Josephson Family History
Josephson Name Meaning
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Josefsson or Josephsson: patronymic from the personal name Josef Joseph . In Sweden the surname Josephson is mainly of Jewish origin (see 3 below). Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Josefsen and Josephsen cognates of Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Joseph with the German element -sohn ‘son’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022