220+ Boy Names That End in -son

A variant of Jameson or Jamison, borne by the first Black woman in space, former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison.

Try Simon. Or Homer.

A better modern solution than Robert Jr. ; known to fiction readers via Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.

Thompson is not as popular as Jackson or Harrison, but a novel way to circumvent Junior for the son of a Thomas.

Stronger and fresher than the original, though it may provoke the question, "Got a light?"

Paterson is a surname-name to continue a line of Peters and also the name of a city in New Jersey, hometown of poets William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg.

The son at the end of many Scandinavian names makes them more consistent with modern American name tastes. While Nilsson may be the proper Scandinavian form of the name, many English speakers will try to spell it Nilson or Nelson.

With parents looking for fresh -son names, this Irish option — best-known on actor Liam Neeson — may appeal.

This would make an interesting name for a boy, if it weren't for the fact that the two most well known Fergies are female.

Parents wanting to move beyond Jason and Mason, not to mention Taylor, have created Tayson. But like many smoosh baby names, this choice is less than the sum of its parts.