Puritan Surnames
- Firman
- Fox
Origin:
Animal nameDescription:
Fox is one animal name backed by a longish tradition, and then popularized via the lead character Fox Mulder on X Files. Fox is simple, sleek, and a little bit wild, and could make an interesting middle name.
- Freeman
Origin:
Word name or surname name, EnglishMeaning:
"free man"Description:
Another meaningful word name that actually dates back to pre-Emancipation days.
- French
Origin:
Surname, place name, word nameDescription:
Actor French Stewart introduced this one to the lexicon. French is part word name, part place name, and part surname-name, reminiscent of celebrity baby names that reference a nationality rather than simply a place, such as Moroccan.
- Fayerweather
- Feake
- Fitzrandolph
- Foxwell
- Frothingham
- Gage
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"oath, pledge"Description:
Gage was part of the craze for one-syllable surnames, with associations to tasty green gage plums and the mathematical gauge.
- Garrett
Origin:
Irish variation of GerardMeaning:
"spear strength"Description:
Garrett, also spelled with one 't', is an Irish-inflected name that was in the Top 100 in the nineties, but has now slipped in popularity.
- Gibson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Gilbert's son"Description:
Gibson is an undiscovered patronymic surname, with some appealing nicknames. It also brings to mind the popular brand of guitars.
- Glover
- Goffe
- Goldthwaite
- Gosnall
- Gosse
- Goulworth
- Gridley
- Gyver