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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.

Henderson

Meaning: son of Henry

Origin:English
4255
Johnson

Meaning: son of John

Origin:English
4421
Mackson

Meaning: son of Mack or Max

Origin:Surname name
4871
Vinson

Meaning: son of Vincent

Origin:English
4911
Ferguson

Meaning: son of Fergus

Origin:Scottish surname
5809
Simpson

Meaning: son of Simon

Origin:English
11449
Hodgson

Meaning: son of Roger

Origin:English
13477
Babson

Meaning: son of Barbara

Origin:English
15437
Nixon

Meaning: son of Nicholas

Origin:English
1607
Zindelo

Meaning: son / sonny

Origin:Romani
19431
Bevan

Meaning: son of Evan

Origin:Welsh
5628
Goro

Meaning: fifth son

Origin:Japanese; variation of Gorou
3659
Taggart

Meaning: son of the priest

Origin:Irish
4901
Kavanaugh

Meaning: born handsome or son of Caomhan

Origin:Irish
4970
O'hara

Meaning: son of Eaghra

Origin:Irish
5212
Mckenna

Meaning: son of Kenneth

Origin:Irish
1519
O'sullivan

Meaning: son of the black-eyed one

Origin:Irish
12833
Paterson

Meaning: son of Peter

Origin:English
16490
Fitzgerald

Meaning: son of Gerald

Origin:Irish and Scottish
1300
Powell

Meaning: son of Howell

Origin:English
5570