Hyson Family History
Hyson Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Heysham (Lancashire) from Old English hǣs ‘brushwood’ or hǣse ‘land overgrown with brushwood’ + hām ‘village homestead’. In the surname the alteration of -s(h)am or -som to -son seems to have occurred quite late. variant of Ison with prosthetic H-. possibly a variant of the Somerset habitational name Haysom which may be from Haysend in Tamerton Foliot (Devon). The placename probably derives from Old English (ge)hæg ‘fence enclosure’ (genitive hæges) + ende ‘end’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022