We live in the south where a lot of people use surnames for 1st names. What are your favorite surnames for first names for boys (that are not already commonly used)? Names we cannot use because friends have already used them: Yates, [name_u]Sutton[/name_u], walker, [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m], [name_m]Jackson[/name_m], [name_m]Simon[/name_m], [name_m]Brooks[/name_m], [name_u]Mason[/name_u], [name_m]Penn[/name_m], Heston, [name_m]Clifton[/name_m], [name_m]Miller[/name_m], [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u], Austin, Bennett, Cavitt, Parker, Langdon, Patton, Riley, Maddox, Carson, Jude, Archer, Paxton, Covington, Price, Hayne, Caver, Carter, Harrison, Barrett, Anderson, Kipling (Kip), Cooper, Foster, Hayes, Wade. Our other 2 kids names are big sis [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u] and big bro Salter if that helps.
Some of my personal favourites are:
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
I like-
[name_m]Carver[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Dawson[/name_m]
[name_m]Judson[/name_m]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_u]Shaw[/name_u]
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any usable options on your family tree? Otherwise [name_m]Boyd[/name_m] and [name_m]Hoyt[/name_m] were my first thoughts. Not sure what part of the South you’re in, but I find it interesting that all of your friends seem to have the same preference for unusual surnames on boys.
Unfortunately other relatives have already taken the usable family names. DH and I have searched both family trees and the only surnames left are Carr, [name_m]Butch[/name_m], Jump, [name_m]Weaver[/name_m] (which we don’t like), [name_m]Butler[/name_m] (which is too similar to my son’s name Salter) and long [name_m]German[/name_m] and Italian last names. All of the first names are either over-used or don’t sound good with our last name. Using unusual surnames (usually family names), double names or very traditional first names - [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] - are definitely the standard here.
[name_m]Pike[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_m]Whitman[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Walton[/name_m]
[name_m]Bryant[/name_m]
[name_u]Finch[/name_u]
[name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Callahan[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Nixon[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Gannon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_m]Macauley[/name_m]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
I’ve been crushing on [name_m]Prescott[/name_m] lately & I think it goes really well with [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u] & Salter.
Well I love the name [name_u]Grady[/name_u] but that may not sound surname enough 
[name_m]Lawson[/name_m]
[name_m]Carver[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m] (I know a little boy with this name and he is adorable!)
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_m]Devereaux[/name_m] (I’m surprised this one hasn’t been used yet!)/[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m]
[name_m]Lennox[/name_m]
[name_m]Dawson[/name_m]
Chambers
Diedrich
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
Kincaid
[name_m]Nixon[/name_m]
[name_m]Stone[/name_m]
Good luck (and I totally want to know what you end up picking!!)
[name_u]Love[/name_u] the suggestion of [name_m]Whitman[/name_m]. I personally love [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] and was tossing it around for one of my own boys because my grandmother’s maiden name is Wilde.
Here are some ideas:
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_m]Tanner[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrester[/name_m]
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
[name_m]Jenkins[/name_m]
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
Monsey
[name_m]Erickson[/name_m]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m]
[name_m]Waylon[/name_m]/[name_m]Wayland[/name_m]
[name_u]Landry[/name_u]
[name_m]Morrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Decker[/name_m]
[name_m]Boston[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrison[/name_m]
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_m]Gibson[/name_m]
[name_m]Duvall[/name_m]
Paulson
Kemper
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
Hawkins
[name_m]Rivers[/name_m]
[name_m]Hughes[/name_m]
Tepper
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherman[/name_m]
[name_m]Fritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Hutchinson[/name_m]
Gorman
[name_m]Dempsey[/name_m]
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
Dommer
Culbert
Enders
[name_m]Davidson[/name_m]
[name_m]Thompson[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxfield[/name_m]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_m]Becker[/name_m]
Caldwell
Cunningham
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_m]Manning[/name_m]
[name_m]Hewitt[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniels[/name_m]
Roeding
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Sanders[/name_m]
[name_m]Newman[/name_m]
[name_m]Johnson[/name_m]
Brodbeck
[name_m]Evans[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
Most of my favourite boys names are surnames I love: [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], [name_m]Archer[/name_m], [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m], [name_m]Lawson[/name_m], [name_m]Baxter[/name_m] and [name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_m]Lennon[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_u]Marley[/name_u]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
Sadly, I was thinking about this post last night while I was trying to sleep (name nerd alert!) and I thought of one more!
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Kensington[/name_m]
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
[name_m]Layton[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]
[name_m]Lennon[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
I’ve always loved [name_m]Grant[/name_m] and [name_u]Grady[/name_u] as surname names but I once met someone with the first name [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] (which is a surname on my mom’s side somewhere) and he wore it really well! So that would be my vote: [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u], Salter, and [name_m]Ingram[/name_m]
Or [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u], Salter, and [name_m]Whitaker[/name_m] nn [name_u]Whit[/name_u]. So adorable