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English
Etymology
From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan + son.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Judson
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
1996, Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys, Harper Perennial, published 2007, →ISBN, page 4:"Judd" was a name associated with a certain measure of sternness, sobriety, though in fact we Mulvaney children were rarely scolded and even more rarely punished: "Judson Andrew" which is my baptismal name was a name of such dignity and aspiration I never came to feel it could be mine, only something borrowed like a Hallowe'en mask.