Given name & surname
Matheson
“the son of Matthew”
Matheson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Matheson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matheson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 132
- 132 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −64%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020; 7,193 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matheson’s family of names
In English usage, Matheson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Matthew. Matheson has a related form in Mattison. Matheson has a related form in Matthews.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 41
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mattisonvariant
- Matthewsvariant
- Mattisynvariant
- Mattisenvariant
- Mattesonvariant
- Matsonvariant
- Mathewsvariant
- Mathisonvariant
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- Mathewsenvariant
- Mathewsynvariant
- Mathewsinvariant
- Mathewsunvariant
- Mathewsonvariant
- Matthewsynvariant
- Matthewsinvariant
- Matthewsenvariant
- Matthewsunvariant
- Matthewsonvariant
- Mattisinvariant
- Mattisunvariant
- Mattesenvariant
- Mattesynvariant
- Mattesinvariant
- Mattesunvariant
- Matsynvariant
- Matsinvariant
- Matsunvariant
- Matsenvariant
- Mathysunvariant
- Mathysynvariant
- Mathysinvariant
- Mathysenvariant
- Mathysonvariant
- Mathisynvariant
- Mathisinvariant
- Mathisenvariant
- Mathisunvariant
- Mathesynvariant
- Mathesinvariant
- Mathesenvariant
- Mathesunvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Matheson
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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