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One Puritan virtue name unlikely to thrive in the 21st century.
Kennedy
Irish
"misshapen head"
This attractive surname name still projects that Kennedy family charisma. While it didn't come into widespread use until long after the deaths of martyred heroes President John F. or Senator Robert…
Kirkland
Lamont
Scandinavian
"man of law"
Outmoded comic book choice.
Lowell
French
"young wolf"
Lowell is an upstanding and somewhat conservative name that calls to mind the genteel patrician families of nineteenth century New England, such as the one poet Robert Lowell was born into. Two other…
Leverett
Malkin
Mather
Mower
Peabody
English
"having the body of a gnat"
Peabody is a quintessentially Waspy surname that your child won't thank you for -- either the pea part or the body part, or the meaning part.
Radcliffe
Straus
Thayer
French variation of Taylor
"tailor"
Thayer is an affable, less-common alternative to Taylor, with a much more indirect connection to its occupational source. Actor Thayer David (born David Thayer: Thayer was his father's first name)…
Willard
English from German
"resolutely brave"
Unfortunate identification with an army of rats in the movie of the same name.
Winthrop
English
"friend's village"
Proper Bostonian.
Wadsworth
Walcott
Weld
Widener
Yenching