2006-10-04 08:07:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Which country does it orginate from etc
2006-10-04 08:20:32 · update #1
just found out its scottish and northern irish origion. im northern irish!
2006-10-04 08:37:06 · update #2
JAMISON is an English surname meaning "son of James"
Now the name "James" come from Latin through French, but goes back further through Greek to the Hebrew name "Ya`akob" [our name "Jacob"], which traditionally means "supplanter, heal-grabber" [sounds like the Hebrew word for "heel"].
But there's a good chance this was simply a pun (there are many examples of such wordplays with names in the Hebrew Bible). The the name itself may instead mean something like "May he [that is, God] protect!" (This would make it a "sentence name" that confesses something of what one believes about God. This way of naming was very common in Israel and the ancient Near East in general.)
2006-10-04 13:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Scots, possibly Northern Irish, which would have happened when James I of England (James VI of Scotland) wanted to dilute the Catholic influence in Ireland and move Scots to Northern Ireland. That did not work and the problems it caused are continuing to this day. Read about the conflict between the Northern Irish and the rest of Ireland.
2006-10-05 06:38:30 · answer #2 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jameson is an Irish whiskey, so the surname probably originates from Ireland
also the Jameson raid was an event during the Boer War (1899-1902)
2006-10-04 09:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by Conservative 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a derivitive of James (OF,Old French James, AF, Anglo French Jam from Jacomus, varient of the Latin Jacobus now Jacob, Jaimeson means 'son of' Jamie or James. Aright Jimmy!
2006-10-04 09:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by peter d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A variation of Son of James. It was typical for many Europeans to make their surname basically their fathers name with son after it.
John's son - Johnson
Thomas' Son - Thompson or Thomson
Lars' Son - Larson
etc. I always found the idea and creation of surnames fascinating.
2006-10-04 08:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Venus M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's of English origin, meaning son of James.
2006-10-04 08:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by L D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have come from the son of a man named James.
2006-10-04 08:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by jennybeanses 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not positive, but I believe it came from England and started out as a family name. I think it was James' son(the son of James.)
2006-10-04 08:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Peggy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the son of James
2006-10-04 08:12:28 · answer #9 · answered by lola_r_hamster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means the son of james probably from galway in ireland
2006-10-04 08:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by leslie c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