Empson Family History
Empson Name Meaning
English:: metronymic meaning ‘son of Emma’ from the Middle English female personal name Em(e) Emme (see Imm ) + -son. shortened form of Emerson . The two names were no doubt confused and it is possible that the reverse process sometimes occurred whereby Em(m)erson was an altered form of Emmeson i.e. Em(p)son.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022