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Names like Harrison

Harrison is a three-syllable English name that ends in -on. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

Three syllables, ending the same way as Harrison.

Emerson English · son of Emery
Remington English · place name/surname, "settlement on the raven's stream"
Jamison English · surname meaning 'son of James'
Jayceon English · modern variant of Jason, from the Greek for 'healer'

The same roots

Also English names, from the tradition Harrison comes from.

Jefferson English · surname meaning "son of Geoffrey"; it crossed to Brazil on the surname-name wave, where the respelling Jeferson now outnumbers it
Clayton English · place name, "settlement on clay land"
Preston English · place name, "priest's settlement"
Payton English · "Paega's town," an Old English place name that spent centuries as a surname; the A-spelling of Peyton, unisex like its twin and slightly the rarer of the pair. Two spellings, one easygoing sound

The same feel

Also classic and surname style names.

Anderson Scandinavian · surname, "son of Andrew"; Brazil turned it into a first name and made it a defining boy name of the 1980s and 90s
Winston English · place name, "Wine's settlement"
Dalton English · place name, "valley settlement"
Tyson English · surname, traditionally "firebrand"

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Harrison, on a similar curve.

Ellison English · surname meaning 'son of Ellis' (a form of Elijah/Elias)
Edison English · surname meaning 'son of Eda', a medieval pet form of Edward or Adam
Garrison English · English surname meaning 'son of Garret'
Hampton English · English place name and surname meaning 'home settlement'
The full Harrison page: meaning, origin and 130 years of records
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