Comments for the name Addison

I find Addison a nice name. When someone I knew named their daughter this, I was confused by why someone would name their kid Addison because all I could think of was Addison's Disease. It has, however, grown on me.

I don't particularly like this name for women; I love it for men however. It's a cool name without being overused. The name Addison will always remind me of a friend of my brother's that everyone calls Captain Addison.

I have only known of one little boy with this name. I would use this name for a boy, not a girl, it is very masculine and strong sounding.

This is such a great boys name. I wouldn't use it at all for girl, it is very masculine sounding.

This is my little cousin's name. When my aunt first announced it, I didn't really like it, particularly for a girl, but it's really grown on me. I can't see her being named anything else.

I never encountered this name till I got on this site. Sorry, but the first thing that came to mind was the word adder. It's a snake.

Such a hideous name for a girl. It's a surname, a masculine name AND a disease.

Addison is in my top 15 names. I like the nickname Addy.

I think this name is great because it's interesting and sounds good on both men and women. I like it more on men, but on women I very much prefer it over overused names that sound similar, like Allison.

Addison IS overused in comparison to something like the medieval Allison. What century are you living in?

I must laugh heartily at those who still call this crap unique. Much yawnage.

I prefer this name for a boy.

I have never known an Addison, but I known a ton of Allisons. I prefer Addison.

I first heard the name Addison for a girl on Grey's Anatomy. I thought it was very strange for a girl at first, but have since grown to like it. I now prefer it for a girl.

Yes. A surname denoting the "first man" is certainly an appropriate thing to name a girl. This surname is no different than using Smith, Jones or Cockburn on a girl. What the frig is wrong with you trendies? Gender confusion run amok.

I prefer Addison for a girl. Surnames have a long history of being used for BOTH genders, so it's hardly a new trend. Addison is a popular choice for a girl, it's true. There were only 382 male Addisons born in the US in '05, compared to 2974 female Addisons. With those figures in mind, it is more likely the male Addisons who will suffer from gender confusion, not the females.

I personally /HATE/ how parents are taking phenomenal boy's names (such as Madison, Peyton, Hayden, Riley) and turning them into girl's names! Addison means 'Adam's son' not 'Adam's daughter'! Addidaughter seems pretty odd, eh?

I nearly named my daughter this, but freaked and changed my mind at the very last minute. At first, I wanted to use Addison because I love the name Madison. Though I wanted something different from the #1 name, but still be safe with something normal. I think many people have this train of thought when choosing Addison. But here's the problem: Addison is nowhere near as feminine and cute as Madison. The "M" makes a world of a difference. Madison sounds smooth, and Addison is all hard sounds. People say it is masculine, and it's not just because it's surname/unisex. It's the way it SOUNDS. This name will also not age well, I think it will be the "Bertha" of our future and these parents will say, "what was I thinking?". My daughter was an inch away from being "Addison" and I am so thankful that I came to my senses and chose something feminine for her.

Tolerable on a boy. Sick on a girl. What are the trendies going to snatch next? Jefferson, Williamson, Normanson? Or are they not super cute enough?

The meaning of Addison: We can’t always take name meanings literally. Claudia literally means ‘lame’ but it has been established as a fine, feminine name which most people seem to like. I’ve read that Addison can also mean ‘child of Adam’. Being Catholic, I can say that technically, we all are. Adam and Eve were very human so to me, it’s like Addison means ‘human’. Then there is the Grey’s Anatomy Character, who I adore. It also sounds similar to Allison, another name which I love as well as having the nickname Addie, which is all girl to me. So, Addison has more than one meaning to me and is most definitely girl.

Unisex: I can understand how some parents would want to name their sons Addison. I feel the same about the names Kelly and Ashley. But I’m not against unisex names; some of my favourites are unisex. I don’t see unisex names as ‘stealing from the boys’. This style of naming has been around since at least the middle ages (yes, I did the research, I’m not just making that up) so it can’t be called ‘trendy’ or a 21st century fad.

