Benson

Meanings

1. An English habitational surname from Old English from a place in Oxfordshire.
2. An English surname originating as a patronymic from Benedict + -son.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
5. A hamlet within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.
6. A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6191).
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A city in Cochise County, Arizona.
9. A village in Woodford County, Illinois.
10. An unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
11. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
12. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English Benesingtūn.