Unnamed List

Forster

English, variation of Foster

"scissors maker"

Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India , Howard's End , and A Room with a View . But if you choose…

Newman

English

"newcomer"

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.

Potter

English

"maker of drinking and storage vessels"

Could join such up-and-comers as Miller and Gardener, though the "potty" and Harry Potter associations are strong and potentially unappealing these days.

Morton

English

"town near the moor"

An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.

Woolf

Variation of Wolf, animal name

The spelling Woolf inevitably conjures writer Virginia. If you're a fan of Mrs. Dalloway and the Bloomsbury group, Woolf might be a creative way to combine a trendy animal name with an original honor…

Whistler

English occupational name

"one who whistles"

A new entry in the fashionable occupational name category -- and a jolly job it must be -- with the added attraction of relating to the great early 20th century American artist James Abbott McNeill…