Surname Baby Names

Surname-style baby names like Anderson, Carter, Hayes and Parker — preppy, gender-flexible and on-trend.

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Hebrew, English

son of Abram

Scottish Gaelic

son of Ache

oak tree town

English, Scottish

son of Adam

settlement of Eadda's people

son of Adam

son of Adel

Noble son

noble son

noble protector

Noble settlement or estate

Son of Adam

Scottish (via American adoption)

from the Afton river

good, honorable

Hungarian form of Augustus

great, magnificent, venerable

English, Scottish

son of Ail

Portuguese, from English place name

from the farm by the spring

from the high place

English, Scottish

from the farm by the river Aire

Scottish, Portuguese

from Ayr

Scottish, English

son of Adam

son of Alan

son of Albert

son of Alder

Old town or settlement of Ealda's people

noble, exalted

old ford

settlement of Ælla's people

Germanic, through French and English

noble, of noble kind

noble kind

English, Scottish

son of Allan

old town or alder tree farm

noble kind, of noble sort

son of Allan

A traditional Marshallese name with no widely published etymological meaning.

Old stone, noble's settlement

Old town

industrious, striving

Scandinavian, English

Son of Anders; son of Andrew

From Andrew's town/farm

Son of Andrew

Portuguese, Indian (Sanskrit)

son of Anil

English, Germanic

Son of Agnes or Ann; son of the An

Priceless, flourishing, praiseworthy

Finnish form of Antonius (Anthony)

priceless, inestimable

from the apple orchard/farm

Son of Arc

best, excellent

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