I tend to like surnames as first names. My son’s name is [name]Sutton[/name]. We are pretty set on [name]Isla[/name] if our baby is a girl but until the baby is here and it’s official I’m always looking. We are really struggling for boys names. Also like names that aren’t popular. What do ya got for me berry’s? [name]TIA[/name]!
Personally I prefer [name]Sutton[/name] as a girls name, partly due to the show The Lying Game. I love love love [name]Flynn[/name] for a boy! [name]Isla[/name] is beautiful(:
I really like a lot of surnames for boys - [name]Edison[/name], [name]Thatcher[/name], and [name]Reid[/name] being my favorites, I think.
Namelover16, just to be clear my three year old son’s name is [name]Sutton[/name]. Already official not a consideration. Funny though because I had NEVER heard of the name when we choose it and I found it in a baby book as a boys name and it wasn’t listed as a girls name. Fingers crossed it doesn’t become a popular girls name! ugh!
Oh, I was simply just saying. I’m sure it won’t become too popular as a girls name, it is a boys name. However I like more masculine names for girls.
Surnames as first names are a serious guilty pleasure. Here’s a list of ones I love:
[name]Hollis[/name]
[name]Adler[/name]
[name]Reeve[/name]
[name]Watson[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Thayer[/name]
[name]Sayer[/name]
[name]Meyer[/name]
[name]Ruskin[/name]
[name]Boden[/name]
[name]Connelly[/name]
[name]Rooney[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Smith[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Currier[/name]
[name]Bruin[/name]
[name]Rafferty[/name]
[name]Farrel[/name]
[name]Walden[/name]
[name]Adair[/name]/[name]Alair[/name]
[name]Prescott[/name] (I love this with [name]Sutton[/name]!)
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
[name]Shepherd[/name]
[name]Guthrie[/name]
[name]Destry[/name]
[name]Knox[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name] (also great with [name]Sutton[/name])
[name]Cabot[/name]
[name]West[/name]
[name]Gable[/name]
[name]Clark[/name]
[name]Slater[/name]
[name]Radley[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Landry[/name]
[name]Booker[/name]
[name]Turner[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Bryant[/name]
[name]Shaw[/name]
[name]Dalton[/name]
[name]Lowell[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Sterling[/name]
[name]Channing[/name]
I don’t mind surnames, some can be quite handsome. My own favorites are:
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Theron[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Clay[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Winslet[/name]
Here are some suggestions based on a post I did a few days ago:
[name]Benson[/name]
Chapman
[name]Crane[/name]
[name]Crosby[/name]
Downing
[name]Edison[/name]
[name]Fillmore[/name]
Greely
[name]Huxley[/name]
[name]Neville[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Preston[/name]
[name]Sibley[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
Of course [name]Davis[/name] is nice too!
[name]Isla[/name] is beautiful, but since you asked…
[name]Flannery[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Perla[/name]
[name]Vida[/name]
[name]Winter[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Signy[/name]
[name]Eleni[/name]
[name]Delancey[/name]
[name]Delaney[/name]
[name]Brogan[/name]
Mayflower
Townsend
[name]Amalia[/name]
[name]Alva[/name]
[name]Nola[/name]
[name]Calhoun[/name]
[name]Murphy[/name]
McCall
Townes
[name]Ramsay[/name]
[name]Bram[/name]
[name]Fielder[/name]
[name]Denver[/name]
[name]Alden[/name]
[name]Clark[/name]
[name]Boone[/name]
[name]Devlin[/name]
[name]Burke[/name]
[name]Foster[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Brigham[/name]
[name]Crew/name
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Buckley[/name]
[name]Frost[/name]
Kipling
[name]Kendrick[/name]
[name]Kingsley[/name]
[name]Merrick[/name]
[name]Mayer[/name]
[name]Palmer[/name]
[name]Ridley[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
[name]Tobin[/name]
[name]Tabor[/name]
[name]Warrick[/name]
[name]Iver[/name]
[name]Sutton[/name] and [name]Crosby[/name] as brothers makes my heart sing!
If baby is a girl, what about [name]Viola[/name]? (pr. vie- not vee- ola) It’s similar to [name]Isla[/name] and I think it goes well with [name]Sutton[/name].
Boys:
Chapman
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Brown[/name]
[name]Lawrence[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Blake[/name]
[name]Bailey[/name]
[name]Anderson[/name]
[name]Brady[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]
[name]Carter[/name]
[name]Connor[/name]
[name]Dawson[/name]
[name]Grayson[/name]
I wouldn’t use a surname as a first name for a girl other than [name]Mackenzie[/name] and [name]Ainsley[/name].
I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Isla[/name]!!
I love surnames, but I prefer that they have an actual family connection. Anything from your family tree that’s usable? 
Family names on girls are quite common in my region, and for me they are just lovely and classy.
To me, it all depends on the surname. So many surnames have become very mainstream first names: [name]Ryan[/name], [name]Casey[/name], [name]Taylor[/name], [name]Wallace[/name], [name]Clark[/name], [name]Grant[/name], etc.
I actually have a few surnames I adore as first names. That includes…
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Ellington[/name]
[name]Remington[/name] (call him [name]Remy[/name]!)
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Becket[/name]
[name]Hamilton[/name]
[name]Harris[/name] or [name]Harrison[/name]
I also really love [name]Isla[/name]! It’s so gorgeous, and has a lovely look and sound to it. Perfect.