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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.

Adler

Meaning: eagle

Origin:German
977
Baker The meaning of Baker is 'to dry by heat' and...
Origin:English occupational surname
1051
Brantley

Meaning: sword, fiery torch

Origin:English
1771
Layton

Meaning: settlement with a leek garden

Origin:Old English
3242
Origin:English
3706
Turner

Meaning: works with a lathe

Origin:English
1510
Caruso Caruso is one of the traditionally used Ital...
Origin:Italian surname
3172
Kason The meaning of Ciera is 'mountains, dark, bl...
Origin:Modern invented name
3402
Henderson

Meaning: son of Henry

Origin:English
4255
Nixon

Meaning: son of Nicholas

Origin:English
1607
Drummond

Meaning: ridge

Origin:Scottish
6690
Emmons

Meaning: son of Emonie

Origin:English
6697
Pfeiffer

Meaning: pipe player

Origin:German occupational name
8442
Calloway

Meaning: pebbly place

Origin:English from Latin
4986
Merrigan The meaning of Merrigan is ‘related to the o...
Origin:Irish surname, related to the sea
5189
O'hara

Meaning: son of Eaghra

Origin:Irish
5212
Mckenna

Meaning: son of Kenneth

Origin:Irish
1519
Malloy The name Malloy is primarily used as a boy's...
Origin:Irish
6575
Corrigan

Meaning: spear

Origin:Irish surname
7372
Morrissey

Meaning: descendant of Muiris

Origin:Irish
10208