Where does “Gregson” come from?

Gregson is an English surname derived from the personal name Greg, a short form of Gregory.

Ancestry of “Gregson”, step by step

Gregson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSơn
2Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
3Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
4Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
5Proto-Germanicsēna
6Proto-Germanic*sa
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa
8Proto-Oceanic*isa

via English Greg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGreg(sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
2Old Englishgrǣġ
3Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
4Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa