Theodora D. Phoenix's Personal Name List
Wilson
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-sən
Rating: 66% based on 58 votes
Means
"son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).
Walker
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWK-ər(American English) WAWK-ə(British English)
Rating: 69% based on 60 votes
Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".
Taylor
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAY-lər(American English) TAY-lə(British English)
Rating: 53% based on 60 votes
Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".
Smith
Usage: English
Pronounced: SMITH
Rating: 47% based on 55 votes
Means "metalworker, blacksmith" from Old English smiþ, related to smitan "to smite, to hit". It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world. A famous bearer was the Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).
Miller
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-ər(American English) MIL-ə(British English)
Rating: 61% based on 55 votes
Occupational surname meaning "miller", referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, derived from Middle English mille "mill".
Martin
Usage: English, French, German, Swedish
Pronounced: MAHR-tin(American English) MAH-tin(British English) MAR-TEHN(French) MAR-teen(German) MAT-in(Swedish)
Rating: 55% based on 57 votes
Derived from the given name
Martin. This is the most common surname in France.
Logan
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
From a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow", derived from Gaelic lag "hollow, pit".
Johnson
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAHN-sən(American English) JAWN-sən(British English)
Rating: 48% based on 54 votes
Means
"son of John". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).
Hardy
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: HAHR-dee(American English) HAH-dee(British English)
Rating: 49% based on 56 votes
From Old French and Middle English
hardi meaning
"bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *
harduz.
Green
Usage: English
Pronounced: GREEN
Rating: 61% based on 56 votes
Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
Day
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY
Rating: 58% based on 59 votes
Campbell
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KAM-bəl(English)
Rating: 69% based on 59 votes
From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".
Brown
Usage: English
Pronounced: BROWN
Rating: 55% based on 55 votes
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.
Baker
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAY-kər(American English) BAY-kə(British English)
Rating: 56% based on 57 votes
Occupational name meaning "baker", derived from Middle English bakere.
Anderson
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-dər-sən(American English) AN-də-sən(British English)
Rating: 62% based on 62 votes
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