Michelson Family History
Michelson Surname Meaning
English (Lincolnshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Michel (i.e. Michael see Mitchell) + -son. Compare Michaelson.
Americanized form of North German, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Michelsen and of various other Scandinavian and North German cognates (see Michaelson and Mickelson).
Flemish and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Michel (see Michael). This surname is very rare in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Mikhl (see Michael).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022