Surnames As First Names - For Boys
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This is a list of surnames that can be used as a unique first name for a boy.
- Adley
Origin:
Variation of Adlai or HadleyDescription:
Adley is one of those rare unisex names that probably developed via different paths on the girls' and boys' sides, with the male Adley a phonetic spelling of the Hebrew Adlai, while the girls' version, which briefly made the Top 1000 in 2012, is an abbreviation of the trendy Hadley, an English place name and surname.
- Alby
- Anderson
Origin:
English from ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Anders"Description:
Anderson shot up quite a bit on the popular names list in the 2000's, no doubt in large part due to the prominence of white-haired cable newsman Anderson Cooper. Perhaps surprisingly though, Anderson was even higher on the list in 1880. Actress Edie Falco named her son Anderson in 2005. Though there haven't been many first-named Anderson namesakes, there have been countless notables bearing the surname, including Hans Christian, Marian, Maxwell, Sherwood, Gillian, Laurie, and Pamela.
- Axton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sword stone"Description:
Macho to the max. But with the rise of x as a fashionable letter anywhere it appears in a name, ala Jaxson or Maxon, we may be hearing more of Axton.
- Barclay
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"where birches grow"Description:
Americans may not realize Barclay is the phonetic spelling of the British Berkeley -- though both sound like old-fashioned butler names.
- Bristol
Origin:
British place-nameDescription:
This name of a busy British port city -- as well as of several places in America -- has a brisk and bustling air. It will now--and for years to come--be identified as a (female) Sarah Palin name.
- Dayton
Origin:
English, variation of DeightonMeaning:
"place with a dike"Description:
If Dayton, like Trenton and Camden, is finding favor with parents, it's more because of its popular two-syllable surname feel and -on ending than the industrial city in Ohio.
- Law
- Ridley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cleared wood"Description:
Director Ridley Scott made this one known, but few parents would get beyond the negative first syllable.
- Rowley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rough clearing"Description:
Rough-and-tumble surname with some degree of charm.
- Ryland
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"place where Rye is grown"Description:
This name, similar to Ryan and Rylan, dropped out of the Top 500 in 2016 after a six year stint in it. It's the full birth name of legendary musician Ry Cooder.
- Stanton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stony town"Description:
Seems to stand at attention and salute.
- Warwick
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement by the weir"Description:
Pronounced the same way as Warrick, Warwick is the name of an historic university town on the River Avon in England.
- Windsor
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"riverbank with a winch"Description:
Windsor may have male references, such as Britain's royal House of Windsor and a tie's windsor knot, but this name also has a definite feminine feel, as in Windsor Rose. That seems appropriate, as Windsor is used equally these days for boys and girls.