English Explanatory Dictionary

-son

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix

Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a given name.

Pronunciation

/sən/

Word forms

-son -sson

Etymology

From Middle English -son, -eson, -esson, -essone, -essonne, from Middle English -es (“'s”) + sone (“son”).

Related words

Derived words

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

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