Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname. · A surname, variant of Dyson · A surname from Old French, variant of Tison · A surname from German, variant of Theisen
* A variant of Tison. A nickname from Old French tison (“firebrand”). * A patronymic English surname, variant of Dyson, from Dennis + -son. * In the US, adopted by a German family who came to America (Germantown, PA) in 1683, originally named German Teisen "son of Theiss", which was short for Matthias. Original spellings were Theisen, Theissen, Teisen, Teison.
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