They were also the most popular in the prior decade of the 1920s. Weston. #656 BARRON Occupational surname for someone with the title of Baron, or a nickname for someone who acts higher than his station. #696 RICH Wealthy or family of Richard. #976 HESTER Either lives by the beech tree, or an occupational surname for a herald/town crier. #23 THOMPSON Son of Thomas. #39 HILL Family who lived near or on a hill. #818 BRADSHAW From the broad grove. #600 ZUNIGA From the town of Estuniga, Spain. #404 CHANDLER Occupational surname for a candle-maker. #864 PECK Occupational surname for someone who dealt in pekkesa medieval measure of dry goods equal to 28 pounds. #943 PARRA Spanish/Portuguese surname, meaning grapevine/trellis. Possibly used for someone who grew grapes or had a winery. #583 MORA Blackberry. #751 CORTES Courteous, refined. #252 CARLSON Son of Carl. #854 MAYS Either family of Matthew or a nickname for a guy who is a good friend. These include Pober Mirren Febland Nighy Grader Bonneville Gruger Carla Fernard #734 SNOW Descriptive surname for someone with very pale skin or light blonde hair. #905 CORREA Occupational surname for someone who made or sold leather straps. #447 BLAKE White complected or white haired. Woodley. #220 RAY Ray of sunshine, or King. #415 PAUL Small. #524 HARTMAN Dutch surname used for a hardy/strong man. Literally means black. #773 MEADOWS Lives in or near the meadow. #277 LE Vietnamese surname meaning lives near a pear tree. #914 PORTILLO Spanish/Castilian surname meaning small port. #781 BARR From the great hill. #75 HOWARD Occupational surname for a ewe herder. Billy Strong mind and protection. The most common Polish names Nowak, Nowakowski, Nowacki, and Nowicki are all variants meaning new, and Przybyszewski and Przybylski mean he who has arrived. #34 KING Ruler of the area. #594 MORROW From the row of cottages on the moor. #556 SANTANA Follower of St. Anna. #156 CRAWFORD By the river/ford crossing #877 VENTURA Foundling or deserted child used for someone who was innocent or gullible. 1 smith 2 johnson 3 williams 4 jones 5 brown 6 davis 7 miller 8 wilson 9 moore 10 taylor 11 anderson 12 thomas 13 jackson 14 white 15 harris: 16 martin 17 thompson 18 garcia 19 martinez 20 robinson 21 clark 22 rodriguez 23 lewis 24 lee 25 walker 26 hall 27 #287 MARQUEZ Son of Marco. Saito. #813 MIDDLETON From anyone of the places named Middleton in the UK, literally meaning the middle town. #491 WATERS From the place near the water, or family of Walter. #486 GALLEGOS Foreigners. #190 STEPHENS Family of Stephen. #434 MANNING Strong, valiant. Tobin), but there was a lot of deviation from the pattern when he and his brothers and sisters became parents in the 1930s and 1940s. #21 LEE Family who lived in or near an open meadow or clearing. #327 CALDWELL Lives by the cold well. Literally means foreign help. #78 COX Occupational surname, a derivative of Cook Literally means Good little one. 6. #164 SHAW Family who lived near a dense wooded area. 27. #863 FELIX Originally a term of endearment, meant happy one. #975 ALFARO Spanish habitational surname for someone from Alfaro, Spain in the Logroo province. #493 CAMACHO Twisted or disfigured. The top black names that emerged proved to be interesting and thematic. The noun (smirny) now has a different pronunciation, but the archaic form has been preserved in this surname. #214 HUDSON Son of Hugh. January 23, 2020 GMAT coaching in Chandigarh/Punjab. Baby names like James, John, Donald, George, Richard, Charles, and James were among the most popular names among parents. #934 RICHMOND Habitational surname from any of the towns in England or northern France with that name. #148 VARGAS From the pasture. #970 CHERRY Occupational surname for someone who grew or sold cherries. #313 JOSEPH He will add. #258 OBRIEN Of the Family of Brien #279 GARRETT Family of Gerald. #27 CLARK Occupational surname for a clerk. Populism found an official name with the Populist Party, or People's Party, in 1892, adopting much of the Greenback Party's platform, supporting a ban on . #221 DELGADO Slender, skinny. (This includes names derived at an older stage of the language.) #739 JOHNS Family of John. #398 VELASQUEZ Son of Velasco. This is not a common harvesting method nowadays with the new machinery and technology. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 13:01 (UTC). #646 ALLISON Unknown meaning, but possibly son of Alan. #368 MILES Son of Mile. #388 SOLIS From the village or town of Soler. Place name. #88 MENDOZA People who live near or are from the village of Mendoza, Spain. #420 CROSS Locational for someone who lived near a crossing, or occupational for someone who carried a cross in church. #347 JENNINGS Family of little John. #129 HERRERA Occupational surname for an iron worker (ferrier). Literally means moon. Most common surnames starting with P. According to the 1940 census, Peterson was the most common last name beginning with the letter 'P', followed by Phillips and Parker. In fact, some of the names are much older than the 1920s. #46 RIVERA From the shore or bank of a river. #836 HEBERT Illustrious soldier. #336 POWERS A person or family who came from the town of Poix in France. #815 LEBLANC French surname for someone who was pale or had very blond hair. Leslie Odom, Jr. Has Welcomed His Second Child. 