Gershenson Family History
Gershenson Name Meaning
Jewish (from Ukraine and Bessarabia):: variant of Hershenson a patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Hersh (see Hirsch ). The initial g is due to Russian influence since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. patronymic from Gershen .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022