Adolphson: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

People called Adolphson share their surname's story with Adolph, of which it is a variant. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Descendant of Adolf or Athalwolf (noble, wolf)”.

How the spelling arose

Adolphson adds a patronymic ending to Adolph, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Adolfson and Adolf.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Adolphson with 703 bearers, at rank 32,676.

Adolphson coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Adolphson, so the heraldry linked to Adolph is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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