Surname Names 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 United States

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Ryder Ryder is a boy's name of English origin meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger."
Boy English #132 in US
Calvin Calvin is a boy's name of French origin meaning "little bald one," from the Latin calvus, bald.
Boy French #133 in US
Stetson Stetson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Stephen."
Boy English #136 in US
Rylee Rylee is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "rye clearing."
Girl English #137 in US
Jameson Jameson is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of James."
Boy Hebrew #137 in US
Emersyn Emersyn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of the surname Emerson.
Girl English #138 in US
Beckett Beckett is a boy's name of Old English origin, most likely meaning "bee cottage" or "stream."
Boy English #141 in US
Sloane Sloane is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "raider" or "warrior."
Girl Irish #141 in US
Dawson Dawson is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of David."
Boy Hebrew #143 in US
Aubrey Aubrey is a name of Germanic origin meaning "elf ruler."
Unisex Germanic #146 in US
Greyson Greyson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of the steward."
Boy English #149 in US
Elliot Elliot is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Boy Hebrew #151 in US
Bryson Bryson is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "son of Brice."
Boy Scottish #152 in US
Piper Piper is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "pipe player."
Girl English #155 in US
Oakley Oakley is a name of Old English origin meaning "oak clearing" or "oak meadow."
Unisex English #156 in US
Colter Colter is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "horse keeper."
Boy English #157 in US
Elliott Elliott is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Boy Hebrew #160 in US
Hayden Hayden is a name of Old English origin meaning "hay valley" or "hedged hill."
Unisex English #161 in US
Hayes Hayes is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "hedged enclosure."
Boy English #162 in US
Ashley Ashley is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree clearing."
Girl English #164 in US
Skylar Skylar is a name of Dutch origin meaning "scholar."
Unisex Dutch #167 in US
Beckham Beckham is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "homestead by the stream."
Boy English #168 in US
Blair Blair is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "plain" or "field."
Unisex Scottish #169 in US
Barrett Barrett is a boy's name of disputed origin.
Boy Disputed #171 in US
Braxton Braxton is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "Bracc's settlement."
Boy English #172 in US
Tucker Tucker is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "cloth fuller."
Boy English #181 in US
Sutton Sutton is a name of Old English origin meaning "southern settlement."
Unisex English #181 in US
Ryker Ryker is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "rich" or "powerful."
Boy Germanic #182 in US
Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."
Boy English #183 in US
Maxwell Maxwell is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "Mack's pool."
Boy Scottish #189 in US
Tatum Tatum is a name of Old English origin meaning "Tata's homestead."
Unisex English #189 in US
Blakely Blakely is a name of Old English origin meaning either "black clearing" or "pale clearing."
Girl English #191 in US
Chase Chase is a boy's name of Old French origin meaning "huntsman."
Boy French #192 in US
Reese Reese is a name of Welsh origin meaning "ardour" or "enthusiasm."
Unisex Welsh #192 in US
Tate Tate is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "cheerful."
Boy Norse #194 in US
Everleigh Everleigh is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed by respelling the English surname Everly.
Girl English #194 in US
Knox Knox is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "round hill."
Boy Scottish #196 in US
Ashton Ashton is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree settlement."
Unisex English #197 in US
Peyton Peyton is a name of Old English origin meaning "Pæga's settlement."
Unisex English #199 in US
Kingston Kingston is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "the king's settlement."
Boy English #204 in US
Camden Camden is a boy's name of English origin meaning "enclosed valley."
Boy English #205 in US
Bailey Bailey is a name of Old French origin meaning "bailiff" or "steward."
Unisex French #208 in US
Maddox Maddox means son of Madoc, and Madoc is the prince who supposedly reached America in 1170 — a legend the Tudors found useful, since it would have given England a claim predating Spain's.
Boy Welsh #211 in US
Lennon Lennon is a unisex name of Irish origin, an anglicized form of the surname Ó Leannáin.
Unisex Irish #214 in US
Saylor Saylor is a girl's name with two separate origins that have converged. As an American surname it usually comes from the German Seiler, a ropemaker, and it is also read as a respelling of the English word sailor.
Girl German #217 in US
Baker Baker is a boy's name of English origin, an occupational surname for someone who baked bread.
Boy English #217 in US
Tyler Tyler is a boy's name from a medieval trade — a man who laid roof tiles — and the leader of the Peasants' Revolt carried it as a job description.
Boy English #220 in US
Presley Presley is a unisex name of English origin meaning "priest's meadow".
Unisex English #225 in US

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