I know this site is for first names, but what are you favorite last names? I’m curious to hear your responses!
My favorites:
[name]Baker[/name]
[name]Bradford[/name]
[name]Cadmus[/name]
[name]Cedar[/name]
[name]Clifton[/name]
[name]Cordovan[/name]
[name]Crew[/name]
[name]Dermot[/name]
[name]Frost[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
Keating
Montclair
[name]Penrose[/name]
[name]Rainier[/name]
[name]Ryder[/name]
[name]Thornton[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]
[name]Mead[/name]
[name]Lane[/name]
[name]Kerrigan[/name]
I like [name]Penrose[/name], [name]Dermot[/name], [name]Crew[/name], [name]Cordovan[/name], and [name]Wilder[/name], too!
Wilde
[name]Scott[/name]
English
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
Appleby - it features in my family tree and I love it.
Warbeck
[name]Carmichael[/name]
Townsend
Silversmith
[name]Knight[/name]/Knightley
[name]Lincoln[/name]
Winstanley
[name]Granger[/name]
I also love [name]Penrose[/name], [name]Wilder[/name] and [name]Thornton[/name].
Meriwhether
[name]Lowry[/name]
[name]Millay[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]North[/name]
[name]Finch[/name]
[name]Cabot[/name]
[name]Hale[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
McClintock
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Theron[/name]
[name]Hardy[/name]
[name]Eames[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
Bonner
[name]Sargent[/name]
[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Rodin[/name]
[name]Calloway[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Guthrie[/name]
[name]Morrissey[/name]
[name]Verdi[/name]
[name]Joplin[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Crane[/name]
[name]Bronte[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Thoreau[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Whittaker[/name]
[name]Mercer[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Fraser[/name]
[name]Stanton[/name]
[name]Locke[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Porter[/name]
[name]Easton[/name]
[name]Lane[/name]
[name]Tobin[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]/[name]Griffith[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Faulkner[/name]
I like short names like [name]Lee[/name], [name]Dale[/name], [name]Lane[/name], [name]Rose[/name] etc. [name]Just[/name] about any first name goes well with them.
For the most part, I gravitate toward more exotic sounding surnames, or ones that are shorter overall.
[name]Hart[/name] (actually my middle name)
Tang
[name]Lim[/name]
Ranta
Saari
[name]Reeves[/name]
[name]Rhodes[/name]
[name]Berry[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]
Big fan of the last name [name]Walker[/name]
Grew up in a french canadian area (New [name]England[/name]) and there were names I always liked such as:
Volpe(prn Vole pee)
Bissonette
Gagnon
Gosselin
[name]LaRue[/name] (also spelt L’Hereaux in some fams)
Turgeon
Prouty
Thinking back to friends/neighbors last names I liked:
[name]Richardson[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Hammond[/name]
Blanding
Stirk
Durgan
Guertin
Burbury
[name]Grady[/name]
[name]Alix[/name]
[name]Bergeron[/name]
Patnode
[name]Massey[/name]
My favourites are:
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Sinclair[/name]
[name]Matthews[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosen[/name]/Rosien
[name]Taylor[/name]
[name]Marin[/name]
[name]Watson[/name]
[name]Fairfax[/name]
[name]Salvatore[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Delaney[/name]
[name]Collins[/name]
Styles
[name]Reese[/name]
[name]Kenton[/name]
A lot of [name]Van[/name] der names.
And a new one I found recently, [name]Van[/name] der Zwaag. Ahaha, I love it.
[name]Bradford[/name]
Stratton
[name]Watson[/name]
Hmm…
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Ellison[/name]
Evers
Tezac
[name]Waverly[/name]
de Hallivand
[name]Moore[/name]
[name]Watson[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
Shapiro
[name]Fox[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Buchanan[/name]
[name]Dawson[/name]
[name]Wilder[/name]
anything that starts with [name]Van[/name]- or [name]Vander[/name]-
What a great way to mix things up! Fun thread 
[name]Boone[/name]
[name]Lockwood[/name]
[name]Morrissey[/name]
[name]Noble[/name]
[name]Baxley[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Duff[/name]
[name]Quenby[/name]
[name]Arledge[/name]
[name]Bramwell[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Montgomery[/name]
[name]Fairfax[/name]
[name]Eldridge[/name]
[name]Clifton[/name]
[name]Huxley[/name]
[name]Willoughby[/name]
[name]Barlow[/name]
[name]Upton[/name]
[name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Burke[/name]
[name]Devereaux[/name]
[name]Bancroft[/name]
[name]Carlisle[/name]
[name]Destry[/name]
[name]Ford[/name]
[name]Clark[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Hart[/name]
[name]Jones[/name]
[name]Nickleby[/name]
[name]Oakes[/name]
[name]Patton[/name]
[name]Rockwell[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
Mine ;). --[name]Ruth[/name]
and, [name]Holmes[/name].
[name]Scott[/name]
Jacobson
[name]Taylor[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name]
McKie
[name]Farrell[/name]
[name]Hamilton[/name], my maiden name.
[name]Hawthorne[/name]
[name]Sinclaire[/name]
Gilberry (family last name!)
[name]Granger[/name]
[name]Fairfax[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name], [name]Miller[/name], [name]Jensen[/name], (de la) [name]Vega[/name], Parkhurst, [name]Blackwell[/name], Halloway, Hallowell, [name]Birch[/name], [name]Theron[/name], Stark, [name]Ford[/name], [name]Fox[/name], [name]Frost[/name], Wilde and [name]Noble[/name]. I’d be happy with any of these, but I settle for character surnames.