# Dotson

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**Dotson** is a [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language) surname originating from the [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire) region. This surname is a patronymic of the Middle English name "Dodde." Originally derived from the Germanic root "dodd" meaning "something rounded", used to denote a short, rotund man [\[1\]](http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dotson). Notable people with this surname include:

- [Alphonse Dotson](/source/Alphonse_Dotson) (born 1943), American football player
- [Amber Dotson](/source/Amber_Dotson), American country singer
- [Bob Dotson](/source/Bob_Dotson), American broadcast journalist
- [Carlton Dotson](/source/Carlton_Dotson), American college basketball player and murderer
- [Chastity Dotson](/source/Chastity_Dotson), American actress
- [Damyean Dotson](/source/Damyean_Dotson), American basketball player
- [Demar Dotson](/source/Demar_Dotson) (born 1985), American football player
- [Devon Dotson](/source/Devon_Dotson) (born 1999), American basketball player
- [Earl Dotson](/source/Earl_Dotson) (born 1970), American football player
- [Elijah Dotson](/source/Elijah_Dotson) (born 1999), American football player
- [Gary Dotson](/source/Gary_Dotson), American exonerated of a criminal conviction by DNA evidence
- [Jahan Dotson](/source/Jahan_Dotson) (born 2000), American football player
- [Jessie Dotson](/source/Jessie_Dotson) (born 1974), American mass murderer
- [Jimmy Dotson](/source/Jimmy_Dotson) (1933–2017), American blues singer, guitarist and drummer
- [Kevin Dotson (disambiguation)](/source/Kevin_Dotson_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Lionel Dotson](/source/Lionel_Dotson) (born 1985), American football player
- [Mello Dotson](/source/Mello_Dotson) (born 2002), American football player
- [Mentor Dotson](/source/Mentor_Dotson) (born c. 1837), African American politician
- [Richard Dotson](/source/Richard_Dotson) (born 1959), American baseball player
- [Santana Dotson](/source/Santana_Dotson) (born 1969), American football player
- [Sam Dotson](/source/Sam_Dotson) (born 1970), American police commissioner in St. Louis

## See also

- [Dotson, Minnesota](/source/Dotson,_Minnesota)
- [Dodson (disambiguation)](/source/Dodson_(disambiguation))
- [Dootson](/source/Dootson), surname

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