Names That Mean Son

To honor an ancestral Peter.

Marks is a surname that independently arose in several languages, most all of them as a patronymic form of Mark. Among Jewish families, Marks is typically a variation of Marx. Marx was a given name derived from Marcus that Ashkenazi Jews used as a Germanized form of Mordechai.

Can be used as a middle name to honor Dad or Grandpa David.

Inventive way to honor a redheaded ancestor, though most people would mispronounce it reeding, making it sound to some kids like a school assignment: Redding is a preferable spelling.

Once you get past thinking of it as a red-painted building where they keep cows and hay, has a nice plainspoken country-like feel and may make a cooler diminutive than the still-purple Barney.

Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.

Common Japanese name for second sons. Kenjiro Shirabu is a character in the anime series Haikyu!!, and Kenjiro Tsuda is a well-known voice actor who has lent his talents to numerous anime series.

Kavanagh, which can also be spelled Cavanagh, Cavenagh, Kavanaugh, and Cavanaugh, is one of the few traditional Irish surnames not to start with Mc or O'. Kavanagh relates to the name first Kevin or Caomhan. Early kings of Leinster bore the name Kavanagh.

Solid Philip middle name alternative.

Ximeno is sometimes falsely credited as the Basque variation of Simon. It actually comes from Semen, a medieval Basque name that is completely unusable today, for obvious reasons. All the more reason to go with Ximeno.

The infamous name Dracula technically means "son of Dracul" but since Dracul means devil in modern Romanian, we thought we'd cut right to the chase.

Worldly name often heard in India, familiar here via the film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

If you choose this name, it's not likely to be for the meaning.

An interesting international possibility for a third son.

This common English surname is rarely used as a first. The S ending makes it a preppy way to update Andrew.

Names ending in son are by definition male, but that hasn't stopped Madison and Allison from being widely used for girls. Greyson is one of the latest choices to join the migration across gender lines.

The connection between the two names isn't intuitive, but Jernej is the Slovene form of Bartholomew.

Could be a possible substitute for the dated Dawson, but the first syllable is a little--well--raw.

You might think of Jeffers as Jefferson's much rarer younger brother, or maybe Jeffrey's. unconventional son. Surname-names ending in S -- Brooks, Ames -- are trending now, though Jeffers is reminiscent of Jeeves.

A variant of Jameson or Jamison, borne by the first Black woman in space, former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison.