What do you think? (Surname names)

Hiya Everyone! ,

For nearly the first time ever I’ve gotten the more surnames names down to about 75 maybe possibly? I’d love to know what y’all think if and if there’s any you’d switch out/add regardless

The List

Redding
Carpenter
Lyons
Gatsby
Tenzin
Yearling
Castle
Heming
Chambers
Wyoming
Drummond
Draper
Diem
North
Yardley
Gates
Charters
Hyland
Venture
Rydell
Diesel
Tennant
Toledo
Dempsey
Fairfax
Shields
Spears
Hart
Beacon
Diesel
Dover
Tierney
Byers
Sessions
Crenshaw
Chord
Corduroy
Kansas
Keating
Tracker
Sutherland
Towers
Fielder
Weaver
Chaplin
Kodiak
Knightley
Dunaway
Dublin
Connelly
Vining
Larkin
Laramie
Bramble
Voyager
Dearing
Fielding
Chesney
Chastain
Shelter
Sheffield
Saturn
Mercury
Temple
Glover
Groves
Sabre
Gambit
Garland
Channing
Merritt
Drummer
Satchel
Joplin
Calvert
Brindle

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Anchor
Bing
Bingley
Bronze
Cavalry
Chrome
Clancy
Clooney
Cobalt
Courtland
Courts
Dacre
Fields
Fitz
Flyer
Gamble
Joyner
Kearney
Kessler
Keyes
Kiefer
Latimer
Lawler
Luckett
Merced
Powell
Region
Sheridan
Sparks
Spelling
Suede
Swayze
Taurus
Tennessee
Utah
Vale
Woods
Zenith

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The Vibe -

Like: Redding, Lyons, Gatsby, Chambers (but I like Charters more), Drummond (but I like Drummer more), Diem, North, Yardley, Charters, Rydell, Toledo, Dempsey, Hart, Dover, Tierney, Crenshaw, Cord, Keating, Fielder, Weaver, Dunaway, Connelly, Larkin, Bramble, Chesney, Glover / Groves (but I like Grover more than both), Garland, Merritt, Drummer, Calvert, Joplin

Like, but I don’t think they match the aesthetic you’re going for: Tenzin, Castle, Venture, Saturn, Mercury, Satchel

Dislike: Carpenter (too Sabrina, and the fact that Carp feels like the most intuitive nickname makes it pretty unattractive to me), Yearling, Heming, Wyoming, Draper (just makes me think “r*pe”), Gates (kind of a one-person name to me, just makes me think of Bill Gates), Hyland (nice sound but maybe too much teasing potential because the first thing that comes to mind for me is the highland cow), Diesel (wouldn’t want to be named after something that’s killing the environment), Tennant (used too commonly as a noun to refer to a person, it feels odd as a name), Fairfax (not a fan of the lack of nicknames other than Fairy and Fax), Shields, Spears (one person name 100%), Beacon (misread it as Bacon, I’d stick to Deacon), Byers (same as Tennant, sounds too much like a commonly used noun), Sessions, Corduroy, Kansas, Tracker (a word with a somewhat unpleasant meaning to me? Being tracked isn’t exactly a nice thing, I associate it with criminal activity), Sutherland, Towers, Chaplin (also too associated with one specific individual), Knightley (same), Kodiak, Dublin, Vining, Laramie, Voyager, Dearing, Fielding, Chastain, Shelter (although I don’t mind it as a middle, it feels like too much to live up to as a first), Sheffield, Temple (may feel uncomfortable for a child that grows up to be non-religious), Sabre, Gambit, Channing (too Tatum), Brindle (said this before but I think naming a baby after an animal trait feels a bit dehumanising)

I like Gates, Hart, Knightley, Temple (this wouldn’t usually be my thing but I have actually met a Temple so I can see it more as a first name than a lot of the others), Garland, and Merritt. From the second list I also like Sheridan, Sparks, Vale, and Zenith.

I like Hyland, [name_m]Chaplin[/name_m], [name_m]Weaver[/name_m], [name_f]Connelly[/name_f], [name_m]Laramie[/name_m], [name_m]Mercury[/name_m], and [name_f]Merritt[/name_f] from your list. from your “cutting room” list, I would definitely keep [name_f]Vale[/name_f], [name_m]Kessler[/name_m], and [name_m]Clancy[/name_m].

[name_f]My[/name_f] faves on your list: [name_m]Redding[/name_m], [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m], [name_m]Castle[/name_m], [name_m]Diem[/name_m], [name_f]Venture[/name_f], [name_m]Dempsey[/name_m], [name_f]Tierney[/name_f], [name_m]Chord[/name_m], [name_m]Keating[/name_m], [name_m]Kansas[/name_m], [name_m]Kodiak[/name_m], [name_f]Connelly[/name_f], Knightly, [name_f]Larkin[/name_f], [name_m]Laramie[/name_m], [name_f]Merritt[/name_f], [name_f]Joplin[/name_f], [name_f]Sabre[/name_f], [name_m]Channing[/name_m]

Of the considerations, I like (and might add): [name_m]Clancy[/name_m], [name_m]Courtland[/name_m], [name_m]Kessler[/name_m], [name_f]Sheridan[/name_f], [name_m]Suede[/name_m], [name_m]Zenith[/name_m]

Like: [name_m]Redding[/name_m], Heming, [name_m]North[/name_m], [name_m]Yardley[/name_m], [name_m]Rydell[/name_m], [name_m]Dempsey[/name_m], [name_m]Shields[/name_m], [name_f]Tierney[/name_f], Byers, [name_m]Keating[/name_m], [name_m]Knightley[/name_m], [name_f]Connelly[/name_f], Vining, [name_f]Larkin[/name_f], [name_m]Laramie[/name_m], [name_m]Bramble[/name_m], [name_m]Fielding[/name_m], [name_f]Chesney[/name_f], [name_f]Sabre[/name_f], [name_m]Garland[/name_m], [name_m]Channing[/name_m], [name_f]Merritt[/name_f], [name_m]Calvert[/name_m], [name_m]Clancy[/name_m], [name_m]Powell[/name_m], [name_f]Sheridan[/name_f], [name_f]Vale[/name_f]

Other ideas:
Kline/Cline/Klein
[name_m]Iverson[/name_m]
[name_m]Tuck[/name_m]
[name_m]Barrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Haskell[/name_m]
Ayers
[name_m]Seger[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmons[/name_m]
[name_m]Tavish[/name_m]
Druin
[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]
[name_m]Bly[/name_m]
Mullins
[name_m]Parish[/name_m]
[name_m]Rivers[/name_m]
Weiss
Rivendell
[name_m]Bauer[/name_m]
Sellers
[name_m]Larsen[/name_m]
[name_m]Barlow[/name_m]
[name_m]Thackeray[/name_m]
[name_m]Hastings[/name_m]
[name_m]Somerset[/name_m]
[name_m]Rollins[/name_m]
[name_m]Escher[/name_m]
[name_m]Davies[/name_m]
[name_m]Travers[/name_m]
[name_m]Parsons[/name_m]
[name_m]Selby[/name_m]
[name_m]Reeves[/name_m]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Grady[/name_m]
Briston
Salish
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m]
[name_m]Calhoun[/name_m]
[name_m]Roarke[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipling[/name_m]
[name_m]Pembroke[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaines[/name_m]
Poppins