Baby Names Ending in Son
Baby names that end in son originated just the way you think: they designated that the person — Jackson, say, or Jefferson — was the son of Jack or Jeffery. Son makes a stylish first name ending today, mostly for boys but since the era of Allison, also for girls.
Along with Allison and Jackson, other son baby names in the US Top 100 include Mason, Madison, Addison, Grayson, Hudson, Carson, Jameson, and Bryson. Fashionable son names that are also well-known celebrity surnames include Branson, Hanson, Olson, and Tomlinson.
Son baby names can make for an original way to honor an ancestor or relative while slightly varying the name. You may find a son name you want to use from your family tree, or take inspiration from these prime examples, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Addison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Adam"
- Allison
Origin:
Scottish, diminutive of AliceMeaning:
"noble"
- Anderson
Origin:
English from ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Anders"
- Anson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Anne"
- Babson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Barbara"
- Benson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Ben"
- Bjornson
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Bjorn"
- Braison
Origin:
American, meaning unknown
- Branson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the raven"
- Brayson
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Bronson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of brown-haired one"
- Bryson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Brice"
- Carlson
- Carson
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"son of the marsh dwellers"
- Chason
- Christofferson
- Coleson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Son of Nicholas"
- Davison
- Dawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of David"
- Denison
- Dodgson
- Donelson
- Dotson
- Dowson
- Dyson
Origin:
English, contraction of Dennison
- Eason
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Adam"
- Edison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Edith or Adam"
- Ellison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Ellis"
- Elson
- Emerson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Emery"
- Ericson
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"son of the eternal ruler"
- Ferguson
Origin:
Scottish surnameMeaning:
"son of Fergus"
- Garrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Garret"
- Gerson
- Gibson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Gilbert's son"
- Grayson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the son of the bailiff"
- Hanson
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Hans"
- Harrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Harry"
- Henderson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Henry"
- Hobson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robert"
- Hodgson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Roger"
- Hudson
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Hugh's son"
- Hutchinson
- Ibson
- Iverson
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"Ivar's son"
- Jackson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jack"
- Jadson
Origin:
Brazilian, meaning unknown
- Jameson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of James"
- Janson
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"Jan's son"
- Jefferson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jeffrey"
- Jenson
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Jens"
- Jetson
Origin:
Variation of Judson
- Johnson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of John"
- Judson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jordan"
- Karlson
- Kason
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Larson
- Lawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Lawrence"
- Levison
- Louison
Origin:
French
- Lucson
- Mackson
Origin:
Surname nameMeaning:
"son of Mack or Max"
- Madison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Matthew"
- Mason
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"worker in stone"
- Matheson
- Morrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Morris"
- Nelson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Neil"
- Nicholson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Nicol"
- Nielson
- Olson
- Orson
Origin:
Latin and EnglishMeaning:
"bear cub"
- Patterson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Peter"
- Payson
Origin:
English, meaning unknown
- Pearson
- Peterson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Peter"
- Philipson
- Pierson
- Richardson
- Roberson
- Robinson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robin"
- Sampson
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sun"
- Samson
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sun"
- Simpson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Simon"
- Stetson
Origin:
American surname
- Stevenson
- Swenson
- Tason
- Tayson
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Tennyson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Dennis"
- Thompson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Tom"
- Tilson
- Tomlinson
- Treyson
- Tyson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"firebrand"
- Urson
- Vinson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Vincent"
- Watson
Origin:
English and Scottish surname related to WalterMeaning:
"son of Wat"
- Wesson
Origin:
Variation of Weston, EnglishMeaning:
"from the western town"
- Wilkinson
- Williamson
- Wilson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Will"
- Woodson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"from Woodsome"