youngest son
Last-born male child
The youngest son is the last-born male child in a family.
The phrase carries cultural weight from folklore and inheritance traditions—in fairy tales, the youngest son often succeeds where older brothers fail, while in primogeniture systems, he inherited least.
As the youngest son, he was expected to make his own way in the world.
- babyVery young child
- baby of the familyLast-born among siblings
- siblingBrother or sister
- heirOne who receives legacy
- birth orderSequence among siblings
pecking order · middle child · brother · family · mama's boy · inheritance · favorite · golden child · spoiled · prince · runt · lastborn · prodigal · prodigal son · birthright · primogeniture · succession · royal succession
- boysboy, lad, laddie, little boy, son
- folklore figureswitch, fairy, trickster, hero, giant
- birth orderfirstborn, lastborn, middle child, only child, eldest
- Slavic folkloreBaba Yaga, vampire, Ivan, mora, Firebird
- fairy tale elementsfairies, pixies, sprites, elves, gnomes
- Nordic folkloretrolls, elves, Norse mythology, Norse gods, Odin
young, younger, youngest, youngster, youngsters, youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness