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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.

Ripley

Meaning: strip of clearing in the woods

Origin:English
1537
Merritt

Meaning: boundary gate

Origin:English surname name
2716
Sheridan

Meaning: searcher

Origin:Irish
2772
Denver

Meaning: green valley or from Anvers

Origin:English or French place-name and surname
4917
Marley

Meaning: pleasant seaside meadow

Origin:English
647
Bailey

Meaning: law enforcer, bailiff

Origin:Occupational name
1308
Gentry

Meaning: aristocracy

Origin:English
2436
Royce

Meaning: son of the king

Origin:English
730
Rawlings

Meaning: son of Raul

Origin:English surname
2950
Morgan

Meaning: sea-born, sea-song or sea-circle

Origin:Welsh
600
Waverly

Meaning: meadow of quivering aspens

Origin:English
1121
Landry

Meaning: ruler

Origin:French and English
3366
Sterling

Meaning: of the highest quality

Origin:English
555
Bexley The meaning of Bexley is 'baker' and it is o...
Origin:English place-name
3587
Dior Dior is a gender-neutral name of French orig...
Origin:French surname
3767
Cartier

Meaning: transporter of goods by cart

Origin:French variation of Carter, English
5637
Kelly

Meaning: war

Origin:Irish
1573
Anniston

Meaning: Anis' town

Origin:English surname and American place name
2178
Ensley

Meaning: one's own meadow

Origin:English surname, variation of Ainsley
2282
Zola

Meaning: piece of earth

Origin:African, Congolese; also literary name
2684