Mason (given name) explained

Mason
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"One who works with stone"
Origin:	Welsh Stone Worker
Nickname:	Madon
Related Names:	Macen, Masen, Mayson, Maison

Mason is a traditionally masculine given name, although recently the name has been used for either sex. Its origin is from the occupational surname Mason, which means "one who works with stone".^[1]

The popularity of the given name has risen in recent years, becoming the second most popular name given to boys in the United States in 2011.^[2]

List of people with the given name "Mason" include

A

• Mason Abbiate (born 1998), American Paralympic soccer player
• Mason Adams (1919–2005), American actor
• Mason Aguirre (born 1987), American snowboarder
• Mason Andrews (1919–2006), American physician
• Mason Appleton (born 1996), American ice hockey player

B

• Mason Barbera (born 1997), Australian racing driver
• Mason Barrett (born 1999), English footballer
• Mason Bates (born 1977), American composer
• Mason Durell Betha (born 1975), American rapper
• Mason Bennett (born 1996), English footballer
• Mason Bennett (Canadian football) (born 1997), Canadian football player
• Mason Black (born 1999), American baseball player
• Mason Bloomfield (born 1996), English footballer
• Mason Brayman (1813–1895), American attorney and army officer
• Mason Brodine (born 1988), American football player
• Mason Brooks (born 1999), American football player
• Mason Brown (1799–1867), American politician
• Mason Burstow (born 2003), English footballer

C

• Mason Carter (1834–1909), American army officer
• Mason Caton-Brown (born 1993), Jamaican rugby league footballer
• Mason Cerruto (born 1996), Italian rugby league footballer
• Mason Chamberlin (1727–1787), English painter
• Mason Fitch Cogswell (1761–1830), American physician
• Mason Cole (born 1996), American football player
• Mason Cook (born 2000), American actor
• Mason Cooley (1927–2002), American aphorist
• Mason Vale Cotton (born 2002), American actor
• Mason Cox (born 1991), American Australian rules footballer
• Mason Crane (born 1997), English cricketer
• Mason Crosby (born 1984), American football player

D

• Mason Daring (born 1949), American musician
• Mason C. Darling (1801–1866), American politician
• Mason Deeds (born 1998), American soccer player
• Mason Diaz (born 2000), American stock car racing driver
• Mason Alan Dinehart (born 1936), American business consultant
• Mason Durie (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mason Duval (born 2001), Caymanian footballer
• Mason Dye (born 1994), American actor

E

• Mason Emerson (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Mason Englert (born 1999), American baseball player
• Mason Espinosa, American football coach
• Mason Ewing (born 1982), Cameroonian fashion designer

F

• Mason Fairchild (born 2001), American football player
• Mason Fawns (born 1999), English footballer
• Mason Ferlic (born 1993), American runner
• Mason Filippi (born 1998), American auto racing driver
• Mason Fine (born 1997), American football player
• Mason Finley (born 1990), American shot putter and discus thrower
• Mason Flesch (born 1999), Canadian rugby union footballer
• Mason Forbes, American basketball player
• Mason Foster (born 1989), American football player
• Mason Fowler (born 1993), American mixed martial artist

G

• Mason Gaffney (1923–2020), American economist
• Mason Gamble (born 1986), American actor
• Mason GTS (born 1986), Vietnamese-Australian Project Management Professional
• Mason Garcia, American football player
• Mason Geertsen (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mason Gooding (born 1996), American actor
• Mason Gordon (rugby union) (born 2003), Australian rugby union footballer
• Mason Grady (born 2002), Welsh rugby union footballer
• Mason Graham (born 2003), American football player
• Mason Greenwood (born 2001), English footballer
• Mason Grimes (born 1992), Guamanian footballer
• Mason Welch Gross (1911–1977), American television personality

H

• Mason Hale (1929–1990), American lichenologist
• Mason Hammond (1903–2002), American professor
• Mason Hancock (born 2003), English footballer
• Mason Alexander Hargrave (1923–1988), American community organizer
• Mason Harwell (1806–1879), American auctioneer
• Mason Hawkins, American investor
• Mason Hill (geologist) (1904–1992), American geologist
• Mason Ho (born 1988), American surfer
• Mason Hoffenberg (1922–1986), American writer
• Mason Holgate (born 1996), English footballer
• Mason Hollyman (born 2000), British cyclist

J

• Mason Jackson (1819–1903), English engraver
• Mason Jennings (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
• Mason Jobst (born 1994), American ice hockey player
• Mason Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

K

• Mason Kayne (born 1985), English actor
• Mason Kinsey (born 1998), American football player

