Inspirational surnames!

(Elsie) Inglis
(Helen) Sharman
(Ada) Lovelace
(Rosalind) Franklyn
(Emmeline) Pankhurst

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[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]

(Tom) [name_u]Holland[/name_u].

(Jessica) [name_u]Alba[/name_u].

(Steve) [name_m]Irwin[/name_m].

(Rachael) Leahcar.

I have so many its hard to narrow down. You have some good ones! Coincidentally I am posting a forum series right now on boy names inspired by surnames. There is a list for each letter of the alphabet. It’s called “26 Days of [name_u]Unique[/name_u] [name_m]Boy[/name_m] Names.”

I love [name_u]Faraday[/name_u], [name_u]Lovelace[/name_u], [name_u]Nightingale[/name_u] and Seacole.

Maybe…
(Henry) Wadsworth [name_m]Longfellow[/name_m]
(Helen) [name_u]Keller[/name_u]
(Alexander) [name_m]Fleming[/name_m]
(Frederick) Banting
(Ernest) Shackleton
(Greta) Thunberg
(Taylor) [name_m]Swift[/name_m]
(Gus) Kenworthy
(Neil) [name_m]Armstrong[/name_m]
(Terry) [name_u]Fox[/name_u]
(Shelly-Ann) [name_m]Fraser[/name_m], [name_m]Pryce[/name_m]
(James) Hinchcliffe

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[name_u]Knightley[/name_u] (Keira Knightley)
[name_u]Alba[/name_u] (Jessica Alba)
[name_m]Damon[/name_m] (Matt Damon)
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u] (Penelope Cruz)
[name_f]Aniston[/name_f] (Jennifer Aniston)
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u] (Jennifer Connelly)
[name_f]Bloom[/name_f] (Orlando Bloom)
[name_u]Chaplin[/name_u] (Charlie Chaplin)
[name_m]Franco[/name_m] (James Franco)
[name_m]Garner[/name_m] (Jennifer Garner)
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m] (Tom Hardy)
[name_f]Hathaway[/name_f] (Anne [name_f]Hathaway[/name_f]
[name_u]Hendrix[/name_u] (Jimi Hendrix)
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f] (Angelina Jolie)
[name_m]Hemingway[/name_m] (Ernest Hemingway)
[name_u]Lane[/name_u] (Diane Lane)
[name_m]Ledger[/name_m] (Heath Ledger)
[name_u]Watson[/name_u] (Emma Watson)
[name_u]Wallis[/name_u] (Annabel Wallis)
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u] (Cillian Murphy)
[name_u]Nolan[/name_u] (Christopher Nolan)
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u] (John Lennon)
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] (Rooney & [name_f]Kate[/name_f] Mara)
Cassel (Vincent Cassel)
[name_m]Stone[/name_m] (Emma Stone)
[name_m]Stoker[/name_m] (Bram Stoker)
[name_m]Theron[/name_m] (Charlize Theron)
[name_f]Winslet[/name_f] (Kate Winslet)
[name_u]Windsor[/name_u] (the British [name_u]Royal[/name_u] Family)
[name_f]Bardot[/name_f] (Brigitte Bardot)
Delrey (Lana [name_u]Del[/name_u] Rey)
[name_u]Wilde[/name_u] (Olivia Wilde)
[name_u]Love[/name_u] (Courtney Love)
[name_m]Cobain[/name_m] (Kurt Cobain)
[name_u]Bowie[/name_u] (David Bowie)
Johansson (Scarlett Johansson)
[name_m]Wainwright[/name_m] (Rufus Wainwright)
[name_m]Thornton[/name_m] (Billy [name_m]Bob[/name_m] Thornton)
Swanepoel (Candice Swanepoel)
[name_m]Ambrosio[/name_m] (Alessandra Ambrosio)
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u] (Freddie Mercury)
[name_m]Wood[/name_m] (Elijah Wood)
[name_f]Electra[/name_f] (Carmen Electra)
[name_m]Brando[/name_m] (Marlon Brando)
[name_m]Gable[/name_m] (Clark Gable)
Kreuk (Kristin Kreuk)
[name_u]Diaz[/name_u] (Cameron Diaz)
[name_u]Leto[/name_u] (Jared Leto)
Bonham (Helena Bonham Carter)
[name_u]Leigh[/name_u] (Vivian Leigh)
[name_f]Havilland[/name_f] / [name_f]Haviland[/name_f] (Olivia De Havilland)
Durance (Erica Durance)
[name_u]Cooper[/name_u] (Bradley Cooper)
[name_m]Washington[/name_m] (George & [name_m]Denzel[/name_m] Washington)
Seydoux (Léa Seydoux)
Birkin (Jane Birkin)
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] (Jennifer Lawrence)

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