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Surnames as given names

Names that share a history or a tradition.

19 namesThemed list

  1. English · Old-fashioned

    Clifford

    “from the ford near the cliff”

    43UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  2. English · Nature

    Dudley

    “from the people's meadow”

    12Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  3. English · Nature

    Stanley

    “from the stony meadow”

    51UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  4. Royal

    Kendal

    “from the royal valley”

    34RareCooling

    29% boys · 71% girls

  5. English · Royal

    Kingsley

    “from the king's meadow”

    52UncommonEasing

    69% boys · 31% girls

  6. English · Timeless

    Marshall

    “shoeing smith” · “a caretaker of horses”

    65FamiliarSteady

    >99% boys

  7. English · Old-fashioned

    Shirley

    “from the bright clearing”

    42UncommonEasing

    >99% girls

  8. Surname-style

    Beverley

    “from the beaver's stream”

    17Very rareRising

    >99% girls

  9. Old English · Literary

    Kimberley

    “as precious as gold” · “of the royal fortress”

    23RareEasing

    >99% girls

  10. Scottish · Nature

    Keith

    “man from the forest”

    52UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  11. Scottish · Nature

    Douglas

    “from the black river”

    52UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  12. Scottish · Nature

    Fraser

    “of the forest men”

    20RareRising fast

    >99% boys

  13. English · Celtic

    Graham

    “from the gravelled area; from the gray home”

    78CommonRising

    >99% boys

  14. Gaelic · Literary

    Leslie

    “garden of hollies” · “from the holly garden; of the gray fortress”

    56FamiliarEasing

    7% boys · 93% girls

  15. Gaelic · Literary

    Lesley

    “garden of hollies”

    26RareCooling

    2% boys · 98% girls

  16. Old English · Surname-style

    Goddard

    “one who is divinely firm”

    No U.S. birth series

    77% boys · 23% girls

  17. Old English · Surname-style

    Goodwin

    “a beloved friend”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  18. Old English · Surname-style

    Osborn

    “a bear of God”

    12Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

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