# -son
## English
### Alternative forms

* -sson (from -'s son)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sən/

### Suffix

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

#### Coordinate terms

* -dóttir

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Suffix

-son
* -son

##### Descendants

* English: -son

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-son
* Alternative form of -isoun

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From son (“son”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /son/
In patronymics:
* IPA: /so/, /sa/
* (Selbu) IPA: /sã/

### Suffix

-son m
* -son, used in patronymics
    Ivarsson ― son of Ivar (patronymic)

#### Related terms

* -dotter

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

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

### Suffix

-son
* -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 -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
### Anagrams

* nos, ons, sno

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* -on

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔn/

### Suffix

-son
* (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural preterite
* (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural preterite