Surnames AKA Last Names
- Roma
Origin:
Italian place-nameDescription:
Never as popular as Florence; today's parents might prefer Venezia, Verona, or Romy. It is also a Hindu name meaning "one with shiny hair" and is another name for the goddess Lakshmi.
- Rooney
Origin:
English or Gaelic surnameMeaning:
"descendent of the champion"Description:
Rooney is one of many bouncy Irish surnames that could make an agreeable first, once tied to Mickey Rooney (who was actually born Joseph Yule) in his young and spunky Andy Hardy period.
- Ross
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"upland, peninsula"Description:
Like Friends, Ross is off the air and into syndication as a baby name, having plummeted from its zenith in the late 80s to fall off the US Top 1000 in 2013. Today, Ross is more likely to be a dad name than a newborn name.
- Rowland
Origin:
Rowlando, Rowlands, RowlandsonDescription:
See ROLAND.
- Radin
- Ravera
- Rittenhouse
- Rockwood
- Rotunno
- Rozenzweig
- Savo
- Sheridan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"searcher"Description:
Sheridan is one surname-name that hasn't come into style for either gender, though it was lightly used for boys around the turn of the 20th century and girls 100 years later. The name does have an attractive sound and an appealing meaning.
- Sheridan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"searcher"Description:
Upper crust-y surname Sheridan gains some energy when used for a girl.
- Sherwood
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bright forest"Description:
Unfashionable surname, best left in the forest with Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
- Squires
- Starley
- Stein
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"Stone"
- Stevens
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Steven"Description:
Stevens edges out Stephens for the more popular form of this surname in the US and the UK.
- Salamida
- Samek