Surnames AKA Last Names
- Miller
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"grinder of grain"Description:
Miller is an up-and-coming choice in the stylish occupational genre, among the fastest-rising names for both boys and girls in the US in 2023.
- Mills
Description:
Feels akin to Brooks and Rivers, two other boys' names that double as plural nouns. It's been used as a first name for centuries, including by a two time governor of Virginia.
- Murray
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"settlement by the sea"Description:
Murray, you may be surprised to discover, is a Scottish surname name --that of an ancient noble clan--with a sea-swept meaning, and just could be in the next wave of reevaluated grandpa names. Currently Number 60 for baby boys born in its native Scotland; it was at its highest in the US in 1922, when it reached Number 208, but has been off the list since 1975. Could it be time for a comeback?
- Manchester
- Mariucci
- Martone
- McAllister
- McFate
- McGlynn
- McGuiness
- McKeeby
- McNulty
- McPeek
- Meacher
- Meaker
- Medinosky
- Merchant
- Millham
- Mion
- Mion