Addison's disease: I know there is an Addison’s disease and I understand those personally affected by it not particularly liking the name. But I don’t think it should be a reason why others shouldn’t use it. There are many names used for hurricanes and cyclones but they are still acceptable and just as beautiful. I would not personally name my daughter Katrina; I just think of the hurricane. But with Addison, my first thought isn’t the disease. Just like my first thought with Iris isn’t eyes but flowers. It depends on your personal experiences and naming style, I guess.

Having made my points, I adore Addison for a girl, nickname Addie. :)

I love this name for a boy!

I do not like this name very much. First of all, it makes me think of Addison's Disease. I would hate for people to think of a disease when they heard my name. Secondly, it sounds too masculine to be a girl's name, and despite that, it is way too overused on girls. There are better names out there. Although, I do like the name Addie on a boy of girl.

I prefer this name for men, but I could never use it on my son, because I don't want him teased about "having an girls name" like Madison.

Hi, I want to say more. Addison is an awesome boy's name, and I second Addidaughter as being better.

I love this name for a girl!

I love this name on a.... dog. It sounds feral and sniveling so perhaps a rat instead?

Dumb, modern, meaningless name attached to girls whose parents are rich and stupid or just stupid with an aspiration to appear rich. This name belongs on airheads from Beverley Hills.

Addison is unfortunate.

I like this name on a boy or a girl. For a girl, Addie is a great nickname. I love the name Addison for both genders. Can we just agree that it can mean "child of Adam"?

"Child of Adam?" Okay, sure. While we are at it, why not "Sparkleigh offspring from Add's fruity bits"?. It does not mean "Child of Adam", but if makes you feel better, by all means alter onomastics to your heart's content.

All I can think about is Addison's Disease.

Love this name, but it's becoming so popular. It's a shame, I hate it when offbeat names become overused and lose their uniqueness.

I absolutely detest this name for a girl. It means "SON of Adam," for crying out loud. I just think most names ending in son shouldn't be used for girls. :-/

This name is okay, but I can't really tell if it's for a boy or a girl. How old is this name; it sounds really modern.

I like this name although for nicknames, I prefer Addy to Addie.

If you check the popularity charts, Mary was used for men also, but no one made a statement about that. I like this name for a little girl, but never for a boy. Just too feminine to me.

I can imagine Addison fitting a little girl and a woman well. I cannot imagine it fitting a man or boy at all. However, I cannot decide if I like this name, considering Addison's disease.

In defense of the people who like this name for a girl, it does sound like Alison/Allison, which can hardly be imagined on a man anymore. It may just be a matter of getting used to. However, as a rule, names that end in -son should be used for boys, as they generally sound a bit strange on girls and quite ridiculous on grown women. A boyish name on a girl may seem like a fun, spunky idea, but your daughter won't be young forever, unless she dies young. It's not all that groundbreaking on a 45-year-old, is it?

I have never heard of this name until I came to this site. Sounds horrible on a boy or a girl.

It's an ok name, but in my opinion the gender is much too ambiguous.

I think Addison is ok on a boy and really bad on a girl. The various misspellings of the name (Addyson, Adyson, Addisin, Addysin etc.) just make it worse.

I love this name, on a girl. I know it really means "Son of Adam" in its original context, but it is beautiful, and reminds me of the sweetheart girl I know. I much more like its English meaning of 'awesome' becuase that is what it is. Awesome.

It seems odd to name your daughter, "Son of Adam." If you had a son named Addison that would be fine, and it would be especially great if the father was named Adam (though of course that's not necessary), but a daughter? No, definitely not. This is super trendy.

I think this is a ridiculous name for a girl.

I absolutely love this name. I am considering using it as my girl's name, who is due in about 2 weeks. It's strong and beautiful, down to earth, classy. I can't imagine a better name.
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First of all, 'Son of Adam' does not literally translate into 'son' as in 'boy'. Son, at the time of the surname's meaning as a more realistic translation, means 'offspring of Adam'. You will never hear 'daughter of...' because it wasn't refered to, back then, in genders.
Second, since when is it taboo to use a surname or a boy's name as a girl's name? I know a man named Beverly, and Ashley, and many girls named Devon and Jamie. Why does this seem so backwards to some of you?

