Updated October 2026
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English
"fortified town"
"bright friend"
One step up from Irwin, and that's not nearly enough.
"axman's ford"
Surname doomed to remain a surname.
"birch coastland"
Birch or even Burke is better.
"meadow with the cow shed"
A surname with a decidedly burley image.
"meadow belonging to a manor"
Let's hope he's "burly".
English surname
"island with the brook"
Bernie, with airs.
"island of the brook"
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
"hill of birds"
Brittle.
"black brook"
Somewhat dashing surname, but with serious teasing potential.
"black well or stream"
Dark.
"dark wood or clearing"
Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.
"gray man's ford"
Comes with a monocle.
English variation of Blythe
Too tightly associated with the real-life villainous Captain Bligh of The Mutiny on the Bounty.
English and Scottish
"small dwelling place, shed"
Short but not particularly sweet surname.
"meadow near the woods"
Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."
"well near the woods"
Waspy-sounding choice, well known in literature for Boswell's Life of Johnson .
"he who lives in a broad valley"
Hitting bottom.
"one who lives near a stream"
A surname with more force than most.
"the brook"
Has a certain fiery charm.