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Acheson (surname)

Field	Value
name	Acheson
pronunciation
meaning	Adam ("red earth")
region	England, Scotland, Ulster
languageorigin	Anglo-Scottish, Norman
variant	Atkinson, Aitchison, Aicheson, and Aitcheson, Adcock, Atcock
footnotes	Frequency Comparisons

Acheson is a surname of Anglo-Scots origin with Norman antecedents. It derives from the pet name Atkin, which is a diminutive of Adam.{{cite book

In Scotland the name is more usually rendered as Acheson, while it is more usually found rendered as Atkinson in England, where it is particularly common in the north. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down.{{cite book | orig-date = 1988 | url-access = registration

Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet).

People

Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1718–1790), Irish peer and politician
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (1776–1849), British politician
Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (1688–1748), Irish politician and baronet
Carrie Acheson (1934–2023), Irish politician
David John Acheson (born 1946), British applied mathematician
Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer
Sir Donald Acheson (1926–2010), British physician
Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856–1931), American chemist and inventor
Ernest F. Acheson (1855–1917), American politician and newspaper editor
Frank Oswald Victor Acheson (1887–1948), New Zealand land court judge
James Acheson (born 1946), British costume designer
John Acheson (miner) (fl. 1560–1581), Scottish goldsmith and mint official
John Acheson (actor) (died 1998), British actor
Kenny Acheson (born 1957), British Formula One driver
Marcus W. Acheson (1828–1906), American judge
Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet (c. 1655–1701), Irish baronet and politician
Earl of Gosford, a title held by the Acheson family

References

[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/acheson Acheson Surname at Forebears]

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