Henson surname meaning

Henson is chiefly an English patronymic built from Henne or Hen, familiar forms associated with Henry and other medieval personal names. The ending resembles son-of formations such as Johnson and Hutchinson, although historical spellings and local pronunciations vary. Hennison and related forms show how the same personal-name base could receive different suffixes. Henry’s traditional “home ruler” gloss belongs to the given name rather than to every Henson family. The catalog uses parent’s name with likely confidence because the patronymic route is strong, but the underlying short form is not uniform in every record.