Surname Names

Family names used as first names. Most began as one of four things: a father's name, a trade, a place, or a nickname — and the trade ones are the easiest to read centuries later.

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265 names, most popular first in the United States

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Harper Harper is a name of English origin meaning "harp player."
Girl English #16 in US
Hudson Hudson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Hudde," a medieval pet form of Hugh.
Boy English #17 in US
Cooper Cooper is a boy's name of English origin meaning "barrel maker."
Boy English #27 in US
Scarlett Scarlett is a girl's name of English origin, taken from an occupational surname for someone who sold or dyed scarlet cloth.
Girl English #32 in US
Jackson Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Jack."
Boy English #36 in US
Avery Avery is a name of English origin meaning "elf counsel," derived from the Norman French form of the Germanic name Alberich.
Unisex English #37 in US
Wyatt Wyatt is a boy's name of English origin meaning "brave in war," from the medieval given name Wyot, itself from Old English elements meaning war and hardy.
Boy English #38 in US
Mason Mason is a boy's name of English origin meaning "stone worker."
Boy English #39 in US
Madison Madison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Maud," a medieval surname formed from the woman's name Maud plus -son.
Girl English #40 in US
Bennett Bennett is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed," the medieval English form of Benedict, from benedictus.
Boy Latin #40 in US
Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."
Boy English #45 in US
Riley Riley is a name with two origins that converged. The Irish line comes from Ó Raghallaigh, an Anglicized surname, while the English line names a place meaning "rye clearing," from the Old English ryge and leah.
Unisex Irish #48 in US
Maverick Maverick is a boy's name taken from an English surname, and it is one of the few names to become an ordinary English word within living memory of its source.
Boy English #49 in US
Grayson Grayson is a boy's name of English origin usually explained as "son of the grieve," a grieve being a steward or bailiff who managed an estate.
Boy English #51 in US
Wesley Wesley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western meadow," from the Old English west and leah.
Boy English #52 in US
Logan Logan is a name of Scottish origin meaning "little hollow," from the Gaelic lag, meaning a hollow or low-lying place, with a diminutive ending.
Boy Scottish #53 in US
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
Boy English #55 in US
Brooks Brooks is a boy's name of English origin meaning "of the brook" or "dweller by the stream," from the Old English broc. It began as a surname identifying a family by the water they lived beside.
Boy English #64 in US
Nolan Nolan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Nualláin.
Boy Irish #65 in US
Paisley Paisley is a girl's name taken from the Scottish town, whose weavers gave their name to the swirling teardrop pattern.
Girl Scottish #67 in US
Lincoln Lincoln is a boy's name from the English city, whose name combines the Brittonic lindo, meaning pool, with the Latin colonia, a Roman settlement for retired soldiers.
Boy English #69 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Unisex Germanic #74 in US
Cameron Cameron is a name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked nose," from the Gaelic cam, crooked, and sròn, nose.
Boy Scottish #76 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Boy Germanic #77 in US
Walker Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "a fuller of cloth."
Boy English #78 in US
Addison Addison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Adam."
Girl English #84 in US
Kennedy Kennedy is a name of Irish origin meaning "helmeted head" or "ugly head," from the Gaelic ceann, head, and éidigh.
Girl Irish #85 in US
Everly Everly is a girl's name of English origin, from a place name meaning "boar meadow" — the Old English eofor, a wild boar, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #91 in US
Kinsley Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's meadow," from the Old English cyning, king, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #93 in US
Quinn Quinn is a name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendant of Conn."
Unisex Irish #97 in US
Archer Archer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bowman."
Boy English #98 in US
Ryan Ryan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Riain.
Boy Irish #99 in US
Parker Parker is a name of English origin meaning "park keeper."
Unisex English #102 in US
Colton Colton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "coal town" or "Cola's settlement," from a place name.
Boy English #103 in US
Hailey Hailey is a girl's name of English origin meaning "hay clearing," from the Old English heg, hay, and leah, a woodland clearing.
Girl English #104 in US
Easton Easton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "east settlement," from the Old English east and tun.
Boy English #110 in US
Austin Austin is a boy's name that began as a medieval English contraction of Augustine, meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from the Latin augustus.
Boy Latin #113 in US
Harrison Harrison is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Harry."
Boy English #116 in US
Graham Graham is a boy's name of English origin meaning "gravelly homestead," from Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Boy English #120 in US
Emmett Emmett is a boy's name of English origin derived from Emma — it is a matronymic surname, formed from a woman's name rather than a man's, which was unusual in medieval England.
Boy English #121 in US
Hadley Hadley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "heather meadow," from the Old English hæth, heather or heathland, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #121 in US
Sawyer Sawyer is a name of English origin meaning "one who saws wood."
Unisex English #122 in US
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
Unisex English #122 in US
Carson Carson is a name of Scottish and Irish origin meaning "son of Carr."
Boy Scottish #124 in US
Dean Dean is a boy's name with two English origins.
Boy English #125 in US
Scottie Scottie is a name meaning "a Scot," a pet form of Scott.
Unisex Latin #126 in US
Landon Landon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "long hill," from the Old English lang, long, and dun, a hill or down.
Boy English #127 in US
Hunter Hunter is a name of English origin meaning "one who hunts."
Boy English #130 in US

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