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EDISON
SOURCE: Given Name
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: ED-i-sən   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "son of EDA (2)" or "son of ADAM". The surname was borne by American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).



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