Re: Fancy surnames
Surnames ending in -ham, -ton, -(s)ley, -way, -shire, or -worth tend to sound fancy to English speakers. It reminds us of the British upperclass.
Hensley
Asinley
Billingsley
Chillingly
BingleyHouston
Upton
Clarkston
Marston
Kingston
Kinston
PrincetonHensworth
Hemsworth
Butterworth
Tinworth
Duckworth
Worth
WorthyNeedham
Brigham
Kingsley
Ingham
Kingham
Pradham
Cunningham
BuckinghamCheshire
HampshireBroadway
Hemingway
Conway
Broadway
ETC.
Thats why a lot of people think that giving children one of these as a first name is pompous. They always picture spoiled brats with names like this. I don't, but to each his own.
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