What does my surname mean? (Johnson)?

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Surname: Johnson
This is a famous Anglo-Scottish patronymic surname of medieval origins!.
Recorded in the spellings of Jonson, Johnson, Joinson, Joynson and the incredibly popular Jones, although this is always treated as a separate surname, all derive from John!.
John is itself from the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning "God has favoured me (with a son)"!.
This baptismal name with significant religious interest, has always enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian Era, and was particularly associated with the famous Crusades to the Holy Land in the 12th century!.
In early British records John was usually Latinized as "Johannes", and in the Old French spellings of Johan, Jehan and Jean!.
By the beginning of the 14th Century, John rivalled William in popularity as a first name, which is rather surprising considering that King John of England (1199- 1216) may well rank as the nation's most unpopular monarch!.
Be that as it may John remains even in the 20th century an enduringly popular first name, along with its female versions of Joan and Jean!. Amongst the very earliest of all surname recordings are those of Wautier Jonessone, in the charters known as the "Calendar of Documents", which relate to the government of Scotland in 1296, whilst William Johnson and Robert Johanson were recorded in the 1379 Poll Tax rolls of Yorkshire!.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Jonessone, which was dated 1287, in the register known as the "Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds", for the county of Surrey, during the reign of King Edward 1st, 1272 - 1307!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Surname: Johnson
This is a famous Anglo-Scottish patronymic surname of medieval origins!. Recorded in the spellings of Jonson, Johnson, Joinson, Joynson and the incredibly popular Jones, although this is always treated as a separate surname, all derive from John!. John is itself from the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning "God has favoured me (with a son)"!. This baptismal name with significant religious interest, has always enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian Era, and was particularly associated with the famous Crusades to the Holy Land in the 12th century!. In early British records John was usually Latinized as "Johannes", and in the Old French spellings of Johan, Jehan and Jean!. By the beginning of the 14th Century, John rivalled William in popularity as a first name, which is rather surprising considering that King John of England (1199- 1216) may well rank as the nation's most unpopular monarch!. Be that as it may John remains even in the 20th century an enduringly popular first name, along with its female versions of Joan and Jean!. Amongst the very earliest of all surname recordings are those of Wautier Jonessone, in the charters known as the "Calendar of Documents", which relate to the government of Scotland in 1296, whilst William Johnson and Robert Johanson were recorded in the 1379 Poll Tax rolls of Yorkshire!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Jonessone, which was dated 1287, in the register known as the "Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds", for the county of Surrey, during the reign of King Edward 1st, 1272 - 1307!.
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Johnson Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name John!. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages!. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988!.)
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son of John!.

John is from the Hebrew and means "the Lord is gracious"

when people started using surnames they would use nicknames, physical descriptive names, the name of their profession, the name of their home, the name of their parent!.

John Armstrong is a descriptive name!. He's John with the strong arms!.
John Black is either a descriptive or a professional name!. He's John with the black hair or John the blacksmith!.
John Smith is a professional name!. He's John who is the blacksmith or the silversmith or the goldsmith!. He works with metal of some sort

John Dixon is a parent name!. Dixon is a corruption of D icks(s)on or Richards(s)on--the son of Richard or D ick (a nickname for Richard)

John Brewster or John Baxter--this is a little trickier!. These are professional names but since men bear them they are actually parent names!. Brewster is a female brew meister and Baxter is a female baker!. so these Johns are the sons of successful business women although they would have originally been Brewsterson and Baxterson, with these names -son in modern times has been dropped!. otherwise if the profession were his then he would be either John Brewer or John Baker!.

John Hill lives near a hill or John London is from London!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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