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Bryson


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Origin Of The Surname Bryson

Meaning Of The Surname Bryson

Descendant of Brice

Interesting Facts About Bryson

Bryson could come from one of two separate origins. Firstly it could be a patronymic form of the Welsh Celtic forename Brice. Patronymic surnames took the forename of a man and were used as a surname for hi kin. Bryson contains the patronymic suffix ‘son’ and so it is likely to come from this source. It could however also be an Anglicisation of the Gaelic O Briosain. Here it is again a patronymic surname, denoted by the prefixed ‘O’ which in Gaelic means ‘descendant of’, followed by the forename Briosain.

Bryson Statistics

Bryson is the number 1492 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,580 share the surname Bryson in the UK.

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