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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.

Dalton

Meaning: the settlement in the valley

Origin:English
476
Whitney

Meaning: white island

Origin:English surname
1516
Reilly

Meaning: courageous

Origin:Irish
4372
Sander

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Dutch and Scandinavian, diminutive of Alexander
2399
Sander

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Dutch and Scandinavian, diminutive of Alexander
21939
Colter

Meaning: colt herder

Origin:English
1817
Wallace

Meaning: foreigner, stranger

Origin:Scottish
751
Franklin

Meaning: free landholder

Origin:English
562
Truett

Meaning: dry wood + river bend

Origin:English surname
637
Lowen

Meaning: joy

Origin:Cornish
687
Vaughn

Meaning: small

Origin:Welsh
723
Baxter

Meaning: baker

Origin:English occupational name
1614
Braden

Meaning: wide valley

Origin:English
1392
Cullen

Meaning: holly tree

Origin:Irish
681
Beckham

Meaning: homestead by the stream

Origin:English
394
Cohen

Meaning: priest

Origin:Hebrew
438
Braxton

Meaning: Brock's settlement

Origin:English
1871
Shay

Meaning: stately, gift

Origin:Irish, Hebrew
844
Berkley

Meaning: where birches grow

Origin:English variation of Berkeley
4182
Tyler

Meaning: maker of tiles

Origin:English occupational name
1012