the best of the classic southern names

Rawlings

English surname

"son of Raul"

Rawlings was a surname brought to England with the Norman invasion and has ties to the name Raul, which means "wolf counsel."

Huckleberry

Word name and literary name

Everybody knows Huckleberry Finn, the Mark Twain character named, Twain said, for the 19th century slang term for "humble." A few modern parents have put it on a birth certificate, including "Man Vs.…

Lawerence

Lawerence is a variant spelling of the more common Lawrence, a masculine name with Latin roots. Derived from 'Laurentius,' meaning 'from Laurentum' (an ancient Roman city), the name is associated…