Haters & Lovers of "last name for a first name" Please come in!

HarperM

Alright, so these types of names have been more my husband's style lately. I am not sold on it at ALL, however, I am trying REALLY hard to be negotiable. I figure if I look into some names and kind of have a small list of ones I don't totally hate, I will at least appear to be working with him. I know there's a 90% chance in the end I will get my own way but I want to at least try for him. I would be so mad if I had some names (or naming style) and he even refused to discuss it. And who knows, maybe if I end up liking one we can use it for a middle name and then he will be happy.

Whether you love it or hate it, can you add to my list? Thanks, will help me out alot!

(PS. Names I put I am just assuming are supposid last names, I could be wrong!)

GIRLS & BOYS NAMES (in no order)!

 

Walker
Anderson
Jamison
Presley
Parker
Carter
Taylor
Sawyer

 

 

tintri

I have a relatives who named their little girl Harrison.  I really hated it at the time, but it's grown on me a bit.  I really like the name Archer for a boy.  Kind of sounds surname-ish.

starlight8323

I'm sure you know I dislike this trend. With that being said, I will add:

Abraham

Blair

Bennett

Bryson

Grant

Preston

Scott

Tanner 

Tyler

Warren 

Wesley 

Wyatt

May I suggest browsing through Behind the Surname for more ideas?

HappyMrsK

Honestly, I think if you want to use a surname it should be from your own family. Just randomly picking a surname is kinda weird IMHO.

I would suggest looking at both of your family trees to see if there are any surnames there you would want to use.

loveyoubean

It depends on the name, and for some reason I think it works better on boys than on girls.  Probably because the names tend to be more masculine and I HATE the girl surnames like Reagan, Kennedy, McKinley, Taylor,  McKenzie... so ugly and so overdone, I just don't get the appeal.  There are two Reagan's in DD's music class and I cringe whenever I hear their names.  I like Sawyer for a boy, and I don't mind Anderson.  The rest are NMS at all.

CocoBrynne

I don't mind any of them for boys, they're all pretty masculine sounding to me, except Taylor which is mainly girl IMO.  The only ones I don't care for are Walker (instantly I think of the thing disabled ppl use), and Carter, bc I know a girl I don't like with that name so it's ruined for me.

beachykeen1723

We named DS Cooper after my grandma's maiden name.  We may use Lane for our next kid (my mom's maiden name).

 Anderson is another one I really like on DH's side

mrsjenni

Clearly, I love Carter best of your choices  I absolutely LOVE surnames for boys. I think that's mostly because our last name is a first name so I think it sounds really cool that DS name is Carter

Some other ones I love are..

Lincoln (though I wouldn't pick this for baby #3 b/c I don't want people to think I'm naming my kids after Presidents

Harper

Reid (Which IS my next boys name) 

TheNextWest

I actually really like some of them, for both girls and boys. But I do appreciate them more if they are family names.

Lane is a family name on H's side and I love it.

 

Here's some others I can think of:

Afton. Greer. Briley. Campbell. Gray. Payton. West. Parker. Auden. Bailey. Cameron. Daley. Holland. Jansen. Lake. Landry. Logan. Meredith. Quinn. Reese. Scout. Shae. Sloan. Wesley. Anson. August. Baird. Brecken. Bryce. Hunt. Lennon. Macon. Madden. Reid. Tate. Xavier.

JenWhite123

Cooper

Turner

Porter

Ford (like this for a middle name, not 1st)

 

 

plunderb

HappyMrsK:

Honestly, I think if you want to use a surname it should be from your own family. Just randomly picking a surname is kinda weird IMHO.

I would suggest looking at both of your family trees to see if there are any surnames there you would want to use.

I agree! Even if you have to go back several generations to find one you like, this strategy makes a surname much more meaningful as a fn.

elle80

Really like Sawyer for a boy, but it doesn't work for us. 

Harrison

Sullivan

Hudson

 

namefanatic

Love Emerson and Riley. 

I love this trend... however, this is my issue with it (and it may be a little silly). I always think, what if the girl meets and marries someone whose last name is her first name? Maybe she will want to keep her last name, but what if she wants to take his? And ends up "Riley Riley..."

