Elson

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English

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “There are instances in Middle English where "elsen" is spelled "elson", such as in "trynkettus and tournyng-stonys and elson bladys, Colrakus and copstolus one gret whyle-barrous" on page 86 of the 1845 edition of Herkyn to my tale edited by T. Wright and J. O. Halliwell, but we lack a source linking such usage to the surname.”

Proper noun

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Elson (countable and uncountable, plural Elsons)

  1. A surname.
  2. A northern suburb of Gosport, Gosport borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6001). [1]
  3. A small village in Ellesmere Rural parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3835). [2]

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Elson is the 10306th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3126 individuals. Elson is most common among White (84.77%) individuals.

References

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  1. ^ OS: Gosport
  2. ^ OS: Shropshire

Anagrams

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