Michaelson (name)
Encyclopedia
Michaelson is a patronymic
surname
meaning "son of Michael
". A common English language
surname, there are other English and Scandinavia
n spellings. It is rare as a given name
. People with the name Michaelson include:
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "son of Michael
Michael
Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...
". A common English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
surname, there are other English and Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n spellings. It is rare as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. People with the name Michaelson include:
- Ben MichaelsonBen MichaelsonBenjamin Michaelson is a swimmer hailing from Seymour, Connecticut. He attended Seymour High school, later continuing his education and career at Southern Connecticut State University under head coach Timothy Quill and assistant coach CJ Moran. After college, he continued swimming at the SoNoCo...
(b. ?), American swimmer - Ingrid MichaelsonIngrid MichaelsonIngrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy The Big C and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle and Opel's/Vauxhall's...
(b. 1979), American singer/songwriter - Isaac MichaelsonIsaac MichaelsonIsaac Claude Michaelson , was an Israeli ophthalmologist and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.- Biography :Michaelson was born in 1903 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom...
(1903 - 1982), Scottish-born Israeli ophthalmologist - M. Alfred MichaelsonM. Alfred MichaelsonMagne Alfred Michaelson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county in Southern Norway...
(1878 - 1949), American politician - Ron MichaelsonRon MichaelsonRon Michaelson is an actor popular for appearing in commercials for Ditech.com, where he plays a character known as "Ned the Banker." The commercials intend to show that Ned is unable to close a mortgage deal, even with his own mother, because of Ditech's highly competitive rates and services...
(b. ?), American actor - Scott MichaelsonScott MichaelsonScott Michaelson is an Australian actor and manager who is most famous for playing Brad Willis in Neighbours...
(b. 1968), Australian actor