L

• Mason Lamb (born 2001), American soccer player
• Mason Lee (born 1990), Taiwanese-American actor
• Mason Leeth (born 2001), American soccer player
• Mason Lindahl, American guitarist
• Mason Lino (born 1994), Samoan rugby league footballer
• Mason Lowe (1993–2019), American rodeo cowboy
• Mason Ludwig (born 2002), American stock car racing driver

M

• Mason Maggio (born 2004), American stock car racing driver
• Mason Malmuth (born 1951), American poker player
• Mason Marchment (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mason Martin (born 1999), American baseball player
• Mason Massey (born 1997), American racing driver
• Mason Mastroianni (born 1978), American comic artist
• Mason Mathews (1803–1878), American politician
• Mason Maury (1847–1919), American architect
• Mason McCormick (born 2000), American football player
• Mason McCoy (born 1995), American baseball player
• Mason McDonald (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mason McTavish (born 2003), Swiss ice hockey player
• Mason Melia (born 2007), Irish footballer
• Mason Miller (born 1998), American baseball player
• Mason Mingus (born 1994), American stock car racing driver
• Mason Mitchell (born 1994), American stock car racing driver
• Mason Morelli (born 1996), American ice hockey player
• Mason Mount (born 1999), English footballer
• Mason Munn (born 2006), Northern Irish footballer
• Mason Musso (born 1989), American singer-songwriter and musician

N

• Mason Neely (born 1979), American record producer
• Mason Novick (born 1974), American film producer

O

• Mason O'Malley (born 2001), English footballer

P

• Mason Alexander Park (born 1995), American actor and singer
• Mason Parris (born 1999), American wrestler
• Mason Patrick (1863–1942), American army officer
• Mason Peatling (born 1997), Australian basketball player
• Mason Peck, American professor
• Mason S. Peters (1844–1914), American politician
• Mason Phelps (1885–1945), American golfer
• Mason Phelps Jr. (1949–2021), American horse trainer
• Mason Pierce (born 1999), Canadian football player
• Mason Plumlee (born 1990), American basketball player
• Mason Porter (born 1976), American mathematician

R

• Mason Raige (born 1972), American professional wrestler
• Mason Ramsey (born 2006), American singer-songwriter
• Mason Raymond (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mason Redman (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
• Mason Reese (born 1965), American actor
• Mason Remey (1874–1974), American religious leader
• Mason Robertson (born 1994), Scottish footballer
• Mason Robinson (born 1989), American football player
• Mason Rocca (born 1977), Italian-American basketball player
• Mason Rudolph (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mason Ruffner (born 1947), American singer-songwriter
• Mason Ryan (born 1982), Welsh professional wrestler

S

• Mason Schreck (born 1993), American football player
• Mason Scott (1865–1916), English rugby union footballer
• Mason Sears (1899–1973), American politician
• Mason Shaw (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mason Shefa (born 1993), American filmmaker
• Mason Spence (born 1994), English footballer
• Mason Spencer (1892–1962), American planter
• Mason Springthorpe (born 1994), English footballer
• Mason Stajduhar (born 1997), American soccer player
• Mason S. Stone (1857–1940), American educator and politician

T

• Mason Tappan (1817–1886), American politician
• Mason Tatafu (born 2002), Australian footballer
• Mason Taylor, American football player
• Mason Teague (born 2003), Australian rugby league footballer
• Mason Thames, American actor
• Mason A. Thayer (1839–??), American politician
• Mason B. Thomas, American football coach
• Mason Thompson (born 1998), American baseball player
• Mason Tipton (born 2000), American football player
• Mason Tobin (born 1987), American baseball player
• Mason Toye (born 1998), American soccer player
• Mason Trafford (born 1986), Canadian soccer player
• Mason Tvert, American activist

U

• Mason Unck (born 1980), American football player

V

• Mason Vaugh (1894–1978), American agriculturalist

W

• Mason Walters, American football player
• Mason Warren (born 1997), English footballer
• Mason Weaver, American motivational speaker
• Mason Webb (born 1986), American soccer player
• Mason Locke Weems (1759–1825), American minister
• Mason Wiley (1955–1994), American author
• Mason Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mason Wood (born 1993), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

• Mason Morgan, a character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Mason Turner, a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Mason Verger, a character in the novel and movie Hannibal
• Mason, the birth name of Dipper Pines, the main protagonist of the television series Gravity Falls

See also

• Mason (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Mason"
• Mason (surname), a list of people with the surname "Mason"

Notes and References

1. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Mason Mason
2. http://nameberry.com/babyname/Mason Mason