Meaning of Last Name

Meaning: "son of John"

Origins: England, Scotland, and Ireland

The name Johnson is an English, Irish, or Scottish patronymic surname of Norman origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John." The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew Yohanan meaning "Jehovah has favoured". The name was extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era, as a result of it being given to St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints. Johnson is the tenth most common surname in the United Kingdom.