220+ Boy Names That End in -son

Boy names that end in son are among the oldest and most classic male names around.

The top boy name ending in -son is Mason, which ranks in the Top 10. Along with Mason, boy names ending in son in the US Top 100 include Jackson, Grayson, Carson, Jameson, Bryson, and Jason.

Unique boy names ending in son include Hodgson and Babson. You can also fashion a unique son-ending name from an ancestral female first name, such as Marson for Mary, Marie, or Margaret.

Originally patronyms, names that end in son are based quite literally on the name of the father, so that Jackson is the son of Jack, Harrison is the son of Harry, and so on.

Today, of course, boy names ending in son are trending apart from their relationship to family names. Names ending in son for boys sound like (and often are) surnames, a stylish class all its own. And some people feel that boys' names with son at the end sound more like real names, buttoned-up and classy, but also lending themselves to cute short forms.

Of course there are a handful of popular girl names that end in son too, notably Madison, Addison, and Alison. But the son ending is usually attached to boy names. Here are the choices, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

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