Stevenson Family History
Stevenson Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down) where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America this surname has also absorbed various European cognates such as Danish Norwegian and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens . Scottish: variant of Stevenston a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire) Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire) or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead settlement’. English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon) meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022