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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.

Brady

Meaning: broad meadow or large-chested

Origin:Irish
952
Grady

Meaning: noble, illustrious

Origin:Irish
961
Brennan

Meaning: descendent of the sad one

Origin:Irish
1213
Palin

Meaning: wine bearer

Origin:English surname
8703
Dillon

Meaning: loyal

Origin:Irish
1514
Selby

Meaning: from the willow farm

Origin:English
8968
Hathaway

Meaning: one who lives near the heath

Origin:English surname
4197
Origin:Variation of Clark
3180
Jensen

Meaning: son of Jens

Origin:Spelling variation of Jenson and Danish surname
962
Landon

Meaning: long hill

Origin:English
566
Darby

Meaning: free from envy, or, from the deer estate

Origin:Irish or Norse, "free from envy, or, from the deer estate"
1448
Darby

Meaning: free one or from the deer estate

Origin:Irish or Norse
3385
Palmer

Meaning: he who holds the palm

Origin:English surname and occupational
733
Tinsley

Meaning: Tynni's meadow

Origin:English surname
1627
Chesney

Meaning: oak grove

Origin:English from French
4185
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Origin:Word name
3634
Chanel

Meaning: dweller near the canal

Origin:French
1144
Hartley

Meaning: stag meadow

Origin:English
3039
Lindsay

Meaning: marshlands of Lincolnshire

Origin:English surname
1910
Blakely

Meaning: dark wood or clearing

Origin:English surname
1357