Name
SON

Name SON

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 694 births of Son in the countries below, which represents an average of 5 births of children bearing the first name Son per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 1 birth.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Son   
In Italiano Nome Son   
Available variants : Sòn , Sơn , Šon


Information about the first name Son

The first name Son is listed in our categories :The first name Son has been assigned to:
97.55% to boys
2.45% to girls
The country where the first name Son is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Son

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Son : Ons

Son in Japanese *

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Hiraganaそん
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Origin and meaning of name Son

US English
Etymology src :
  • From son (“male offspring”).
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English sonen, sunen, from the noun (see above).
Etymology src :
  • From Spanish son (literally “tone, sound”).
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • the Son
  • (Christianity) one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Son (plural Sons)
  • A surname.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • son (third-person singular simple present sons, present participle sonning, simple past and past participle sonned)
  • (transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
  • (transitive) To address (someone) as "son".
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son (uncountable)
  • (music) Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.
Alternative forms src :
  • sonne (obsolete)
Anagrams src :
  • NOS, NSO, Nos, Nos., ONS, nos, nos., ons
Anagrams src :
  • NOS, NSO, Nos, Nos., ONS, nos, nos., ons
Noun src :
  • SON
  • Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.
Pronunciation src :
  • (offspring, beget) IPA(key): /sʌn/
  • (Spanish borrowing) IPA(key): /sɒn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn, -ɒn
  • Homophone: sun
Proper noun src :
  • SON
  • Abbreviation of Sonora. (state of Mexico)
Middle English
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son
  • Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son
  • Alternative form of sone (“son”)
Old French
Etymology src :
  • From Vulgar Latin sum, a reduced/atonic variant of Latin suum.
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Old French son, suen, suon, from Latin sonus (the current form may be remade after or influenced by sonner).
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Middle French son, from Old French son, from Vulgar Latin sum, a reduced/atonic variant of suus, suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Latin secundus (presumably through an earlier Old French form *seon; compare an attested Medieval Latin seonno, seonnum). Cognate with Catalan segó, Old Occitan segon. The meaning derives from the fact that bran results from a second sifting of flour. Doublet of second, a borrowing.
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃/
Etymology (Determiner) src :
  • son m (feminine sa, plural ses)
  • (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /sɔ̃.n‿/, /sɔ.n‿/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son m (plural sons)
  • bran
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃/
Anagrams src :
Old French
Alternative forms src :
  • soun (Anglo-Norman)
  • sun (Anglo-Norman)
Determiner src :
  • son m (feminine sa, plural ses)
  • his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /sun/
  • Rhymes: -on
Determiner (Descendants) src :
  • Middle French: sonFrench: son
General
Etymology src :
  • As a surname, from:
  • Korean 손 (son)
  • Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /s̺oŋ/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son
  • definite singular of so
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • From Latin sonus, probably through the intermediate of Old Occitan son (or influenced by it); alternatively, but less likely, regressively derived from the verb sonar (the more expected form is sueno that appeared in some Medieval texts). Compare English sound and Portuguese som.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son m (plural sones)
  • tone (pleasant sound)
  • (music, genre, uncountable) son (Afro-Cuban musical form)
  • Synonym: son cubano
  • (music) musical composition in this form
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • son
  • third-person plural present indicative of ser
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈson/ [ˈsõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: son
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch zon, from Middle Dutch sonne, from Old Dutch sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sóh₂wl̥.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /sɔn/
Proper noun src :
  • son
  • Sun, sun (star of the solar system)
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • middernagson
  • sonbril
  • Sondag
  • sonlig
  • sonneblom
  • sonnestelsel
  • sonnig
  • sonpaneel
  • sonskyn
Old English
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • sōn m
  • a musical sound; vocal, instrumental
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /soːn/
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • sōncræft
Middle French
Etymology src :
  • From Old French son.
Noun src :
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • French: son
Scottish Gaelic
Noun src :
  • son m (indeclinable)
  • sake, account
Preposition src :
  • son (governs the genitive case)
  • Colloquial form of airson.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • airson, carson
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Note that a grammaticalised unit meaning ‘for’ is formed by a prepositional phrase combining the preposition air / ar with a nominal or pronominal argument and son. (These structures are sometimes called ‘compound prepositions’.)
Sranan Tongo
Etymology src :
  • From English Sun (from Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”)) or Dutch zon (from Middle Dutch sonne (“sun”), from Old Dutch sunna), both from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sóh₂wl̥.
Noun src :
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • sonde
Galician
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese sõo, son (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, probably influenced by or possibly borrowed from Old Occitan son), from Latin sonus. Alternatively, regressively derived from the verb soar. Compare Portuguese som, Spanish son.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • som (Reintegrationist)
  • são (Reintegrationist)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /s̺oŋ/
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • son
  • inflection of ser:
  • first-person singular present indicative
  • third-person plural present indicativeSon parvo ― I'm stupid
  • Son parvos ― They're stupid
Alternative forms src :
  • som (Reintegrationist)
Vietnamese
Etymology src :
  • This word had initial *k-r- in Old Vietnamese.
Adjective src :
  • son • (侖, 倫, 崙, 󱏟, 󰅬, 𣗾, 𣘈, 𪳔, 𧹪, 𪿽, 󱠟)
  • vermilion
  • rệp son ― a cochineal
  • (literary) unshakable; firm
Noun src :
  • (classifier thỏi, cây (“lipstick”)) son • (侖, 倫, 崙, 󱏟, 󰅬, 𣗾, 𣘈, 𪳔, 𧹪, 𪿽, 󱠟)
  • red cosmetic
  • (by extension) lipstick
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɔn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧]
Icelandic
Noun src :
  • son
  • indefinite accusative singular of sonur
Old Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz.
Alternative forms src :
Noun src :
  • son m
  • son
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Swedish: son
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Swedish son, sun, from Old Norse sonr, sunr from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • son c
  • son; someone's male child
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /soːn/
  • Rhymes: -oːn
Anagrams src :
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • From Ottoman Turkish صوڭ‎ (soŋ, “end, consequence”), from Proto-Turkic *soŋ (“back, end, after”).
  • Cognate with
  • Old Turkic [script needed] (soŋ, “after; late”);
  • Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz соң (soñ), Southern Altai соҥ (soŋ),
  • Uzbek so'ng (“after”),
  • Yakut онтон (onton, “then”).
Adjective src :
  • son
  • last, final
  • Antonym: ilk
Noun src :
  • son (definite accusative sonu, plural sonlar)
  • end, ending
  • Mutlu sonum. (stress on the first syllable: sonum) ― I am the happy ending.
  • Mutlu sonum (stress on the final syllable: sonum) ― My happy ending
  • consequence, result, conclusion
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • sonra
  • sonlu
  • sonsuz
  • sonuç
  • sonlanmak
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • First attested sunna in 1107. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an old term cognate to zwin (“creek”). Compare Sommelsdijk and Zonnemaire and the hydronyms Zenne and Zeun.
Alternative forms src :
  • Zon (dialect form)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /sɔn/
  • Hyphenation: Son
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
Proper noun src :
  • Son n
  • A village in Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
  • Synonym: Krutjesgat (Carnival nickname)
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Sonnenaar
  • Sons
  • Son en Breugel
FI Finnish
Contraction src :
  • son
  • (colloquial) Contraction of se on (“it is”).
DK Danish
Verb src :
  • son
  • imperative of sone
DE German
Pronoun src :
  • son
  • Alternative form of so'n
  • 1857, Der Glücksstern. Novelle von Julie Burow (Frau Pfannenschmidt), Bromberg, page 95:
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Noun src :
  • son m (definite singular sonen, indefinite plural søner, definite plural sønene)
  • a son
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • steson
Aromanian
Etymology src :
  • From Latin sonus. Compare Daco-Romanian sun.
Noun src :
  • son n (plural sonuri)
  • sound
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • asun
Irish
Noun src :
  • son
  • Only used in ar son
Scots
Etymology src :
  • From Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from *sewH- (“to bear, give birth”).
Noun src :
  • son (plural sons)
  • son, male child
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [sɪn]
Occitan
Etymology (Determiner) src :
  • son m sg (feminine singular sa, masculine plural sos, feminine plural sas)
  • his; her; its
  • Synonyms: seu, sieu
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • son
  • third-person plural present indicative of èsser
 

