"son of Thomas"
The name Thomson is commonly a male name from the "" origin that means "son of Thomas".
Thomson is a surname of English and Scottish origin, formed from the given name Thomas plus the patronymic suffix -son, so its literal sense is "son of Thomas". Thomas goes back to Aramaic t'oma, meaning "twin". Thomson and Thompson are variant spellings of the same patronymic surname, and Thomson is the form historically associated with Scotland.
The pronunciation of Thomson is TOM-sun.
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