Surname Names for Baby Girls

Actress Gates McFadden proves this surname can work just as well for girls as boys. It joins an impressive lineup of celebrity babies with similar names, including Hillary Duff's Banks and Emma Roberts' Rhodes. Gates is also famously the surname of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

Garner is an uncommon word and surname with some prospect of garnering popularity, especially now that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have given it to their son Samuel as his middle name, and Jessica Alba and Cash Warren have used it as the middle name of their second daughter Haven. Garner is also Cash Warren's middle name.

An English surname originally denoting someone living near a farmstead in the forest. Makes a sweet and unusual addition to the -ley name family.

A fresh take on the fashionable Audrey and Aubrey, or another novel surname name which seems fitting for either sex.

This unusual English botanical name would make an interesting update to 80s and 90s favorite Bethany. It belongs to a minty-smelling, flowering herb (also called bishopwort), which has been used since medieval times to treat various ailments.

The campion is a pretty woodland plant with pink or red flowers, whose common name derives from Old French champion "champion". The plant is so called because in classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.

Addison has been a wildly popular surname name, mostly for girls, for a few decades now, and Addisyn is one of its many spelling variations.

Mētra is the Latvian word for the mint plant and is seen as both a given name and a surname, although it is rare in both cases.

An old English surname denoting either a servant of one of the Knights Templar, or a person living near or serving at a church.

Hollywood golden girl Olivia de Havilland gives her surname a distinctly glamourous feel despite its more humble meaning. The single-L Haviland spelling is used more frequently.

Common Spanish surname, used by Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as the middle name for their children Leo and Luna.

Family surname or feminist statement name? Either way, this literary surname has a cool, current sound.

Philosophical surname that could make an unusual first for a red-headed girl.

Stark hits many ears as a blunt and forceful word name, but it has a storied history dating back to ancient times. Stark is a surname derived from the Old English word stearc, meaning firm and unyielding.

Stark has drawn attention from parents recently due to its use on Game of Thrones, as the family name of House Stark. The ruling family's motto is "Winter is coming," making Stark a creative winter baby name.

Randall Jarrell was an important mid-20th century poet; his surname makes a pleasingly soft name for a girl.

A gender-neutral Chinese name that originated as a surname, An can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. An may also be a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. Its equivalence to the English article an may make it feel slight in an English-dominant culture.

Japanese surname occasionally heard as a first.

A spelling spin on presidential surname McKinley.

The gender-neutral name Raman, used throughout India, means pleasing and joyful or charming or beloved, according to various sources.

This spelling variation of the preppy surname Kipton leans feminine.