**yawn** Done, dusted. Please let it go. The surname fad is really, really tiresome.

I don't really understand why people are using this name for their little girls, but whatever. I find this name very masculine. I don't actually like it, and I don't think I'd ever use it on a child, but it's a nice name for a boy.

A little question; WHO cares if this is a BOY name used on GIRLS. I know a lot of girl-names used on boys in Sweden (Janne) or South America (what about all the male authors with Maria as second name). And what about girls with Jose as second name?

What's up the all these "-son" girl names? Madison, Addison - pretty much the same thing, right? I know you can get decent nicknames, like Addi and Madi, but why not name a girl something like Madelyn, or Adelaide, at least something FEMININE.

Also, Madison and Addison remind me too much of the word MEDICINE.

The reason behind this name's sudden rise is obvious (it is almost in the top 10 now). The people who like Madison have become aware of its popularity, and chose Addison because of the similar sound. Personally, I much prefer Allison on a girl. I don't mind names like Sophia and Olivia in popularity because they are so elegant, but I do cringe at Madison and Addison due to a downright unfeminine ugly sound. I agree with the poster who said Addison will become the next Bertha. A distant cousin of mine named his boy/girl twins Aiden and Addison - ugh trendy overload.

Personally, I find this a hideous name, not because of its masculine meaning, but I hate hate hate the sound.
It's very trendy and overused. Bleh.

I feel bad for the girls who are going to have to live with this name!

It's an ugly sick name on a girl. All it does is remind me of the Addison's Disease, someone who names their kid this must have extremely poor taste.

I think I actually slightly prefer the way overused and tacky Madison, which at least doesn't sound quite as harsh as Addison. Not only is this the name of a disease, but it also sounds like "Add a son." What is with the popularity of these -son names for girls? The only legit female name ending in -son which I know of is Allison! If you want the nickname Addie, why not just use Adeline, Adele, or Adela as the formal name? Addison just sounds so ugly and tacky.

This name is even uglier than Madison, and I agree with Anyechka's comment: a name like Adele or Adeline would be better if you wanted to call your daughter Addie.

Addison is horrible name for a girl. I catch not why how parents are taking boy's names (Madison, Peyton, Hayden, Riley) and turning them into girl's names! It means Adam's son!

Before this site I never heard Addison being a boys name. Same with Madison. I know plenty of Madisons none of which are boys. I can't imagine either of these on boys. I know two Addisons also both girls. I wouldn't name my boys these names because they sound girly to me even though they end in -son.

I really like this name, but I would NEVER use it since it's super trendy, there is a disease called Addison's disease and also because of Addison Montgomery. I wouldn't want people to think that I named my kid after a Tv character. Still, I do like the name.

Yet, another ultra tacky -son name. Who would name a GIRL son of Adam? BUT it sounds to girlish for a boy. It's one of the worst names I've ever heard.

I do like this name but I feel like it should be pronounced Ad-dee-sun. The name is popular in America ONLY and the Americans cannot seem to pronounce it correctly. In the North it's mainly Ah-dee-sun, in the South it sounds a lot like Edison (think Thomas Edison). Ah-dee-sn also seems to be a common mispronunciation.

My best GUY friend's name is Addison and personally I like it. He is the first Addison I have met and the name seems to fit him. Now that I know him, it is hard for me to imagine a little girl named Addison, it just doesn't seem right to me. Oh well. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Why would anyone name a girl something that means "son of Adam?" Ludicrous.

Just like Maddison, this name is gaining popularity in Australia. Our family friend and a cousin of mine (neither of the two sets of parents know each other) both have daughters named Addison, born within a year of each other. I don't particularly think it's pretty or unique, and the fact that it means "Son of Adam" is perplexing.

