Middle Names, Surnames, and Nicknames · International Baby Names
English Last Names
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Dayton
English, variation of Deighton
"place with a dike"
If Dayton, like Trenton and Camden, is finding favor with parents, it's more because of its popular two-syllable surname feel and -on ending than the industrial city in Ohio.
Denham
English
"village in a valley"
Legitimizes the newly coined Denim, as does the Scottish place-name Denholm (both pronounced DEN-um).
Dixon
Scottish
"son of Dick"
A relatively common surname, Dixon would be an inventive way to honor an ancestral Richard or Dick, the X form a lot livelier than the Dickson spelling, just as Dix is a more modern short form than…
Doran
Irish
"stranger, exile"
Strong but gentle Irish last-name-first. Could bring to mind long-running rock group Duran Duran.
Dover
British place-name
Two-syllable place-names are stylish, and this one is attached to a British city noted for its white chalk cliffs, but there are a couple of minuses: associated with the fish, Dover sole, and also…
Draper
English occupational name
"cloth merchant"
Other occupational names would be more commonly accepted, though the Mad Men character has certainly brought it to the fore.
Drayton
English surname
"portage settlement"
A WASPy surname that fits in with names like Clayton, Layton, and Payton. Drayton peaked in 2012, when it was given to 78 baby boys in the US.
Driver
Word or occupational name
Driver seems prime for adoption as a first name, with the rise of occupational names ranging from Archer to Ranger to Sawyer.
Drover
English occupational surname
"driver of sheep or cattle"
Drover, an ancient occupational surname, is right in step with today's styles and would make a distinctive choice. Drover and brothers are fresh updates of such now-widely-used names as Carter and…
Dudley
English
"Dudda's meadow"
It's easy to love a name that rhymes with "cuddly" and is also attached to the surname Do-Right -- once you ignore the "dud" connection. Dudley has aristocratic roots--the name was originally famous…
Durward
English occupational name
"doorkeeper"
Literary, occupational, and very neglected.
Edley
English Surname
English surname used as one of the middles for Boris Becker's son Amadeus.
Edwards
English surname
"son of Edward"
Top 100 surname in the US and UK.
Ellery
English
"island with elder trees; descendant of Hilary; cheerful, happy"
In the past few years Ellery has gone from middle-aged male detective -- from old school fictional hero Ellery Queen -- to a plausible girls' name, a la Hillary. Ellery is one of the golden names…
Ellington
English place-name and surname
"Ellis' town"
Ellington's popularity may be inspired by jazz great Duke, but the name is used slightly more often for girls today, perhaps because of its trendy El- beginning. Like a host of other El- names, from…
Ellison
English
"son of Ellis"
Updates Ellis -- but also has a lot of feminine potential thanks to Allison/Ellie similarity.
Ellsworth
English
"nobleman's estate"
One of the many El- names for boys that boomed in the 1910s and 1920s, but has long been out of fashion. This surname/place name has an aristocratic flavor, and a creative namesake in the artist…
Embry
English surname
"flat-topped hill"
Though Embry became famous as the name of a boy werewolf in Twilight , we think its Em- beginning and -y ending make it perfectly appropriate for a girl. You might consider it as an alternative to…
Emmons
English
"son of Emonie"
A matronymic surname derived from Emonie and Emeny, which are of uncertain origins.
Endicott
English
"beyond the cottage"
Upstanding New England patrician name.