Last name: DODSON
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DODSON : This last name is indexed 87,693 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DODSON : English:: 1: patronymic from Dodd; ‘son of Dod(d) or Dud(d)’ from Middle English Dodd(e) Dudd(e) Old English Dodd(a) Dudd(a) + -son. Alternatively the name may arise from a Middle English form of Old English Dodesunu a compound personal name formed from the same elements as above and impossible to tell apart from the Middle English patronymic.2: post-medieval variant of Dodgson with simplification of the medial dgs.
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