Matson
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning son of mat; son of Matthew.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Matson by the numbers
Matson was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Matthew
Like Matson, each of these traces back to Matthew: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Matteogift of god; Italian form of Matthew2,071 in the US (2017)
- Matiasgift of god; a form of Matthew1,558 in the US (2017)
- Mathewgift of God; a spelling variant of Matthew499 in the US (2017)
- Mattiegift of god; a form of Matthew or Matilda238 in the US (2017)
- Matheogift of god; a form of Matthew144 in the US (2017)
- Mathisgift of God; a form of Matthew133 in the US (2017)
- Mateigift of god; Romanian form of Matthew109 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Matson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Maysonstone worker; a respelling of Mason288 in the US (2017)
- Maisonstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason274 in the US (2017)
- Maxsonson of Maximus; the greatest one55 in the US (2017)
- Mansonson of man11 in the US (2017)
- Mattsonson of matthew; patronymic surname form9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Matson
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