-son

Appendix:Variations of "son" English Alternative forms -sson (from -'s son) Etymology en surname suffix :inh enm:-son<id:surname suffix> From en enm -son -son, -eson, -esson, -essone, -essonne, from en enm -es 's + enm sone son. Pronunciation en /sən/ Suffix en suffix proper noun-forming suffixes Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a patronymic or matronymic surname. en Hong Kong Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a given name. Derived terms en Adamson Addison Aitchison Allinson Allison Anderson Atkinson Bateson Beeson Benson Bryson Carson Casson Clarkson Collinson Cookson Coulson Cuthbertson Davidson Davison Dawson Dennison Dickenson Diskerson Dickinson Dickson Dobson Dodson Donaldson Dowson Dyson Eason Edmondson Ellison Erickson Elson Emerson Emmerson 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 en Coxon en Dixon en Moxon en Nixon Anagrams en nos ons Nos Nos. nos. NSO ONS nos NOS Nºˢ Icelandic Etymology From is sonur, from Nordic patronymic traditions. Suffix @@ 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 m,ar,ir.both.imut.imutval:y.dati/i Coordinate terms is -dóttir Middle English Etymology 1 enm surname suffix sone<id:son> From enm -es -'s possessive sone. Alternative forms enm -eson -esson -essone -essonne Suffix enm suffix -son Derived terms enm Descendants en -son Etymology 2 Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -isoun Norwegian Bokmål Etymology nb non sonr son, preserved as the second element of patronymics. Compare nn -son, sv -son, is -son and fo -son patronymic suffix meaning “son of”. Pronunciation nb /-son/ nb on 1 nb -son Suffix nb suffix nb onomastics Used after a parent's given name to form a masculine patronymic or matronymic name, meaning “son of”. nb Magnus -son male given name patronymic suffix meaning “son of” 1 → nb Magnusson son of Magnus; patronymic surname nb Håkon -s- -son male given name genitive or linking element patronymic suffix meaning “son of” 1 → nb Håkonsson son of Håkon; patronymic surname Usage notes The given name is often followed by genitive or linking nb -s-, producing the sequence -sson. Some older names instead use a historical combining form of the given name, as in nb Tryggvason from nb Tryggve. In standardized Norwegian forms of historical names from before approximately 1600, nb -son is the prescribed ending. Names in nb -son may function either as true parentonyms or as hereditary surnames. Coordinate terms nb -sen patronymic and surname-forming suffix meaning “son of” nb -søn historical patronymic suffix meaning “son of” nb -sønn patronymic suffix meaning “son of” nb -datter patronymic or matronymic suffix meaning “daughter of” nb -dotter patronymic or matronymic suffix meaning “daughter of” References “patronymikon” in Store norske leksikon. “Olav Tryggvassøn eller Tryggvason?”, Language Council of Norway. Norwegian Nynorsk Alternative forms nn -sen through Bokmål Etymology From nn son son. Pronunciation nn /son/ In patronymics: nn /so/ /sa/ nn /sã/ Selbu Suffix nn suffix m en -son, used in patronymics nn Ivarsson son of Ivar (patronymic) Derived terms nn Related terms nn -dotter Swedish Pronunciation sv in words with two syllables /sɔn/ in words with three or more syllables /ˌsɔn/ Suffix sv suffix en -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. This is the most common ending for surnames, regardless of gender. Some females might have sv -dotter on their last name instead of -son. For example, Amelia Andersdotter and Karin Olofsdotter, but both of them are actual patronymics. Nonetheless, this ending is pretty rare. Derived terms sv Anagrams sv nos nos ons sno Welsh Alternative forms cy -on Pronunciation cy /sɔn/ Suffix cy suffix cy colloquial verb suffix for the first-person plural preterite cy colloquial verb suffix for the third-person plural preterite Derived terms cy