Hodgson as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hodgson

What is the meaning of the name Hodgson ?

The baby name Hodgson is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈhɒdʒsən/ (HODJ-sən); US often /ˈhɑːdʒsən/.

Hodgson is English in Origin.

Hodgson is an English patronymic surname-turned-given name pronounced HODJ-sən. It literally means “son of Hodge,” where Hodge was a common medieval diminutive of Roger. Roger itself came via Norman French (Rogier) from Germanic elements hrod “fame” and ger “spear,” so the extended sense can be read as “descendant of the famous spear.”

Found most densely in northern England - Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Cumbria - the surname appears in 14th‑century tax rolls and guild records, and later spread to Scotland, Ireland, and the New World through migration. As a first name, Hodgson is rare but fits the modern Anglo-American taste for distinctive surnames as given names, with scattered use since the late 19th century. Variant spellings and related forms include Hodson, Hodgeson, Hodge (the medieval forename), Hodgins, and Hodgkinson; Rodgers and Rogerson are cognate patronymics from the same root.

⚙ Hodgson is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Hodgson appears only 8 times in total — found in 7 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.