Names That Mean Son

This surname is on trend with its S ending, and could honor people such as athlete Jesse Owens. But it has strong potential for confusion with Owen singular.

This variation of Biblical Benjamin is used in Ethiopia. The name is also spelled Benyam or Binyam.

Magee has a broad and bouncy appeal for the sons of anyone from Adam to Zachary.

Try Simon. Or Homer.

Uruguayan footballer Edinson Cavani gave his unique first name a boost following the 2022 World Cup.

If you choose this name, it's not likely to be for the meaning.

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

All the Fitz names are hard to carry, but this one has a wonderful meaning and might be a good middle name choice to honor a brilliant lineage.

Strong and vital Asian birth order name.

Names ending in son are by definition male, but that hasn't stopped Madison and Allison from being widely used for girls. Greyson is one of the latest choices to join the migration across gender lines.

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

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

Tolkien was first used as a baby name in 2017, and charted again in 2020, undoubtedly in honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings series. It means "son of Tolk," Tolk being both a word and a nickname for an interpreter.

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.

A common surname in Ireland, often use as an anglicization of Mac Giolla Phádraig. This name could honor a Patrick. It's also a way to get to Fitz as a nickname.

Stevens edges out Stephens for the more popular form of this surname in the US and the UK.

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.

Cosmopolitan European form of the Greek name Aristides, as worn by an ancient statesman and an early saint.

An English surname derived from the French place name Beauvais, which in turn comes from the name of an ancient Gaulish tribe, the Bellovaci.

A really unusual choice that could be used to honor Grandpa Will.