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Occupational surnames used as given names

Names gathered around a shared theme.

8 namesThemed list

  1. English · Surname-style

    Taylor

    “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” · “one who alters garments”

    67FamiliarCooling

    21% boys · 79% girls

  2. English · Timeless

    Tyler

    “tiler of roofs” · “a tiler of roofs”

    72CommonCooling

    95% boys · 5% girls

  3. English · Surname-style

    Hunter

    “a great huntress and provider” · “a great huntsman and provider”

    78CommonCooling

    93% boys · 7% girls

  4. English · Literary

    Spencer

    “dispenser” · “an administrator; dispenser of provisions”

    67FamiliarEasing

    81% boys · 19% girls

  5. English · Surname-style

    Tanner

    “one who tans hides” · “one who makes leather”

    61FamiliarCooling

    95% boys · 5% girls

  6. English · Shared

    Sawyer

    “a woodcutter” · “one who works with wood”

    81CommonEasing

    73% boys · 27% girls

  7. English · Surname-style

    Walker

    “walker of the forests” · “one who trods the cloth”

    82CommonRising fast

    97% boys · 3% girls

  8. English · Surname-style

    Carter

    “a transporter of merchandise” · “one who transports goods; one who drives a cart”

    87Very commonEasing

    93% boys · 7% girls

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