Lipson Family History
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Lipson Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Libson, a metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Libe, from Yiddish ‘love’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Lipe (a short form of Lipman). English: patronymic from Lipp 2. English: habitational name from Lipson in Devon, which is possibly named from Old English hliep ‘leap’, ‘steep place’ + stan ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Ipson, Sibson, Lipton, Lipman, Liston, Lipkin, Simpson, Upson, Lifton