Surnames as first names

[Highlystrungmum]

Baby no 2 is due in 2 weeks. Girls names sorted but not 100% on boys. My son has a surname as a first name & I'd like to do the same with no2. Any suggestions welcome.

[soontobeslendergirl]

Any other indications of style?

Harris
Blair
Innes
Jackson
Smith
Cooper
Dexter
Miles

[HoratiaDrelincourt]

Most boys' names are also surnames, I've found (eg Oliver, James, David).

Lewis
Hunter
Jackson
Harrison
Finlay
Cameron
Logan

[MrsSandshoes]

What's your DH's name - can you add 'son' to the end? I always liked that idea. Unless it's Daniel because then he'd be under too much pressure to be good at karate...

Otherwise I like Bailey & Lester.

[Namethischildplease]

Bailey
Harrison
Lewis
Hudson

[Theonlyoneiknow]

Cameron
Campbell
Keir
Kyle
Morgan
Fletcher
Forbes

[meditrina]

Harvey, Stanley, James, Alastair, Lucas, Finlay, Leyton, Norman?

[mum2jakie]

Miller?

[27mummmy2boys]

I like Hayden

[squoosh]

When I think of surnames as first names I think of those trade ones like Cooper, Fletcher, Porter etc.

[rosielrh2]

Ellis/Ellison
Emerson
Eddison
Lennon
Reece/Rhys
Murphy
Morris
Smith

[Theonlyoneiknow]

Up here, anyone with the surname Miller gets called Dusty. Think its a navy thing?

[Highlystrungmum]

Soontobeslendergirl, Cooper is my sons name & Jackson is the top name we like for no2:-) like names like that. I love Hunter but hubby not so keen. I also really like Harper but he would or ever be likened o the Beckhams girl!

[SanctiMoanyArse]

DS2 has my maiden name as his middle name (Godfrey), although we had him a few weeks before we were married and daffy nurse insisted on writing ' X Godfrey Godfrey' on arm bands (why not skip middle name for that LMAO)

[HoratiaDrelincourt]

Archer, if you like Hunter?

[jazzyjenbo]

Preston
Mason
Walker
Neville
Jackson
Tyson
Miller
Maddox
Lennon
Taylor
Porter
Clarke

[TamerB]

I hate them. My surname is commonly used and it seems weird.

[sausageandorangepickle]

My maiden name is on this thread already - I do know it is used as a first name because I have heard of 2 famous (or semi famous, anyway) people called it, but it does seem weird!

Lots of boys names seem surname-y anyway. At primary school I had a friend called Spencer Lee, and people who didn't know him always mixed it up!

So, some suggestions;
Pierce
Rhys/Rees
Morgan
Jordan
Cooper
Fletcher
Dexter
Spencer
Reid
Mitchell
Stirling
Brook
Harrison
Owen
Llewellyn
Cole
Riley

[brokenpurpleheart]

Ryder
Cooper
Jarvis

[cantpooinpeace]

We considered - Crawford but used it as a middle name instead.

[BikeRunSki]

Spencer
Dawson
Miles
Cameron
Blake
Blair
Gray

[BikeRunSki]

Innes
Martin
Garvey
Harvey

I went to school with someone whose first name was O'Neil.

[dietcoketime69]

OP - can I just ask what kind of reaction you get in RL to the name Cooper? I absolutely love it but it's raised a few eyebrows when I've mentioned it to friends/family in the past... I still don't think I'd let that put me off if I had a ds though, I just adore it!! Would still love to hear your experiences though as have never actually met one!!

[MerryWinterfel]

Harris

[sleepdodger]

Fletcher
Montgomery
Spencer
Leighton
Wilson
Derby
Parker

[Highlystrungmum]

We had never heard of a Cooper before either but just loved it & still do. It did & still does get a mixed reaction but I don't regret calling him it at all.