Catterson Family History
Catterson Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: either a shortened form of Middle English or Older Scots Caterineson (‘son of Catherine’) or a variant of Catson that is a post-medieval spelling of Middle English or Older Scots Cat(t)eson ‘son of Cat(t)e’ short for Caterine or Catelin (see Catherine and Catlin ). Alternatively adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uaitéir ‘son of Walter’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022