First names that are traditionally surnames

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dina3 · 16/05/2022 11:25

Things like:

Mason
Tyler
Hunter
Harrison
Riley

What's with the craze of giving first names that were better known as surnames not so long ago?

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Justkeeppedaling · 17/05/2022 07:03

Most boys' names are also surnames: Thomas, John, Philip, Andrew, Martin, Christopher, Arthur, Daniel, Joseph, Adam, David, William, Harry, Edward, Charles, Michael, Zachary, Ellis, George, Patrick, Francis.........

Snowiscold · 17/05/2022 06:46

It’s been around for centuries and is a normal way that names develop, especially male names.

ButterRose · 17/05/2022 06:01

This has been happening for years it's not a recent craze I just think the sounds of some of those names have made them more popular today

KirstenBlest · 16/05/2022 11:53

Some of them seem ok, but I don't like the trend.
Some of them are unisex.

Names like Lindsay, Shirley and Leslie now seem dated

fluffycereal · 16/05/2022 11:52

I don't think it's a craze, it's been happening for many years.

Twizbe · 16/05/2022 11:48

Doing this has been around for generations. It's not a new thing.

It was popular in the Victorian era and often it would be the mother's maiden name. Especially if she didn't have brothers.

SiobhanSharpe · 16/05/2022 11:38

I don't care for it personally but I think it used to be quite a Scottish thing, eg Cameron, Fraser, Muir, Murray, Brodie etc, possibly as a way of perpetuating a surname in a family where it might otherwise have died out.
Anything else is just current fashion and so likely ultimately to become old fashioned, leaving the affected children forever linked to the early 21st century!

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