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.

Any other indications of style?

Harris
Blair
Innes
Jackson
Smith
Cooper
Dexter
Miles

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

Lewis
Hunter
Jackson
Harrison
Finlay
Cameron
Logan

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.

Bailey
Harrison
Lewis
Hudson

Cameron
Campbell
Keir
Kyle
Morgan
Fletcher
Forbes

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

Miller?

I like Hayden

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

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

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

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!

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)

Archer, if you like Hunter?

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

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

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

Ryder
Cooper
Jarvis

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

Spencer
Dawson
Miles
Cameron
Blake
Blair
Gray

Innes
Martin
Garvey
Harvey

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

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!!

Harris

Fletcher
Montgomery
Spencer
Leighton
Wilson
Derby
Parker

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.