-son

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

Suffix

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

Origin

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

Forms

-sson

Related

Coxon Dixon Moxon Nixon

Derived

Adamson Addison Aitchison Allinson Allison Anderson Atkinson Bateson Beeson Benson Bryson Carson Casson Clarkson Collinson Cookson Coulson Cuthbertson Davidson Davison Dawson Dennison Dickenson Dickinson