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 [ 3 syll. ad-di-son, add-is-on ] The girl name Addison is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AEDahSahN KEY. Addison's origin and use are both in the English language. The meaning of Addison is 'son of Adam'. Derived from the word son. The name has recently been popularized by the female character Dr Addison Shephard in the popular US TV medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005-). See Addison for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Addyson, Adison, and Adisson. Another variant of Addison is the English pet form Addie. See also the related form, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam. Addison is very popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the recent peak of its usage in 2007, 0.567% of baby girls were named Addison. It was #11 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #12 with a usage of 0.519%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Addison was used 8 times more than the 2nd ranked name, the English Addyson, in 2008. Although Addison is today more frequently used for girls, there was a period prior to 1995 when more boys were given the name. After 1996, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. In 2007, 37 times more girls than boys were given the name Addison. Baby names that sound like Addison include the English Addyson, the English Adison, the English Adisson, and the German Antigone. KEY: Pronunciation for Addison: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
