Origin | |
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Word/name | William |
Meaning | "son of William" |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Williams, Willson, Wilson |
The surname Williamson was first found in the Royal burgh of Peebles, where this predominantly Scottish Clan who are a Sept of Clan Gunn held a Family Seat anciently, although their interests straddled the English Scottish border and they held territories as far south as Keswick in Cumberland.