Last names as first names...

[HandbagsAndTheGladrags]

Hello all,

I'm trying to decide on boys names and really like the idea of using last names as first names.

So far i have shortlisted:

Jackson
Hunter
Carter
Avery
Baker
Smith
Paxton
Harrison
Mason

What do you think? Any other suggestions?

Avery reminds me of Greys Anatomy - and he's the hot one isn't he?

My pets are named after inanimate objects so definitely no surnames for that.

I know someone who gave their surname as their sons first name, as he had her partners surname (does that make sense?) I thought that was lovely and it really suits him

Just don't do like Beyoncé from Stella and name him Jackson Jackson!

Yes, i must confess to stealing Avery from a GA character...and yes he is indeed the very hot one!

LOL at Jackson Jackson Unfortunately my fathers family are originally from Madagascar so my surname is very unusual for the UK - nothing sounds like it goes iyswim so I'm not even taking it into consideration!

Cameron isn't just a surname though, it's been used as a Scots first name for hundreds of years

As has Stewart and Grant or Russell or any other number of names.

From your list Carter is my favourite although Harryson and Mason were on my list of names previously.

I also really like the name Lennon

Sure, all surnames were originally first names. Constructions like Robertson or O'Connell or MacGregor make it more apparent.

We have a DS due in a few weeks and like you quite like surnames as first names. Some that are on our shortlist that I don't think have been mentioned yet are

Lincoln
Grayson/Greyson
Nelson
Flynn (not sure if this is a surname but sounds like it could be!)
Fletcher

Cameron is our current front runner, but I keep flip-flopping between that and a more traditional Scandi name (DH is Danish)

I really like Hudson, also Avery - what's a deatheater?
Other ideas;
Cameron
Archer
Edison
Cooper
Maxwell
Porter
Huxley
Lennon
Miller
Elliot
Ellison
Frazier
Hendrix
Logan
Jenson
Jacoby
Sawyer

Ps. Our son has my maiden name as part of his name. It is a very traditional way to name your son, especially in Scotland. My middle name is also my mother's maiden name. I have a friend with maiden name Lucas who has named her boy Lucas. There's another one :)

oooh...Hendrix is definitely going on the list! Thanks for that Mclaren

Ah now I was going to say an unusual surname would help. I taught a boy called Baker once who had an African surname and always thought his name worked really well.

Maybe my weird surname will work in my favour for once

Donovan
Bailey
Wilson

Anderson
Brooks
Clark
Callahan
Ellis
Fraser
Holden
Jones
Miller
Brennan
Wilson
Reed
Donovan
Ripley
Weston
Easton
Radley
Ayrton
Nolan
Slater
Quinn
Hayes
Sullivan
Rivers
Everett

This thread is making me want more children! The names are fab!

Not a fan of surnames as first names so I can't offer any other suggestions (although I do like both Sebastian and Arlo ). Re. Avery, the first thing that springs to mind for me is Steven Avery from Making a Murderer, can't believe nobody else has made that link. For me the name has pretty shocking connotations and it's the first thing I'd think of if I met a child called Avery...

Some are fine, but surnames as names are quite American sounding. Fine if you're American or want to sound American.

Sounds American to me, but that's not necessarily a damning indictment. On the subject of indictments though you may end up with a little law firm (that comment made me laugh - thinking of the firms I've worked at and wondering what MNers would think of a little Linklater, Norton or Cleary!).

I'm the same,ds is Miller and dd's middle name is Scott!(first name was nearly Parker but frankie had in a few weeks before for her son.
If I had another it would be Hunter

LOVE Scott as a middle name for a girl! My front runner for a girl atm is Frankie James Miller is also super cute!

Having watch Making a Murderer i can honestly say that i have never made the connection! I actually stole the name from Greys Anatomy - Dr Jackson Avery.

Also really like Wilson but its my best friends last name so might be a little strange LOL

Avery is Fern's brother in Charlotte's Web so for me it's all wholesome farm boy, suntanned legs, dusty haybarns, rope swings, cotton candy, county fair associations.

I went out with a Johnson Jones about 40 years ago. He had a brother called Dawson and I remember thinking how trendy and cool they were! Still like both those names

DH has a friend whose sons are Logan and Brogan

My first thought at Cameron is David.

Hunter might be different in the US but it makes me think of redneck twats grinning gormlessly over dead animals.