Hudson
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- 'Son of Hudde', a medieval pet name usually taken as a form of Hugh Well attested
The Hudson River is named after the explorer Henry Hudson, so the surname came first.
- Origin
- English surname
- Popularity
US 2025: #17 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #43
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Hudson
- Dictionary of American Family Names (Hanks, Oxford): Hudson, shown on FamilySearch
- Dictionary of American Family Names (Hanks, Oxford): Hudd, shown on FamilySearch
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources: Hugh
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (OUP): Hudson, Oxford Reference summary
- Online Etymology Dictionary: Hudson