Mason (given name)
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". It is also occasionally a nickname.
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. In 2022, it was the 32nd most popular name given to boys in Canada.
Notable people and characters with the given name include:
People
A
- Mason Abbiate, American Paralympic soccer player
- Mason Adams, American actor
- Mason Aguirre, American snowboarder
- Mason Andrews, American physician
- Mason Appleton, American ice hockey player
B
- Mason Barbera, Australian racing driver
- Mason Barrett, English footballer
- Mason Bates, American composer
- Mason Durell Betha, American rapper
- Mason Bennett, English footballer
- Mason Bennett (Canadian football), Canadian football player
- Mason Black, American baseball player
- Mason Bloomfield, English footballer
- Mason Brayman, American attorney and army officer
- Mason Brodine, American football player
- Mason Brooks, American football player
- Mason Brown, American politician
- Mason Burstow, English footballer
C
- Mason Carter, American army officer
- Mason Caton-Brown, Jamaican rugby league footballer
- Mason Cerruto, Italian rugby league footballer
- Mason Chamberlin, English painter
- Mason Cobb, American football player
- Mason Fitch Cogswell, American physician
- Mason Cole, American football player
- Mason Cook, American actor
- Mason Cooley, American aphorist
- Mason Vale Cotton, American actor
- Mason Cox, American Australian rules footballer
- Mason Crane, English cricketer
- Mason Crosby, American football player
- Mason Curtis, American football player
D
- Mason Daring, American musician
- Mason C. Darling, American politician
- Mason Diaz, American stock car racing driver
- Mason Alan Dinehart, American business consultant
- Mason J. Dunn, American lawyer
- Mason Durie (disambiguation)
- Mason Duval, Caymanian footballer
- Mason Dye, American actor
E
- Mason Emerson, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Mason Englert, American baseball player
- Mason Erla, American professional baseball player
- Mason Espinosa, American football coach
- Mason Ewing, Cameroonian fashion designer
F
- Mason Fairchild, American football player
- Mason Falslev, American basketball player
- Mason Fawns, English footballer
- Mason Ferlic, American runner
- Mason Filippi, American auto racing driver
- Mason Fine, American football player
- Mason Finley, American shot putter and discus thrower
- Mason Flesch, Canadian rugby union footballer
- Mason Fluharty, American baseball player
- Mason Forbes, American basketball player
- Mason Foster, American football player
- Mason Fowler, American mixed martial artist
- Mason Fung, Hong Kong actor
G
- Mason Gaffney, American economist
- Mason Gamble, American actor
- Mason Garcia, American football player
- Mason Geertsen, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mason Gillis, American basketball player
- Mason Gooding, American actor
- Mason Gordon (rugby union), Australian rugby union footballer
- Mason Grady, Welsh rugby union footballer
- Mason Graham, American football player
- Mason Greenwood, English footballer
- Mason Grimes, Guamanian footballer
- Mason Welch Gross, American television personality
H
- Mason Hale, American lichenologist
- Mason Hammond, American professor
- Mason Hancock, English footballer
- Mason Alexander Hargrave, American community organizer
- Mason Harwell, American auctioneer
- Otis Mason Hawkins, American investor
- Mason Hill (geologist), American geologist
- Mason Ho, American surfer
- Mason Hoffenberg, American writer
- Mason Holgate, English footballer
- Mason Hollyman, British cyclist
J
- Mason Jackson, English engraver
- Mason Jennings, American singer-songwriter
- Mason Jobst, American ice hockey player
- Mason Jones (disambiguation)
K
- Mason Kayne, English actor
- Mason Kinsey, American football player
L
- Mason Lee, Taiwanese-American actor
- Mason Leeth, American soccer player
- Mason Lindahl, American guitarist
- Mason Lino, Samoan rugby league footballer
- Mason Lohrei, American ice hockey player
- Mason Lowe, American rodeo cowboy
- Mason Ludwig, American stock car racing driver
- Mason Lund, New Zealand rugby union footballer
M
- Mason Maggio, American stock car racing driver
- Mason Malmuth, American poker player
- Mason Marchment, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mason Martin, American baseball player
- Mason Massey, American racing driver
- Mason Mastroianni, American comic artist
- Mason Mathews, American politician
- Mason Maury, American architect
- Mason McCormick, American football player
- Mason McCoy, American baseball player
- Mason McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mason McGroder, Australian long jumper
- Mason McTavish, Swiss ice hockey player
- Mason Melia, Irish footballer
- Mason Miller, American baseball player
- Mason Mingus, American stock car racing driver
- Mason Mitchell, American stock car racing driver
- Mason Morelli, American ice hockey player
- Mason Mount, English footballer
- Mason Munn, Northern Irish footballer
- Mason Musso, American singer-songwriter and musician
N
- Mason Neely, American record producer
- Mason Novick, American film producer
O
- Mason O'Malley, English footballer
P
- Mason Alexander Park, American actor and singer
- Mason Parris, American wrestler
- Mason Patrick, American army officer
- Mason Peatling, Australian basketball player
- Mason Peck, American professor
- Mason S. Peters, American politician
- Mason Phelps, American golfer
- Mason Phelps Jr., American horse trainer
- Mason Pierce, Canadian football player
- Mason Plumlee, American basketball player
- Mason Porter, American mathematician
R
- Mason Raige, American professional wrestler
- Mason Ramsey, American singer-songwriter
- Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mason Redman, Australian rules footballer
- Mason Reese, American actor
- Mason Remey, American religious leader
- Mason Richman, American football player
- Mason Robertson, Scottish footballer
- Mason Robinson, American football player
- Mason Rocca, Italian-American basketball player
- Mason Rudolph (disambiguation)
- Mason Ruffner, American singer-songwriter
- Mason Ryan, Welsh professional wrestler
S
- Mason Schreck, American football player
- Mason Scott, English rugby union footballer
- Mason Sears, American politician
- Mason Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mason Shefa, American filmmaker
- Mason Spence, English footballer
- Mason Spencer, American planter
- Mason Springthorpe, English footballer
- Mason Stajduhar, American soccer player
- Mason S. Stone, American educator and politician
- Mason Symons, American wheelchair rugby player
T
- Mason Tappan, American politician
- Mason Tatafu, Australian footballer
- Mason Taylor, American football player
- Mason Teague, Australian rugby league footballer
- Mason Thames, American actor
- Mason A. Thayer, American politician
- Mason B. Thomas, American football coach
- Mason Thompson, American baseball player
- Mason Tipton, American football player
- Mason Tobin, American baseball player
- Mason Toye, American soccer player
- Mason Trafford, Canadian soccer player
- Mason Tupaea, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Mason Tvert, American activist
U
- Mason Unck, American football player
V
- Mason Vaugh, American agriculturalist
W
- Mason Walters, American football player
- Mason Warren, English footballer
- Clarence Mason Weaver, American motivational speaker
- Mason Webb, American soccer player
- Mason Locke Weems, American minister
- Mason West, American ice hockey player
- Mason Wiley, American author
- Mason Williams (disambiguation)
- Mason Wood, Australian rules footballer
Fictional characters
- Mason Dixon, a main character in the film Rocky Balboa
- Mason Morgan, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Mason Turner, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Mason Verger, in the novel, movie and TV series Hannibal
- Mason, the birth name of Dipper Pines, the main protagonist of the television series ''Gravity Falls''