Simpson

Meanings

1. A Scottish and northern English patronymic surname derived from Sim, the short form of Simon.
2. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places in Devon.
3. A suburban village in Simpson and Ashland parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8836).
4. A hamlet in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8818).
5. A village in the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek, No. 281, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A locality in the south of the Northern Territory, Australia.
7. A town mostly in Corangamite Shire, in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. An unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas.
10. A village in Johnson County, Illinois.
11. An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana.
12. A minor city in Cloud County and Mitchell County, Kansas.

1. Alternative form of sencion (“groundsel”).

Etymology

From Middle English Sympson, equivalent to Sim, the short form of Simon, + -son.