Pogson Family History
Pogson Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): patronymic formed with Middle English son meaning ‘son of (someone surnamed) Pogg’. The origin of Pogg is uncertain. It might be a Middle English antecedent of early Modern English Pog a rhyming pet form of Mogg a pet form of Margaret . Alternatively it could be a topographic surname from Yorkshire dialect pog ‘spongy ground bog’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022