Name like a local - Dallas

  1. Anniston
    • Origin:

      English surname and American place name
    • Meaning:

      "Anis' town; Annie's town"
    • Description:

      A name with plenty of celebrity glamor and contemporary flair, Anniston has a variety of origins. On one hand, it's a place name, deriving from a city in Alabama of the same name. Founded in the late 19th century by Samuel Noble and Daniel Tyler, it was named in honor of the latter's daughter-in-law, Annie Tyler.
  2. Autry
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Meaning:

      "noble strength"
    • Description:

      A fresh take on the fashionable Audrey and Aubrey, or another novel surname name which seems fitting for either sex.
  3. Banks
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "one who lives on the hillside or riverbank"
    • Description:

      Banks is a topographical surname that refers not to those places where people keep their money but to riverbanks or hillsides, and specifically the people who live and work on them. A name with two very different connotations then, Banks manages to sound smart, preppy, and upwardly-mobile, with a touch of rugged, outdoorsy charm too.
  4. Baxter
    • Origin:

      English occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "baker"
    • Description:

      An x makes any name cooler, so that Baxter has a bit more pizzazz than the original Baker. Baxter had some currency as a first name a century ago--it was on the popularity lists sporadically from 1880 till the 1920s, peaking at Number 515 in 1886-- which means it's just about due for a comeback. And we can see Bax as a worthy follow-up to Max and Jax.
  5. Bellamy
    • Origin:

      English and Irish from French
    • Meaning:

      "fine friend"
    • Description:

      Bellamy is emerging as an up-and-coming girls' name, an Irish surname-y riff on the super-popular Bella series of names. While the Bella connection makes Bellamy sound a little trendier and more popular than it really is, we see the name possibly rising through the ranks for both genders in the coming years.
  6. Bishop
    • Origin:

      English occupational name
    • Description:

      Reese Witherspoon's Deacon has opened this churchy direction for occupational names. It reentered the US Top 1000 in 2015.
  7. Bridger
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "lives near the bridge"
    • Description:

      A recent addition to the Most Popular list, Bridger has the trendy two-syllables and 'er' ending, and a historical reference to Jim Bridger, a foremost nineteenth-century frontiersman, explorer, trapper, scout, and teller of tall tales.
  8. Buckley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "meadow of the deer"
    • Description:

      Mama's boy.
  9. Carlisle
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the walled city"
    • Description:

      This stuffy English surname and hotel name took on Twilight cool when attached to vampire Carlisle Cullen. Inspired by the character, it's more popular in this spelling than as Carlyle and more widely used for boys than for girls.
  10. Carlisle
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the walled city"
    • Description:

      Carlisle may be a male name in Twilight (he's vampire hero Edward's adoptive father), but in the real baby naming world, it's used about a quarter of the time for girls. Unusual now, we think Carlisle (or Carlyle) has the potential to be the next Carter.
  11. Carrington
    • Origin:

      English, Scottish surname
    • Meaning:

      "from Carrington"
    • Description:

      This habitational surname works as a modern way to honor a Carrie, Carolyn, or Caroline.
  12. Channing
    • Origin:

      English or Irish
    • Meaning:

      "people of Cana or wolf cub"
    • Description:

      Channing is a sophisticated surname name whose use is probably linked to actor Channing Tatum and Channing Crowder, former linebacker for the Miami Dolphins.
  13. Collins
    • Origin:

      Surname derived from Nicholas or Colin
    • Meaning:

      "people of victory or pup"
    • Description:

      Collins is a surname name that has made the girls' Top 1000 thanks to its use for the daughter of the real-life Blind Side heroine. As of 2019, Collins climbed into the US Top 500. This derivation of the Greek Nicholas—which means "people of victory"—or the Irish and Scottish Colin—which may itself be a Nicholas derivation or an Anglicization of the word for pup—has a stylish feel made more so by that final s.
  14. Crawford
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "ford where crows gather"
    • Description:

      A common surname in Scotland, but a starchy first name choice.
  15. Decker
    • Origin:

      German occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "roofer"
    • Description:

      Brawny name chosen for his son by rocker Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue.
  16. Dempsey
    • Origin:

      Irish surname
    • Meaning:

      "proud"
    • Description:

      One of the cool new surname-names for girls, likely influenced by the stardom of Patrick Dempsey (aka McDreamy).
  17. Devin
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "poet"
    • Description:

      Used far more for boys with this spelling, but still has a nice impish Irish feel for a girl.
  18. Duncan
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "dark warrior"
    • Description:

      Duncan is jaunty, confident, and open, a Scottish royal name that's brimming with friendly charm and makes it into our golden circle of names that are neither too popular nor too strange. Popularity aside, Duncan is one of the most classic Scottish names for boys.
  19. Fallon
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "leader"
    • Description:

      Fallon is one of several boyish surname names introduced in the over-the-top 1980s nighttime soap Dynasty: they sounded cutting-edge at the time, but no longer.
  20. Fletcher
    • Origin:

      English occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "arrow-maker"
    • Description:

      Fletcher is a common surname with a touch of quirkiness; it definitely fits into the So Far Out It's In category--and moving further in all the time along with other occupational names from Parker to Forester.