Jacobson

English

Etymology

From Jacob +‎ -son. From Middle English Jacobson. Medieval English patronymic surname "son of Jacob".

In the U.S. adopted by immigrants with similar family names, such as Swedish Jakobsson, Danish and Norwegian Jacobsen (or Jakobsen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbsən/

Proper noun

Jacobson

1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
   • 2020 April 10, Joan Biskupic, “The 115-year-old Supreme Court opinion that could determine rights during a pandemic”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 9 March 2022:

     Today, the question is how bluntly the case, known as Jacobson v. Massachusetts, might be wielded to justify curbing individual liberties without caveat.

   • 2024 May 19, Bryan Mena, “Wealthy Americans are starting to spend more carefully”, in CNN‎^[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 15 July 2024:

     “It’s well known that the lowest income consumer is really struggling with inflation, but from a purely economic standpoint, it is the higher quintiles of earners that do the most spending,” Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson, global investment strategist at Hartford Funds, told CNN.

Derived terms

• Jacobson radical

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jacobson is the 767^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44,808 individuals. Jacobson is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jacobson (“patronymic surname meaning “son of Jacob””), from Jacob (“male given name”) +‎ -son (“patronymic suffix meaning “son of””). It may also represent an anglicized form of Scandinavian Jacobsen or Swedish Jacobsson.

Compare Swedish Jacobsson and Danish Jacobsen (“patronymic surnames”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.kɔp.sɔn/, /ˈjɑː.kup.sɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkɔpsɔn, -ɑːkupsɔn
• Hyphenation: Ja‧cob‧son

Proper noun

Jacobson

1. a surname from English, a patronymic originally meaning “son of Jacob”

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 15 people in Norway bore the surname Jacobson as of 31 December 2025.

References

• Jacobson (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Jacob – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.