The Watson Surname
- Meaning
- son of Wat
- Type
- Patronymic
- Root
- English
- Chiefly
- Northern England and Scotland
Wat was the everyday short form of Walter, a Germanic name meaning roughly ‘ruler of the army’. Walter itself was a Norman import.
Watt and Watts come from the same short form without the patronymic ending.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Watson name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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