Surname Names

Associated with the poet and novelist Galway Kinnell, this name of an Irish city, county, and bay would make an evocative choice. For further literary cred, writers Liam O'Flaherty and Frank Harris both hail from Galway.

Pell makes an unusual middle name choice. And if grandpa Seymour was a fur trader, you might do better to honor him by naming the baby Pell.

Earthbound surname that few would make as first choice.

Stiff and sedate surname name, despite its salty start.

If you like the Irish surname feel, there are loads of more congenial options.

Cooper would be a more engaging C-starting occupational choice.

One of the most distinguished names in literature could become a hero name in a family of poetry-lovers -- or be seen as a trendy new occupational name.

A surname with more force than most.

Possible Hayden alternative.

Unique name for the son of a woodworker.