Son

Where Son comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Son.

Son through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #701 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #487
    16 babies named Son, its best rank.
  3. 1906
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #927.
  4. 1958
    Son Jong-nam born
    North Korean defector
  5. 1975
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Son Jong-nam · North Korean defector, 1958–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.