Updated November 2023
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Welsh
"from the hilltop town"
This surname name may offer a pronunciation challenge, to those unfamiliar with Michael Crichton novels, but its fresher than Hunter or Cooper.
English surname
"Chester's town"
A distinguished and buttoned-up surname name. Chesterton is the name of several small English villages and a town in Indiana. It is commonly associated with 20th-century British writer G.K.…
English
"fox town"
A rare English place name and surname that gives hipster nature name Fox a more preppy, refined twist.
Creek
"old town"
Unlike many other western city names, Tulsa has not proved attractive to parents. The name derives from Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek language. Elvis Presley played a character named Tulsa…
"the crane town"
A surname associated these days with Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston.
"town on the River Exe"
An English place name and surname derived from the name of the River Exe, which runs mainly in Devon and Somerset in the southwest of England. The river's name simply means "water" from Brythonic…
"inhabitant of a fortified town"
Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.
"sword or fire town"
Branton may be more unusual than Brandon but it will forever be confused with that name.
Place-name from Czech town of Brandy's
Possible hero name, via Louis Brandeis, an influential lawyer and the first Jewish justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.
Irish and English
"town near the Boyne"
That sound again.
Korean
"house + genuine; protect + town"
Kim Woo-jin, also known as Woojin, is a KPOP star and former member of the band Stray Kids. His name debuted for boys in 2008 and returned in 2021, the year he released his first solo record.
"fortified town"
Place name, English from Irish
"town of the big house"
With place names extending their range, this is an unmapped possibility, though a bit stiff. Baltimore, Maryland was named after Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Baron Baltimore. Baltimore is ultimately…
French
"small town"
Charming Gallic name uncommon in France, and unknown in this country, with literary credibility as the title of a Charlotte Brontë novel.
English place name
"William's town"
An unlikely place name today, but one that was found among enslaved people in the 1800s.
"king's town"
The capital of Jamaica is also a popular name for American baby boys, but child actress Kingston Foster is a notable female bearer.
Spanish
"the town"
Sandy southwestern feel.
"dweller at the old town"
Dropping the H off hot surnames gets you a whole new name. The trend is multiplying: Hadley becomes Adley, Harley become Arley, Harlow becomes Arlowe, and now Halston becomes Alston. Alston could…
Scottish and English
"town by the sea"
A perfectly fine Anglo surname, though we'd prefer Keaton. Oscar-winning writer-director George Seaton ( Miracle on 34th Street, The Country Girl ) was actually born George Stenius.
"penny town"
An unconventional route to the nickname Penny. Pennington debuted on the charts for girls in 2015. Pennington is more familiar as a surname. It is habitational, denoting ancestors from English towns…