Most occupational baby names were originally surnames that described a person’s job. Names related to jobs have taken on significant style value over the past years and are destined to rise even further. 

Harper is the top occupational name for girls while Mason is the most popular occupational name for boys. Along with Harper and Mason, occupational names ranking in the US Top 100 include Skylar on the girls' side and Carter, Hunter, Carson, and Cooper for boys.
While technically gender-neutral, occupational names have traditionally been used more often for males and still are more often given to baby boys. Unique occupational names we like for either gender include Baird, Booker, Dancer, Drummer, Fielder, Fifer, Mercer, Painter, Poet, Sailor, Shepherd, and Whistler.

Occupational names can work as a nod to parents' or grandparents' professions or a family business. Or you can choose them, of course, because you simply like the sound and feel.

Occupational Names

Abbott

Archer

Artist

Author

Bader

Bailey

Baird

Baker

Bandit

Banner

Barbeau

Barber

Barker

Bauer

Baxter

Bayless

Baylor

Beaman

Beamer

Becker

Bell

Bellow

Berger

Bishop

Bond

Booker

Bouvier

Boyer

Brander

Brazier

Brenner

Brewer

Brewster

Brogan

Burrell

Butcher

Butler

Cannon

Carbry

Carden

Carter

Carver

Casper

Chandler

Chaplin

Chaucer

Chevalier

Clark

Cleary

Cleaver

Cohen

Collier

Colter

Conner

Cooper

Cordell

Cormac

Currier

Cutler

Cutter

Dancer

Daymond

Deacon

Dean

Decker

Devin

Dexter

Doctor

Dozier

Draper

Driver

Drover

Drummer

Duke

Durward

Earl

Explorer

Factor

Falkner

Farmer

Farrar

Farrier

Favre

Fielder

Fifer

Fisher

Fisk

Fletcher

Forest

Forester

Foster

Fowler

Fuller

Gardener

Glover

Governor

Granger

Hackett

Hall

Harper

Occupational baby names, including surnames and last names as first names like Sailor, Carter, Shepherd, and Mercer, with meanings, origins, and popularity (All Names)

Occupational Names - All Names