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Definition: A patronymic surname meaning "son of Watt." The popular Middle English given names Wat or Watt were pet forms of the name Walter, meaning "ruler of the army." From the elements "wald" = rule and "heri" = army.
Surname Origin:
English, Scottish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
WATTIS, WATTS, WATTSON
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Common Surname Search Tips WATSON Family Genealogy Forum WATSON Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - WATSON Genealogy WATSON Surname Mailing List Clan Watson Society International Surname Finder - WATSON Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - WATSON Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - WATSON Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - WATSON Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
