Thomson

Происхождение и история

Scottish patronymic surname meaning 'son of Thomas' (via the diminutive 'Thom'), where Thomas derives from the Aramaic 'ta'oma', meaning 'twin'. Thomson is the distinctly Scottish spelling of the more English Thompson; while both derive from the same root, Thomson is concentrated in Scotland — particularly in Fife, Lothian, and Lanarkshire — and is among the top twenty surnames north of the border. The variant is also common in County Down, Northern Ireland.