Recorded Variants of Hodgson

Variants found most or more often in historic records are indicated below in uppercase. Most of the remaining lesser variants may be a one-time misspelling or a local dialect interpreted phonetically; but if they are legitimate family surnames, then they appear to have disappeared from modern use or we have a lot more digging to do to find more of them.

Hoddesin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoddgin, ion, on, one, onn, onne, oon, sin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoddsin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hodesin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

HODGEin, ion, N, ON, one, onn, onne, oon, sin, sion, SON, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hodggin, ion, on, one, onn, onne, oon, sin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

HODGHin, ion, on, one, onn, onne, oon, sin, sion, SON, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

HODGIN, ion, ON, one, onn, onne, oon

HODGshin, shion, SHON, shone, shonn, shonne, shoon

HODGsin, sion, SON, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hodhgsin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon, sin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hodisin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon,

HODSHON, sin, sion, SON (see note), sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hogeisin, ision, ison, isone, isonn, isonne, isoon, sin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoggesin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoggiin, ion, on, one, onn, onne, oon, sin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoghesin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hoghsin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hogisin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Hogsin, sion, son, sone, sonn, sonne, soon

Few of the above variants are current today but all did exist in the past, be it for one person, one parish, or one period of time. Before 1900 very few could spell, and those who did may not have known the standard spellings so just wrote the surname as it sounded. Thus to trace any one individual between parishes, or just between new vicars, one should be prepared to find the surname spelled differently.

A Henry Hoggesone appears in the 1325 Court Rolls of Thomas Earl of Lancaster in West Derby, near Liverpool. The earliest record of a Hodgson is of a John Hodgson, bailiff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1276 and its mayor 1278-1281. His son Richard was twice bailiff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1281 and 1288. By the late 1400s, Hodgson and its variants become more numerous in the records of North England's towns and cities such as Bradford, Newcastle, Preston, and York.

There is a record of an Odesune in the Domesday Book of 1086. Adam Odesone appears in the 1342 ‘Feet of Fines for the County of York’, in several parishes near Leeds.

Hodson is considered a different surname with its own roots or derivation. We include it because we have families on record initially as Hodgson but eventually dropped their apparent silent letter 'g' for lack of use, a trait often found in very early American and Australian families. We have families on record with several variants, often for one individual.