GuitaristsGirl

I'm also a fan of this, trend or otherwise.  Off the top of my head, I like:

Davis

Lincoln

Griffin

Graham

Gibson

Parker

Wyatt

Landon

Jones

 

In DH's daycare there is a Locke and a Boone - wasn't sure what to think at first, but they're growing on me - probably just because I "know" them now, though  

krystal1892

my fatman's name is duncan.  obviously i like it...trend or not.  other surnames i like are davis, mason, reed, griffin, anderson...  i like alot of them.

MarineWifey2Be

HappyMrsK:

Honestly, I think if you want to use a surname it should be from your own family. Just randomly picking a surname is kinda weird IMHO.

I would suggest looking at both of your family trees to see if there are any surnames there you would want to use.

I agree with this, if you're gonna go with a last name make it your maiden name or another name from your family. Otherwise its just any random name and defeats the purpose of choosing a name this way.

tct1219

williamson

harrison

miller

ellison

davis

crawford nn ford

apple_green

I didn't see Morgan mentioned anywhere above. It's a name in my family and I'd love to use it as a middle name (boy or girl)! Unfortunately it doesn't really work with many of the names I love.

HappyMrsK

GuitaristsGirl:

In DH's daycare there is a Locke and a Boone - wasn't sure what to think at first, but they're growing on me - probably just because I "know" them now, though  

LOL, really? I hope they are not related because those are two character names from Lost.

sugarpumpkin716

i apologize if it's already here, i didn't look.

cohen

hunter

bennett

carson

evaazalea

tintri:

I have a relatives who named their little girl Harrison.  I really hated it at the time, but it's grown on me a bit.  I really like the name Archer for a boy.  Kind of sounds surname-ish.

I feel really bad for that little girl...

alliejo725

None of those names work for girls.

I like Anderson (though prefer Anders) and Jameson spelled correctly. While I'm not huge on LNs as FNs, I like them much better on boys. Lincoln and Sullivan are two of my favorites. Murray, while not strictly a LN, kind of bridges the gap.

Mostly, I don't like the -er names, and in general I don't like the -son names (though I do like the above-mentioned ones).

indianasunshine

Our son is Miller.  It is my maiden name.  I'll admit, I do feel like if we had another boy I would have to choose another surname.  For a girl I wouldn't feel that way though.

carmel.elkin

plunderb:

HappyMrsK:

Honestly, I think if you want to use a surname it should be from your own family. Just randomly picking a surname is kinda weird IMHO.

I would suggest looking at both of your family trees to see if there are any surnames there you would want to use.

I agree! Even if you have to go back several generations to find one you like, this strategy makes a surname much more meaningful as a fn.

I agree with this.  There are some surname names I like, but my DH HATES the idea of using a surname as a first or middle name.  He says "that's not a name" every time I suggest one!  He did agree that if I went with a super-duper first name sounding name like "James" he would consider going with a surname from our actual family tree like Cota, Thompson or Elkin.  

carmel.elkin

plunderb:

HappyMrsK:

Honestly, I think if you want to use a surname it should be from your own family. Just randomly picking a surname is kinda weird IMHO.

I would suggest looking at both of your family trees to see if there are any surnames there you would want to use.

I agree! Even if you have to go back several generations to find one you like, this strategy makes a surname much more meaningful as a fn.

I agree with this.  There are some surname names I like, but my DH HATES the idea of using a surname as a first or middle name.  He says "that's not a name" every time I suggest one!  He did agree that if I went with a super-duper first name sounding name like "James" he would consider going with a surname from our actual family tree like Cota or Thompson.  

jjfan

I have no problem with using surnames as first names - DD's name is Chandler MacKenzie - my mom had a fit cause she says she has three last names!

DH's name is Harper, his grandmother's maiden name.

battlebay-jen

I'm a fan of this trend.  Here are a few more that I like:

Manning
Marshall
Jameson (I know you already have this one)
Jackson
Emerson

and my sons middle name is Lincoln so I like that one as well!

unamilagra

Some I have heard (not sure if they are repeats)

Fletcher

Harrison

Holden

Preston

Pierce

Hunter

Also, my friends named their DS Pierson.  Not something I would ever choose for my own child, but I thought it was kind of cute on him.