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Last Names as First Names

Last names used as first names is a trend that has been growing in popularity for boys and girls too over the past few decades, making it one of the prime classes of gender neutral names. Harper is the top last name as first name for girls and Jackson is the top last name baby name for boys.

Along with Harper and Jackson, other last names that appear as baby names in the US Top 100 include Carter, Madison, Addison, Lincoln, Hudson, Everly, Hunter, and Kennedy. Celebrity surnames are an especially hot subcategory of surname baby names, with Anniston, Bowie, Dempsey, and Winslet among the most stylish choices.

For last name baby names, anything goes, so look for a long-lost surname in your family or even search the phone book for something you love. Or look through this list for more unusual surname baby names.

Ward

Meaning: guard, watchman

Origin:English occupational name
1013
Ryland

Meaning: place where Rye is grown

Origin:Old English
1092
Smith

Meaning: blacksmith

Origin:English occupational name
1131
Ellery

Meaning: descendant of Hilary

Origin:English
991
Abbott

Meaning: father

Origin:Hebrew, Aramaic
2182
Abbott

Meaning: father

Origin:Aramaic, Hebrew
9016
O'brien

Meaning: descendant of Brian

Origin:Irish
8619
Tudor The meaning of Tudor is ‘people king’. This ...
Origin:Welsh variation of Theodore
2646
Finnian

Meaning: fair

Origin:Irish
450
Callahan

Meaning: bright-headed

Origin:Irish
498
Reagan

Meaning: little king

Origin:Irish
2156
Teagan

Meaning: little poet or fair

Origin:Irish or Welsh
796
Cassidy

Meaning: curly-haired

Origin:Irish
1007
Madigan

Meaning: little dog

Origin:Irish
3954
Forrest

Meaning: dweller near the woods

Origin:English
361
Rowen The name Rowen is of Gaelic, Irish, and Old ...
Origin:Spelling variation of Rowan
1205
Phelan

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Irish
1347
Gardener

Meaning: keeper of the garden

Origin:English
6164
Crusoe The meaning of Crusoe is 'literary name'. Th...
Origin:Literary surname
2735
Harris

Meaning: son of Harry

Origin:English
344