HARPER  

Gender: F
Origin: English
Meaning: "harp player"

Popularity in 2008: #297

"To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee brought this family name into the public consciousness as a female first name with offbeat, boyish southern charm. It's also a name with a musical bent.

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