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The name Gershon is of Hebrew origin. The meaning of Gershon is exile. Gershon is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Ger-shon.
This name has two distinct possible origins, the first being a Jewish name from the Hewbrew Kohen, a priest.Variations of this are, Kohn, Kahen, Kahn, Kahan and Kahane.he second possibility is that Cohen is an Anglicized form of two Gaelic Irish surnames-O Cadhain of Connacht, and O Comhdhain of Ulster. The Gaelic prefix O indicates male descendant of, plus the personal bynames Cadhan meaning wild goose and Comhdan, a shared gift.