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This page last updated 05-17-2003.


Surnames as First Names

Surnames as given names used to be unusual. Nowadays, though, the world is bursting with little boys and girls named Jackson, Carson, Harrison and Riley. People who want to use family names now choose Nelson after Grandpa Nelson, instead of naming the baby Walter or Francis. Many babies have their mother's or grandmother's maiden name as a first or middle name. And people are also choosing surnames as first names just because they like the sound of the name. T.V. shows have made the trend of using surnames as first names even more popular, by either having a popular character called by his last name, or having a popular character's given name be a surname. Because of this trend, some of the most popular given names are surnames. In the 1999 top 100 names for boys we see Austin, Mason, Chase, Jackson, Blake, Dalton, Tanner, and Spencer. In the top 100 list for girls we see Madison, Taylor, Morgan, Brooke, Jordan, Mackenzie, Bailey, Kelsey, Kelly, and Cassidy. Here is a list of surnames that are more unusual as given names.

Note - Of course, any surname can be given to boys and girls, but I have gone ahead and devided the names in this list, because some of them sound better for girls to me, and some sound better for boys

NOTE~ Just removed Landon and Hayden from the lists as both names have entered the top 100 most popular names list.



Girls Names:

Ailey
Ainsley *
Averill
Becker
Bellamy
Blythe
Braley
Bronte *
Calloway
Carney
Chastain
Connolly
Delaney *
Dempsey
Destry
Devereux
Fallon
Flannery
Fraley
Fuentes
Garcia
Gates
Gatlin
Gibson
Halsey
Harper
Jenner
Leighton
Liotta
Loria
Marley
Mason
McCarey
McCartney
McLayne
Monet
Mundy
Nilsson
Odell
Piper *
Raleigh *
Sloane
Tandy
Tierney

Boys Names:

Addison
Aiker
Akren
Alcott
Alden *
Altman
Archer
Asher
Ashton
Ausburn
Barclay
Barrett
Barrick
Baxter
Beckett
Bennett
Benson
Bentley
Benton
Berkley
Blakely
Bogart
Boone
Branigan
Branson
Brantley
Brewster
Bricker
Brighton
Brock
Bronson
Broxson
Bryant
Bryson
Burke
Burton
Calder
Calhoun
Callahan
Caruso
Chaplin
Clayton
Cortez
Crosby
Cruz
Darwin
Davis *
Decker
Dennison
Dixon
Donovan *
Dugan
Easton
Edison
Erickson
Farrell
Finn
Fitzgerald
Forrest
Frasier
Grady
Granger
Griffin
Hagan
Hansen
Hardy
Hayes
Hendrix
Jagger
Jameson *
Jarrett
Jenson
Kahler
Keaton
Keirnan *
Kessler
Kingsley
Larson
Lennon
Lennox
Lincoln
Lyndon
Maguire
Malone
McAllister
McKormick
McLeod
Mercer
Monroe
Morrison
Nelson *
O' Keefe
Paxton
Peirce
Pierson *
Rafferty
Redmond
Reed
Remington
Rowan
Ryder
Sawyer *
Sheridan *
Slater
Tate
Tucker
Weston
Wharton
Whelan
Wilson *


* Warning! Although this name is still unusual, it is beginning to be used more often.

If you would like to suggest a name that you think should be added to this list,
please email me the name, with Surname as the subject line. Thank you.

Note~ I can't promise that I will add the name you suggest to this list.
If I feel the name is not unusual enough, I will not post it.



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