son A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current ...

is a male offspring in relation to a parent. Son, SON, or The Son may also refer to:

Places

* Son, Ardennes, a commune in the Ardennes, France * Son, Netherlands, a village in the Netherlands *

Son, Norway Son is an old town, and a former municipality. It is located in Vestby municipality in Akershus. Overview Son is located at the Oslofjord, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss, Norway, Moss and near the border ...

, a village in Norway *

Santo-Pekoa International Airport Santo International Airport is an airport in Luganville on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu . The airport used to be called Santo-Pekoa International airport until it was renamed in the Vanuatu AIPV amendment released on 16 June 2021. Airports Vanuatu L ...

in Vanuatu, IATA Code SON * Saugeen Ojibway Nation, a group of First Nations in Canada *

Son River (Vietnam) Son River or ''Troc River'' ( or ) (lit. Lipstick River, because its water is red in flooding season) is a tributary of Gianh River in Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast region, Vietnam. This river runs in the territory of Quảng Bình ...

, a river in Vietnam *

Son River Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Biha ...

(also Sone), a tributary of the Ganges in central India

People

Son (Korean surname) Son, Sohn or Shon (孫, 손) is a common Korean family name. It is a transliteration of the Chinese surname Sun. There are two clans of Son, one in Gwangju and the other in the Gyeongsang region. The clan originated from the Miryang Park clan. ...

, a common Korean family name *

Thế Sơn Thế Sơn (born 10 October 1965) is a Vietnamese language pop singer from southern Vietnam, and is a long-time member of the long running Vietnamese diaspora variety show '' Paris by Night''. He performed in Paris By Night from July 1994 until ...

, Vietnamese-American singer * Francisco Javier Hidalgo Gómez, Spanish footballer known as 'Son' *

Son Heung-Min Son Heung-min (; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both club Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korea national team. Known for his speed, finishing, two-footedness, and ability ...

, South Korean footballer

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''The Son'' (1953 film), a Danish family film * ''Son'' (1955 film), a 1955 Soviet drama film * ''The Son'' (2002 film), directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne * ''Son'' (2008 film), a short film * ''The Son'' (2019 Argentine film), with Joaquín Furriel * ''The Son'' (2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina film) * ''Son'' (2021 film), an Irish horror film * ''The Son'' (2022 film), a drama film by Florian Zeller

Television

* ''Son'' (TV series), Turkey * ''The Son'' (TV series), based on the novel of the same name by Philipp Meyer * "The Son" (''Friday Night Lights''), in the Friday Night Lights TV drama series

Literature

* ''Son'' (novel), a 2012 book by Lois Lowry * ''Son: A Psychopath and his Victims'', a 1983 novel by

Jack Olsen Jack Olsen (June 7, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American journalist and author known for his crime reporting. Olsen was senior editor-in-chief for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1954. He was Midwest bureau chief for ''Time'' and a senior edito ...

* ''The Son'' (Meyer novel), a 2013 novel by Philipp Meyer * ''The Son'' (Nesbø novel), a novel by Jo Nesbø. * ''The Son'' (Hasenclever play), a 1914 play by Walter Hasenclever * ''The Son'' (Zeller play), a 2018 play by Florian Zeller

Music

Styles

* Son (music), a Cuban musical style * ''Son'', a rhythm of Colombian

vallenato Vallenato () is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the ''Sierra Nevada de Santa Mar ...

music * Mexican Son music, a folk music category

Groups and labels

* Son (band), a Canadian alternative rock band

Albums

* Son (Katya Chilly album) * ''Son'' (Juana Molina album), 2006 * ''Son'' (Toiling Midgets album)

Songs

*"Son", by Baboon from '' Something Good Is Going to Happen to You''

Fictional characters

* The Son, a character in the ''Star Wars'' universe

Religion

Korean Seon Seon or Sŏn Buddhism (; ) is the Korean name for Chan Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism commonly known in English as Zen Buddhism. Seon is the Sino-Korean pronunciation of Chan, () an abbreviation of 禪那 (''chánnà''), which is a ...

or Sŏn Buddhism *

God the Son God the Son (, ; ) is the second Person of the Trinity in Christian theology. According to Christian doctrine, God the Son, in the form of Jesus Christ, is the incarnation of the eternal, pre-existent divine ''Logos'' (Koine Greek for "word") ...

or ''The Son'', in Christianity

Science and technology

SON (gene) SON protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SON'' gene. SON is the name that has been given to a large Ser/Arg (SR)-related protein, which is a RNA splicing, splicing co-factor that contributes to an efficient splicing within cell ...

, a gene and the protein that it encodes * SON, a type of high pressure sodium vapor lamp *

Self-organizing network A self-organizing network (SON) is an automation technology designed to make the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster. SON functionality and behavior has been defined and ...

* Small-Outline No leads (SON), a

Quad Flat No-leads package Flat no-leads packages such as quad-flat no-leads (QFN''and dual-flat no-leads (DFN) physically and electrically connect integrated circuits to printed circuit boards. Flat no-leads, also known as micro leadframe (MLF) and SON (small-outline no l ...

for integrated circuit *

Supraoptic nucleus The supraoptic nucleus (SON) is a nucleus of magnocellular neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus of the mammalian brain. The nucleus is situated at the base of the brain, adjacent to the optic chiasm. In humans, the SON contains about 3,000 ...

, a body of cells in the hypothalamus

Other uses

* Son (political party), a Galician political party created in 2015 * Socked on the nose in philately, with centered postmark *

Songhay languages The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages (, or ) are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the West African countries of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. In particular, ...

, son in ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-5 *

Óðrerir In Norse mythology, Óðrerir, Óðrørir or Óðrœrir refers either to one of the three vessels that contain the mead of poetry (along with Boðn and Són) or to the mead itself. Attestations Poetic Edda Óðrerir is mentioned in two ambiguou ...

and Són, container of Nordic mythical mead of poetry