Dickenson Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Dickenson is best understood together with Dixon: both are English and Scottish spellings of one family name.

Before spelling was fixed, Dixon was also written Dickenson. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

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