Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "Son of Edward."

Narrative: This surname has been given to boys over the last century in honor of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).

Starting his working life as a newsboy at age 12, Edison went on to invent an array of devices that in themselves go far to define the 20th-century American experience, including the incandescent electric bulb, the phonograph, the alkaline battery, the phonograph, and the microphone. In addition, he was one of the first producers of motion pictures.