Hodson Family History
Hodson Name Meaning
English:: variant of Hudson . patronymic from the Middle English personal name Hod(e) a variant of Ode + -son. See Ott and Oates . variant of Hodgson . variant of Hodsdon . variant of Hotston perhaps a habitational name from a lost place in Harting (Sussex) from an Old English personal name Hod (genitive Hoddes) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ (compare Hodsdon ). The placename may survive in the name Hudsons Copse in that parish in which case it could be a source of the surnames Hotson Hodson Hudson and Hutson in Sussex.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022