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Names That Mean Son

Names that mean son are among the most common, especially when it comes to last names used as first names.

The most obvious names that mean son literally have son as their last syllable: Anderson and Harrison.. The prefixes Mc or Mac, O', and Fitz, as in McCoy or Fitzgerald, also mean son.


There are also many more unique and surprising names that carry a less obvious meaning of son. Some of these are familiar choices such as Flynn and Quincy. . Others are more uncommon surname-names that mean son, such as Kazuo and Mies.

Benson

Meaning: son of Ben

Origin:English
1088
Bronson

Meaning: son of brown-haired one

Origin:English
1256
Magee

Meaning: son of Hugh

Origin:Irish
16259
Magee

Meaning: son of Hugh

Origin:Irish
11675
Mackenzie

Meaning: son of Kenneth

Origin:Scottish
2749
Mackenzie

Meaning: son of Kenneth

Origin:Scottish
1123
Lawson

Meaning: son of Lawrence

Origin:English
1819
Quincy

Meaning: estate of the fifth son

Origin:French from Latin
2050
Quincy

Meaning: estate of the fifth son

Origin:French
467
Royce

Meaning: son of the king

Origin:English
8961
Royce

Meaning: son of the king

Origin:English
730
Barnabas

Meaning: son of consolation

Origin:Aramaic
827
Fitzhugh

Meaning: son of intelligence

Origin:English, from German
9245
Harris

Meaning: son of Harry

Origin:English
344
Callister

Meaning: son of Alister

Origin:Variation of Irish surname MacCallister
2838
Benjamin

Meaning: son of the right hand

Origin:Hebrew
149
Benaiah

Meaning: built by God

Origin:Hebrew
1485
Nelson

Meaning: son of Neil

Origin:English
2395
Holt

Meaning: son of the unspoiled forests

Origin:English
1875
Bart

Meaning: son of the earth

Origin:Diminutive of Bartholomew, Hebrew, "son of the earth"
1567