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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a variant of medieval French soçon, sosson ‘companion’, ‘partner’, ‘workmate’ (from Latin socius), hence a nickname for a laborer, perhaps one who usually worked alongside a horse or ox. This name is sometimes Americanized as Sessions.

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