I dare say this name will become overused in the near future, just like my name, Sarah, and names like Jessica, Rebecca, and Mary, and all those common things.

I used to think this was like a girly-girl name, until today during class I asked the redneck guy next to me what his middle name was, and he said Addison! It was his grandmother's maiden name, so I didn't laugh. Now I looked it up on here, and I'm loving it for a guy!

This name makes me think of a hyperactive, obnoxious kindergardener with ADD. I don't know why, I guess it's the "Add" prefix. I would say that nowadays it is more a female name, however not one of my favourites. "A-D-D-ison". Haha!

#12 on the Social Security Administration's list of girls named in 2009 in the USA. Fits with all the Aidan variations for boys and Madison variations for girls. I think it's awful. I don't like Madison either, but this is ten times worse. I don't judge people by their names but I do judge their mothers. Addison's mommie almost made the honor roll once in high school, went to community college, has a maxed-out Discover card, and stalks her husband's ex-girlfriends on MySpace.

This is such an ugly name for a girl. It means SON of Adam. It's okay for a boy, but not one of my favorites.

I think Addison sounds better as a boy's name. But then again I'm rather inbetween. It seems too feminine to be a boys name and yet too masculine to be a girls name. But I think I'm still leaning more towards a boy.

I think this is a really handsome name for a guy. On girls it just sounds ugly.

I absolutely cannot stand female names ending with -son.

Whoa. This is a very opinionated name. I heard the name for a girl first but its spelled Addyson. The "y" makes is look more feminine but it still means son of Adam. It seems like the style now is to name girls, guy names. For example Jameson, Hunter, Tyler, Jordan, etc.

One of my favorite girls' names. Nickname: Addi. I can picture a sweet little girl and an independent woman with this name.

This name sounds very masculine to me. I don't see how you can get more masculine than "son of Adam". There's much nicer ways to get the nickname Addy for a girl. There's also a disease called Addison's Disease, which turns me off the name even more. I hoping this name along with Madison will soon fade from popularity and become this generation's version of Gladys, Mildred, Gretchen, Myrtle where the vast majority of future generations will look back and wonder why on earth these names got to be so popular in the first place and shun them.

Didn't anyone read the meaning of this name?! It literally means SON of ADAM. I think any name ending in "SON" should be reserved for the male population because in most cases it will mean SON of whoever his parent (usually, father) was!

Also, children should not have to be confused about their genders. If in doubt, look up the song "A Boy named Sue".

I cannot put my finger to it but there is something I really really dislike about the name Addison. It's not the fact that it's unisex, I don't mind the name Madison. It's by no means a favorite of mine but I've certainly heard worse. Addison kind of sound like "Add a son" or "Add us in" in my head.

I've always viewed it as masculine, despite its similarity to Alison. I can picture it quite easily on a young boy or grown man, but it's difficult for me to see it on a girl or woman. It very obviously mean "SON of Adam"; all these nonsense "child of Adam" and "awesome" meanings are complete bogus. It has -son right there. Are you people blind? Can you not read?

And for the ones who want to use this name for a girl; is something wrong with the much better names Adelaide and Adeline?

Before I never liked this name for some reason, but somewhat overnight it grew on me, I think it is much more of a girls name than a boys.

My name is Addisyn (spelled with a y) and my nickname is Addie. I am a girl and never have even thought about it being a boys name.

Addison is a nice name and the fact that there are so many bad responses is ridiculous. This can be the perfect name for the new modern mommy's in the world. This is feminine but at the same time it has a good masculine feeling to it in case your daughter is a tomboy because, let's face it- in this day and age not many daughters are girly anymore because everyone wants to be unique. And this might be a win-win situation if she turns out to be 'different'.

I am so tired of this name, and pretty much all names ending with '-son' at this point. Madison, Allison, Addison- all of them! They are so overused it's not even funny anymore. And what's with all these nice boys names being used as girl names? I'm sick of it!

I know a person who spelled her daughter's name 'Adysen'.