American Names

Names that were made in America rather than brought there: surnames turned into first names, place names, respellings, and coinages built to sound like something older. They are the group most often given an invented etymology elsewhere, because a name with no history attracts one.

Languages behind these names Hebrew uncertain Modern English coinage invented Latin Germanic

0 names, rare — 25 to 99 a year, in United States

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