaker

P edit

Addison Powell (1921–2010), American actor
Addison Pratt (1802–1872), American missionary
Addison G. Pulsifer (1874–??), American architect

R edit

Addison Rae (born 2000), American social media personality
Addison Reed (born 1988), American baseball player
Addison Rerecich (1999–2019), American social figure
Addison Richards (1902–1964), American actor
Addison Richards (Canadian football) (born 1993), Canadian football player
Addison Roache (1817–1906), American judge
Addison Russell (born 1994), American baseball player
Addison Peale Russell (1826–1912), American author

S edit

Addison N. Scurlock (1883–1964), American photographer
Addison T. Smith (1862–1956), American politician
Addison E. Southard (1884–1970), American diplomat
Addison Spruill (born 1993), American basketball player
Addison Langhorne Steavenson (1836–1913), English engineer
Addison Steiner (born 1994), American soccer player

T edit

Addison Teague, American sound editor
Addison Timlin (born 1991), American actress

V edit

Addison Van Name (1835–1922), American librarian
Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926), American zoologist

W edit

Addison White (1824–1909), American politician
Addison Wiggin, American publisher
Addison Wilson, Canadian Lawyer

Fictional characters edit

Addison Montgomery, a character on the television series Grey's Anatomy
Addison Wells, main character in Zombies.

References edit

^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

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[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-1] Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

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