Giving some love to the surnames as first names!

[uselesskitty]

I kind of feel like the "surnames as first names" need a little love. They seem to be getting a lot of hate on here lately. Although, there are some I don't like, there are others I am guilty of loving!

My favorites are:
Sawyer
Easton
Weston
Hudson
Greyson
Brennan
Bennett
Darcy
Dawson
Griffin
Lincoln
Logan
Spencer
Nolan
Parker

What are your favorite surnames that are used as first names?

[milliemm]

Ones that I wouldn't need a lot of convincing to use: Carter, Bennett, Beckett, Tennyson, Archer, Weston, and maybe Selby

[megmarie]

Two of my favorite names right now are Montgomery and Edison. If I was pregnant and having a boy I would name him either one of those in a heartbeat. They are such handsome names that are not common but not too out there with great nick names. They are winners in my book

[ottilie]

Great thread Kitty! I feel they're being treated unfairly as well.

My all time favourite is Mortimer; it's so dashing! Maybe I'm influenced by Our Mutual Friend, but I'm swooning over this one!

Arundel
Darcy
Deronda
Douglas
Edis
Elion
Elvery
Eveleigh
Everley
Fairfax
Hadley
Heston
Iden
Ingall
Joy
Leverett
Lovejoy
Loxley
Marlowe
May
Ozin
Parfay
Pelerin
Pell
Popley
Romilly
Salliss
Sarell
Saylor
Sealey
Sendell
Sidney
Westley

[uselesskitty]

I love Mortimer, although I would never use it. I also love Montgomery, nn Monty!
I like Douglas, Elvery, Everley, Hadley, Loxley, Marlowe, Sidney and Westley!

[uselesskitty]

Come on! There has to be other people out there secretly or not so secretly loving some surnames?!

[kyemsma]

Great thread! My favorites:

Sullivan
Spencer
Donovan
Elliot
Griffin
Kyle

**I think the argument can be made that a lot of first names are, or used to be, surnames.

[notcinnamon]

Thanks for a great thread! I live in South USA, and we don't need anyone to give our surnames some love! It isn't a trend but a way of life in existence since the beginning of the South

Both my children have old English surnames for first names- Grantson (boy) and Wellsley (girl)...

My favorites of all-time are Cagney, Calder, Windsor, Wetherly, and Fleming. Family names I'd use are Jessup and Gainer.
Others I like include- Langford, Kellar, Sutton, Gatlin, Palmer, Granger, Hemingway, Remington,
I like hearing the use of- Spencer, Carter, Griffin, Parker, Turner, Porter, Sullivan, Worth, Easton, Emerson, Ellison, Landry

[handler]

I love surnames as first names! My family has tended to have rather boring names (John, Robert, etc), so I love the idea of giving my future children surnames as first names to connect them to our family members who have passed away.

I'm considering:
James
Lee
Dawson
Reid
Shaw
Cole
Thatcher
Pearl
Lucas

[alexa400]

I love some surnames! My favorites are.....

Jones
Smith
Amsel
Monet
Matisse
Henning
Harlow
Holloway
Adair
Airo
Allaway
Alting
Oakley
Darcy
Dagny