-son

• -sson (from -'s son)

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

• IPA^(key): /sən/

-son

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

• Coxon
• Dixon
• Moxon
• Nixon

• ons, Nos, Nos., nos., NSO, ONS, nos, NOS, Nºˢ

From sonur, from Nordic patronymic traditions.

-son m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -sonar, nominative plural -synir)

1. added to a given name (the father's or mother's) to form a patronymic or matronymic last name for the son of the person whose given name is used

• -dóttir

From -es (“-'s”) +‎ sone.

• -eson, -esson, -essone, -essonne

-son

1. -son

• English: -son

-son

1. alternative form of -isoun

From son (“son”).

• IPA^(key): /son/

In patronymics:

• IPA^(key): /so/, /sa/
• (Selbu) IPA^(key): /sã/

-son m

1. -son, used in patronymics

   Ivarsson ― son of Ivar (patronymic)

• -dotter

• IPA^(key): (in words with two syllables) /sɔn/, (in words with three or more syllables) /ˌsɔn/

-son

1. -son

• Almost always preceded by the genitive singular form of a given name, for example Johans + -son = Johan's son, son of Johan.
• Many Swedish emigrants to the United States dropped one of the Ss, turning for example "Andersson" into "Anderson." In Sweden, "Andersson" is about 200 times more common than "Anderson" as of 2024.
• This is the most common ending for surnames, regardless of gender. Some females, might have -dotter on their last name instead of -son. For example, Amelia Andersdotter and Karin Olofsdotter, but both of them are actual patronymics. Nonetheless, this ending is pretty rare.

• nos, ons, sno

• -on

• IPA^(key): /sɔn/

-son

1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural preterite
2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural preterite