Meaning and Origin of: Simpson

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Simplistic

Boy name variations

Simpsen
Simpsun
Simson

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern English : patronymic from Sim.
  • English : habitational name from any of three places in Devon, so named from Old English personal name Sigewine + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Famous people with this last name

O.J. Simpson
Ashlee Simpson
Jessica Simpson