Does anyone else love the American surname type names?

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I do but I feel so alone in this. I'm a big fan of names like Hunter, Hudson, Ryder, Wilder, Sullivan etc.

If you're a fan what are your favourites?

Jackson

They sound like dog names to me
I'd call my staffie Cooper or Harrison or Taylor but not my child

Isnt Fletcher a hangman?
The trouble is they have occupation associations, ok if nice.
They can also have son at the end, which seems a bit off if they aren't the son of. And really silly if they're used as a girl's name.
If they have no family connection whatsoever, then they are marginally worse than place names which at least might have some kind of meaning associated with a special place.

Oh no, Fletcher makes arrows. Ketch is the hangman!

Scottish names like Keith, Gordon, Scott, Craig were all surnames once and probably cool but not now!

@GladysAndFred

God, the utter snobbery and classism on this thread is shining bright!! I have four children, one of whom is Cooper. He's over 16

Did you call him Mini-Cooper when he was younger? 😂

Nah, Cooper was just fine, oh or sometimes Coop, that's what most of his friends call him even now. And his teachers.

I like them. My imaginary American children are called Shelby and Wyatt.

Another who thinks that they are fine in the USA but definitely “down market” as far as I’m concerned . What on earth is wrong with good old fashioned British or Irish names ?

They are not my personal preference for names but I don't think there is anything wrong with them. However, I don't think they are any longer unusual or unique in the UK - there are students with this style of name in every class at the secondary school I work in.

I love Carter, Coby, Cameron, Colton and Sydney. Names like Emma and George didn’t appeal to me at all. I do think Amelia is a very beautiful name though. I’m sure Carter is a British surname. I know quite a few British people with the surname Carter.

@MeatPieWoman

Really tacky. I just don't see the appeal.

I am not an American, so it is nothing personal, but I do find myself surprised at how often whatever "American" thing is being discussed, there is always someone who notes that it is tacky.

You may not like names like Hudson, but I can't see how it is "tacky."

Perhaps that is just me.

I too am interested in how these names are 'tacky'.

I try not to be judgy about names -I'm a teacher and meet so many children and families. But these names seem like such a wasted opportunity to me; so many interesting, curious, evocative, beautiful names which hint at aspects of nature, mythology, or states of being to choose from. So why pick a name that literally just references... another name?
The surname-namers definitely have a certain vibe in common.

Nah. Awful.

@PamelaDoov

I agree that most of them sound so much nicer and cooler when said with an American accent. Unfortunately my son will get called ‘udson a lot.

My husband wanted Lucas but we live in newcastle and Loo-kASS would be the typical pronunciation!

@mathanxiety

I too am interested in how these names are 'tacky'.

@mathanxiety

That’s mumsnet code (always seen on these threads) for ‘yuck! Poor people use those names.’

See also ‘naughty boy,’ ‘downmarket,’ and ‘chavvy.’ All just mean ‘associated with working class or poor people and therefore fine to sneer at, look down on, laugh at, villainise.

My favourite of the surname type names would be Jackson and Hudson, like some other people have said. To me Jackson is a friendly type of name, and I think it just sounds nice. Hudson I like because I’ve only ever met one child named Hudson and he was just a lovely child who endeared me to the name.

You see the exact same things on threads called things like ‘house decor you dislike.’

It’s not an invitation to discuss house decor, it’s an opportunity for a million posters to say ‘soulless grey, B&M, cheap items, no bookshelves, all new build items, Mrs Hinch,’ and drone on and on about how soulless etc it all is when what they mean is ‘why don’t you try to look more middle class like I do?’

That's what I suspected, @Kanaloa, but I wonder why 'American' and 'tacky' go together. The use of surnames as forenames in America was always a very easty coasty waspy thing which came from the Anglo-Scottish elite. Certainly not downmarket, actually the opposite.

YY to 'Mrs Hinch = almost as bad as She Who Must Not Be Mentioned' here on MN. I admire her dedication, and hats off to her for turning cleaning into money. I think of her as a feminist role model for that.

I LOVED Parker for DS but surname is Kerr so it didn't work. I really like a lot of the names mentioned on this thread

@FuggyPidding

I know a Wilson and a Fletcher.

I quite like these names though not sure I'd be brave enough to use them!

I like Grayson.

Grayson!

Hope he has a little friend called Mr Cholmondley-Warner

We have the name Parker in my family, but as a middle name as it was a last name of an ancestor.

I have since seen it used as a first name and quite like it.

I know a young man, and a dog both named Cooper. I like it also.

My surname (married name) is a relatively popular girls name in the US. Would prob be seen as more boyish if people here used it, yet to meet anyone who has though!

Sort of similar to Harper in style but that's used more over here (prob due to the Beckhams)

No.

They’re awful.

@Mushypeasandchipstogo

Another who thinks that they are fine in the USA but definitely “down market” as far as I’m concerned . What on earth is wrong with good old fashioned British or Irish names ?

Careful, your snobbery is showing. How embarrassing.