Reason (surname)

Reason is an English surname. It originates as a nickname for "a man of reason, good judgement, or wise words" and the word ultimately comes from Old French raisun, raiso(u)n.

Notable people with the surname include:
 * Charles L. Reason (1818–1893), American linguist and mathematician
 * Dana Reason, 20th/21st-century Canadian musician
 * Jumbo Reason (1884–?), English footballer
 * Patrick H. Reason (1816–1898), American lithographer and engraver
 * J. Paul Reason (born 1941), American naval officer