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Hudson

Say it HUD-sun

Meaning today: Son of Hugh, son of Hudd
Original meaning: "son of Hudd, a medieval pet form of Hugh, "heart, mind"" Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. Hugh; Hudson
Say it: HUD-sun
Other spellings: Hudsen

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Hudson

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Hudson meaning

Hudson is an international boy's name of English origin (from Germanic).

Son of Hudd, a medieval pet form of Hugh, "heart, mind"

Also used to mean: son of Hugh

Hudson is an English surname meaning "son of Hudd". The Online Etymology Dictionary explains that Hugh, a name from a Frankish word for "heart, mind", was very popular after the Norman Conquest, that its usual nickname was Hudd, and that it gave rise to more than ninety surnames, Hudson among them. The name is famous through Henry Hudson, the English navigator after whom the Hudson River in New York and Hudson Bay in Canada are named. Like Jackson and Harrison, it is one of the "son of" surnames now used as first names. It is easy for Indian families to say and spell.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. Hugh; Hudson · entry Hugh · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, Hugh · Online Etymology Dictionary, Hudson