Son

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

English

Etymology 1

From son (“male offspring”).

Proper noun

the Son

1. (Christianity) One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

Coordinate terms

• the Father
• Holy Ghost
• Trinity

Related terms

• Son of God
• Son of Man

Translations

one of the three persons of the Trinity

• Afrikaans: Seun
• Arabic: ٱَلِٱبْنُ m (al-ibn)
• Catalan: Fill m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖子 / 圣子 (sing³ zi²), 子 (yue) (zi²)

  Mandarin: 聖子 / 圣子 (zh) (Shèngzǐ), 子 (zh) (Zǐ)

• Dutch: Zoon (nl) m
• French: Fils (fr) m
• Greek: Υιός (el) m (Yiós)
• Iban: Anak
• Italian: Figlio m
• Korean: 성자 (seongja)
• Latin: Filius (la) m
• Malay: Anak, Putera
• Portuguese: Filho (pt) m
• Spanish: Hijo m
• Swedish: Son (sv) c
• Welsh: y Mab

Etymology 2

As a surname, from:

• Korean 손 (son)
• Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)

Proper noun

Son (plural Sons)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Zon (dialect form)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔn/
• Hyphenation: Son
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Proper noun

Son n

1. a village in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Netherlands

   Synonym: Krutjesgat (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Sonnenaar
• Sons
• Son en Breugel

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

See son

Proper noun

Son c

1. (Christianity) Son, God the Son
   • 1932, Hjalmar Söderberg, Den förvandlade messias [The Transformed Messiah]: Jesus Barabbas II‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     Vid första århundradets slut hade de kristna ännu blott två gudar, Fadern och Sonen. Men [...] Sonen [hade] redan vuxit Fadern över huvudet.

     At the end of the first century, Christians still had but two gods, the Father and the Son. But the Son had already outgrown the Father.

   • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Matteusevangeliet [Matthew] 28:19”, in Bibel 2000‎^[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     [Gör] alla folk till lärjungar: döp dem i Faderns och Sonens och den heliga Andens namn.

     Make disciples of all nations: baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

   • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎^[3], Catholica, archived from the original on 20 November 2023, §261:

     Den heliga Treenighetens mysterium är det centrala mysteriet i den kristna tron och det kristna livet. Endast Gud kan ge oss kunskap om det då han uppenbarar sig som Fader, Son och helig Ande.

     The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God alone can make it known to us by revealing himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Declension

Declension of Son

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	Son	Sons
	definite	Sonen	Sonens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “Son”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Soon
• Sun

Etymology

Romanization of Hokkien 孫／孙 (Sun)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈson/ [ˈson̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Son

Proper noun

Son (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Son is the 726^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 12,825 individuals.