Last names as first names

[breezy-boo.livejournal.com]

wdyt of them?
I am fond of a couple...
For girls: Parker, Mackenzie (i think it's cute but wouldn't use it for my kid), Harper
Boys: Elliott (this is my moms maiden name and i would like to use it), Porter, Bennett, Hayden (my all time fav boys name, Paxton

Random ones I found:
Boys: Taylor, Martin, Cambell (i knew a 7 yr. old named this), Perry, Bryant, Griffin, Cole, Grant, Hart, Austin, Ryan, Tate, Leonard, Dawson, Cohen, Blake, Reese, Tyler, Roy, Carson, Patrick, Sawyer, Roman, Wyatt, Dalton, Walter, Kent, Roth, Nolan, Travis, Levi, Spencer, Kennedy, Ray, Warren, James, Lee, Carter (Cambell's little sisters name), Ashton, Baron, Benson, Bracken, Bradley, Cameron, Calvin, Clive, Dwight, Easton, Gordon, Harrison, Jackson, Shipley, Stanton
Girls: May, Harley, Bailey(my bunnies name!), Blaire, Carey, Lara, Shannon, Riley, Kim, Kelly, Ashley, Avery, Hayley, Piper, Sidney, Shirley, Tatum

there many more boy ones i can find than girl ones!
Anyways list some that I haven't included that you like or dislike!

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Harper for a girl, and Mackenzie is acceptable but I don't like it at all. Parker is a boy's name, if any, and I hate it regardless of gender.

For boys, I like Elliott (although I would consider this more a first name that once in a while is a last name) and Porter.

Other than the ones you mentioned:
Girls: Allison, Piper, Shannon
Boys: Nolan, Sawyer, Ryan, Emerson, Dawson

(PS - I just listed the names that are very common as last names; Levi, Calvin, Dwight, etc. might be last names on occasion, but like Elliott, I tend to think of them almost exclusively as first names)

[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

For the most part, I really like using last names as firsts. If we have a boy, my fiance and I are planning to use my last name as the first name.

As for other names, the only ones for girls I can think of are:
Anniston (this is actually a co-worker's granddaughter's name), Berkeley, Leigh, Robin

And boys:
Brannon, Cooper, Corbin, Henry, Lennon, Owen, Patton, Preston, Ramsey, Tucker, Wade

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I pretty much hate them all. They almost always sound either pretentious or tacky. There are a few exceptions, though, and obviously that's just my personal opinion.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

I secretly really like Hathaway for a girl.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Alison a diminutive of Alice, so =/= surname.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Allison with the double L was originally a surname. I guess it's kind of a grey area, though, since generally people are using Allison as an alternate form of Alison.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I like:

Boys: Elliott (LOVE), Perry, Dawson, Carson, Patrick, Wyatt, Spencer, Bradley
Girls: May, Shannon, Piper

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Right, but Allison is a rather common surname.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

My mother's maiden name is Munro and I'd like to use that somewhere, as a middle name maybe. I will probably spell it Monroe though.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I think Mackenzie is cute too, while it doesn't fit my usual style at all (if there is a style, that is) ;). I wouldn't use it either, though. Too trendy, and I don't like that Mac means 'son of'. I also like Harley & May.

Roman is high on my list, and I also really like Elliott and Harrison. Morrison is nice too.

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

Emerson (for both sexes) is nice.

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

To me, Hayden is 100% a girls name. I love Bennett and Paxton.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

The ones I like: Elliott, Porter (my mom's maiden name), Griffin, Ryan, Blake, Reese (but I like it spelled Rhys), Tyler, Kent, James, Bradley, and Jackson.

I also know a family (of boys, ironically) whose last name is Shelley. I know it's only a nn for girls, but some people use it for a full name in rare instances.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My sister had a boy named Parker McKenzie in her grade, and there was a girl in the grade above them named Mackenzie Parker.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Oh... I kinda agree with you. And I don't even like the actress!

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

My last name is Levi. ;)

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

All your favorite girls' names seem masculine to me. And I hate Mackenzie as a name. A lot.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

I can see on girls you could think it nice for the Em-, similar to the popular Emma and Emily, but the -son?

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Not seem. You mean, 'are'. And I agree with the Mackenzie statement. A lot.