-son

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

English

Alternative forms

• -sson (from -'s son)

Etymology

From Middle English -son, Nordic/North Germanic patronyms of the form (name) + son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sən/

Suffix

-son

1. Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
2. (Hong Kong) Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a given name.

Derived terms

• Adamson
• Addison
• Aitchison
• Allinson
• Allison
• Anderson
• Atkinson
• Bateson
• Beeson
• Benson
• Bryson
• Carson
• Casson
• Clarkson
• Collinson
• Cookson
• Coulson
• Cuthbertson
• Davidson
• Davison
• Dawson
• Dennison
• Dickenson
• Dickinson
• Dickson
• Diskerson
• Dobson
• Dodson
• Donaldson
• Dowson
• Dyson
• Eason
• Edmondson
• Ellison
• Elson
• Emerson
• Emmerson
• Erickson
• Ferguson
• Gibson
• Gilson
• Gleeson
• Goodson
• Grayson
• Gregson
• Hampson
• Hanson
• Harrison
• Henderson
• Henson
• Hewitson
• Hewson
• Hickson
• Higginson
• Higson
• Hobson
• Hodgkinson
• Hodgson
• Hodkinson
• Hodson
• Hopkinson
• Howson
• Hudson
• Hutchinson
• Hutchison
• Hutson
• Ibbotson
• Jackson
• Jameson
• Jamieson
• Jefferson
• Jenkinson
• Jepson
• Jobson
• Johnson
• Kitson
• Lawrenson
• Lawson
• Leeson
• Maddison
• Mallinson
• Manson
• Marson
• Mason
• Masterson
• Mathieson
• Mawson
• Morrison
• Musson
• Neilson
• Nelson
• Newson
• Nicholson
• Parkinson
• Paterson
• Patterson
• Pattinson
• Pattison
• Pearson
• Peterson
• Phillipson
• Ranson
• Rawlinson
• Rawson
• Richardson
• Ritson
• Robertson
• Robinson
• Robson
• Rogerson
• Rollinson
• Rowson
• Sampson
• Sanderson
• Simpson
• Smithson
• Stephenson
• Stevenson
• Stimpson
• Thomason
• Thompson
• Thomson
• Tomkinson
• Tomlinson
• Tyson
• Watkinson
• Watson
• Widdowson
• Wilkinson
• Williamson
• Willson
• Wilson

See also

• Coxon
• Dixon
• Moxon
• Nixon

Anagrams

• ons, Nos, Nos., nos., NSO, ONS, nos, NOS, Nºˢ

Icelandic

Etymology

From sonur, from Nordic patronymic traditions.

Suffix

-son m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -sonar, nominative plural -synir)

1. added to a given name (the father's or mother's) to form a patronymic or matronymic last name for the son of the person whose given name is used

Declension

Declension of -son (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-son	-soninn	-synir	-synirnir
accusative	-son	-soninn	-syni	-synina
dative	-syni	-syninum	-sonum	-sonunum
genitive	-sonar	-sonarins	-sona	-sonanna

Coordinate terms

• -dóttir

Middle English

Etymology 1

From sone, Nordic/North Germanic patronyms of the form (name) + son.

Suffix

-son

1. -son

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -son

Sympson

Descendants

• English: -son

Etymology 2

Suffix

-son

1. Alternative form of -isoun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From son (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /son/

In patronymics:

• IPA^(key): /so/, /sa/
• (Selbu) IPA^(key): /sã/

Suffix

-son m

1. -son, used in patronymics

   Ivarsson ― son of Ivar (patronymic)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -son

Birgerson

Knutsson

Olsson

Persson

Related terms

• -dotter

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in words with two syllables) /sɔn/, (in words with three or more syllables) /ˌsɔn/

Suffix

-son

1. -son

Usage notes

• Almost always preceded by the genitive singular form of a given name, for example Johans + -son = Johan's son, son of Johan.
• Many Swedish emigrants to the United States dropped one of the Ss, turning for example "Andersson" into "Anderson." In Sweden, "Andersson" is about 200 times more common than "Anderson" as of 2024.

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -son

Abrahamsson

Alexandersson

Andersson

Andreasson

Arvidsson

Axelsson

Bengtsson

Birgersson

Carlsson

Danielsson

Davidsson

Eliasson

Ericsson

Eriksson

Erlandsson

Fransson

Fredriksson

Gunnarsson

Gustafsson

Gustavsson

Göransson

Hansson

Henriksson

Hermansson

Håkansson

Isaksson

Ivarsson

Jacobsson

Jakobsson

Jansson

Johansson

Johnson

Johnsson

Jonasson

Jonsson

Josefsson

Jönsson

Karlsson

Kristersson

Larsson

Magnusson

Martinsson

Matsson

Mattsson

Månsson

Mårtensson

Nilsson

Olofsson

Olsson

Pehrson

Pehrsson

Person

Persson

Petersson

Pettersson

Rudolfsson

Samuelsson

Svensson

Åkesson

Anagrams

• nos, ons, sno

Welsh

Alternative forms

• -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔn/

Suffix

-son

1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural preterite
2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural preterite

Derived terms

Category Welsh terms suffixed with -son not found