Last name: JESSON

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JESSON : This last name is indexed 30,456 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

JESSON : 1: English: shortened form of Jephson from the Middle English personal name Geff a pet form of Geoffrey (see Jeff) + -son with -f- assimilated to the following -s-. Compare Jepson.2: English: variant of Jason.3: English: habitational name from Jurston in Chagford (Devon). The placename means ‘Jordan's settlement’ from the Middle English personal name Jordan (genitive Jordanes) + Middle English ton ‘town village settlement’.4: Americanized form of Danish and North German Jessen.

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