Popularity of the name Son

Number of SON births per year

Total births of Son by country

Births with the first name Son
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
460
5
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
65
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
38
5
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
37
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
36
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
11
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
10
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
7
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
6
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
4
1
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
4
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1
1
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1
1
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
1
0

Total births of Son by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Son
Country
Boys
Girls
DEGermany
2022
1
0

Comments on the name Son

Personalities with the first name Son

There are 5 personalities with the first name Son


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Vietnam
Composer Poet Singer Musician Songwriter Painter


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Canada Vietnam
Composer Pianist Piano teacher


Dương Hồng Sơn
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Vietnam
Association football player


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Catholic priest


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People's republic of china Vietnam
Military personnel Politician



Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Son

There are 71 actors and actresses with the first name Son
Son Ye-Jin
Son Vardy
Son Hooker
Son Dinh
Son Woo-Hyun
Son Dong-Hwa
Son Doobie
Son Clave De Oro
Son Hoang Bui
Son Do
Son De Vera
Son Duong Ngoc
Son Africa
Son Young Jae
Son Le
Son Duc
Son Dang
Son Sungdeuk
Son Of A Tutu
Son Pierre An Nguyen
Son Hyeon-Ju
Son Ngoc Minh
Son Doggy
Son Truong
Son Yuke Songpaisan
Son Seok-Goo
Son Le
Son Salo
Son Pham
Son Mcgauley

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Son
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Son

Rankings of first name SON by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#11141DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name SON (female) births over the last year available in each country