74%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. HUD-sən [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From an English surname meaning "son of Hudde". A famous bearer of the surname was the English explorer Henry Hudson (1570-1611). PopularityDetails Last ranked #11 in 2022 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #276 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #25 in 2019 Canada Last ranked #59 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #10 in 2023 New Zealand Last ranked #91 in 2022 Northern Ireland Last ranked #53 in 2022 Scotland Last ranked #27 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details mature upper class wholesome strong strange simple Categories derived from a surname, ends in -son, explorers, Lou Reed songs, Nintendo characters, Paula Cole songs, place names, rivers, surnames, The Legend of Zelda characters, trendy, water