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WATSON
SOURCE: Given Name
Meaning & History
Patronymic form of the English and Scottish name Watt, which came from the extremely popular Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER. The surname Watson thus means "son of Watt".



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