Etymology

Benson

B3E1N1S1O1N1

Today it means: An English habitational surname from Old English from a place in Oxfordshire. Full definition →

Old English Benesingtūn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromBenesingtūn
  2. English todayBenson

Ultimately from Old English Benesingtūn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.