Names That Mean Son

Common Spanish surname that can work as a first.

Traditional Japanese name for the fifth-born son makes for a unique baby name in the West.

Common Japanese name for second sons. Kenjiro Shirabu is a character in the anime series Haikyu!!, and Kenjiro Tsuda is a well-known voice actor who has lent his talents to numerous anime series.

Leave it at Bjorn.

Could be a possible substitute for the dated Dawson, but the first syllable is a little--well--raw.

Fallon has gone feminine, but this puts it back in the boys' camp.

You might think of Jeffers as Jefferson's much rarer younger brother, or maybe Jeffrey's. unconventional son. Surname-names ending in S -- Brooks, Ames -- are trending now, though Jeffers is reminiscent of Jeeves.

McCarthy is one of the most common Irish surnames, all fair game as first names for American babies, especially baby girls!

The connection between the two names isn't intuitive, but Jernej is the Slovene form of Bartholomew.

This common English surname is rarely used as a first. The S ending makes it a preppy way to update Andrew.

Solid Philip middle name alternative.

A familiar Scandinavian surname — typically spelled Christofferson in Denmark — via actor and singer Kris Kristofferson.

Only if he actually is.

Inventive way to honor a redheaded ancestor, though most people would mispronounce it reeding, making it sound to some kids like a school assignment: Redding is a preferable spelling.

Hungarian form of Bartholomew

This surname could work as a given name to honor an ancestral Jacob.

Perfect name for the child of dog enthusiasts, and much more distinctive than the trendy Connor.

McDermott is a common Irish surname that means, as all Mc or Mac names do, "son of" --then Dermott or Dermot, which is an Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic Diarmaid. The legendary Diarmaid was the lover of Grainne and the real King Diarmaid, in the twelfth century, first invited the English into Ireland. Actor Dermot Mulroney made his name famous in the U.S.

Rawlings was a surname with ties to the name Raul, which means "wolf counsel." Rawlings is used as a first name for one of the girl sextuplets on TV's Sweet Home.