2. It means 'God is my judge'. Dr. Amos Grunebaum, MD, FACOG is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and among the world's leading authorities on fertility and pregnancy. #821 LIVINGSTON From the town founded by Leving (given name). #68 ORTIZ Son of Orti Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive interest in it. Smith Meaning: An English name referring to a blacksmith. #593 CARSON Probably a form of Karsten, or a created name meaning Son of Carr/Kerr. #827 STARK Unwielding, steady, firm. #842 WALLS Someone who lived near or behind a big wall. #207 HART Irish surname, from the Gaelic hAirt meaning descendant of Art. #482 HAMPTON From the town near the water meadow. #983 TERRELL Stubborn one. #136 MURRAY Scottish place name from the area of Moray, meaning seaboard settlement. #758 MOON Either from the French word moun meaning a monk or someone who lives a monastic lifestyle, or from the Cornish word mon, meaning thin applied to a person who was skinny. #617 MONROE Scottish clan name possibly meaning Man from the river Roe referring to an Irish place name. Last Names Starting with 'P' Jump directly to your surname. #977 PROCTOR Occupational surname for a proctor/manager/attorney. #627 SKINNER Occupational surname for someone who made hides or pelts. #812 BUCK Either descriptive or occupational surname for someone who resembled a male deer, or someone who traded in them. #543 OWEN Lives by the yew tree, or person who appears youthful. #566 OLSEN Son of Olaf. Literally means place of swans. #100 JIMENEZ Son of Jim/James. It is a Hebrew name for 'Passover'. In the 1930s boy names stayed in the traditional realm when it came to the top 10. #722 McCLAIN Scottish clan name, originally Mac Gille Eathain, meaning son of the servant of Saint John. #59 COLLINS Family of Coilean #504 CASEY Irish surname from the Gaelic OCathasaigh, meaning son of Cathasach #974 POLLARD Strong descendent of Paul. #937 FRYE Born free. #257 JACOBS Family of Jacobs #647 TAPIA Lives in or behind a mud wall. #913 LUGO Habitational surname for families from the town of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. #749 HURST Someone who lives by a wooded hill. Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions (such as Schmidt, Mller, Weber, or Schfer) or places. #563 McKENZIE Scottish Gaelic clan name meaning Son of Coinneach, literally meaning fair one. #51 GOMEZ Man Literally means From the rich hill or mount. Since 1910 there have been 60 times more Aftons per capita born in Utah than in the U.S. That is impressive, but the thing that makes Afton really stand out is just how popular it was in Utah during its day. #290 YANG Chinese surname meaning willow tree or aspen. #256 LAWSON Son of Lawrence #688 MELTON From the middle settlement. #123 WALLACE Welsh or Foreigner. #200 HAWKINS From the hawks place. #276 HANSON Son of Hans. BabyCenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world. #300 MEJIA Unknown meaning, might be a religious surname referring to the Messiah. #630 GALVAN Nickname for someone who had a receding hairline or was going bald. #274 WONG Variation of the Korean surname Huang, which literally means shiny or yellow. 4. #338 LEONARD With the strength of a lion. #416 BLAIR Battlefield. #810 NIELSEN Son of Niel. #819 McINTOSH Son of the chief, leader. #806 GENTRY Born of high status. #753 KEMP Champion. #166 MASON Occupational surname for a bricklayer. #131 ELLIS Son or Famiy of Elijah/Elias #340 CARRILLO Spanish surname, literally means cheek. From cart/wagon, so it may be occupational. #253 AUSTIN Family of Augustin/Augustine. #867 HANNA From the Gaelic Ohannaigh, meaning descendant of Annach literally meaning iniquity. Relish, (Old French Origin) Derived from relaisse meaning "flavor or taste". #805 CHUNG Chinese/Korean surname literally meaning hanging bell flower. #5 JONES - From the family of Jon/John. #295 WALSH Welsh, foreigner, stranger referring to Celt. Williams Meaning: An English name meaning son of William. #503 BUCHANAN Locational surname from the area of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, UK. #110 BARNES Someone who lived or worked in or near a barn. The table below shows the top 250 most popular baby boy names in 1930, with a total count for the number of births registered with . They provide figures for each year from 2013 onwards, and. #324 BARNETT From the place near the clearing (burned place). #608 DAVENPORT Habitational surname of families from Davenport in Cheshire, UK. #254 DOMINGUEZ Son of Domingo Top names of the 1900s The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1900s. #469 SHERMAN Literally translates to shear man, an occupational surname for someone who trimmed pills off the surface of fine cloth. #7 MILLER Occupational surname for someone who worked in a mill. #901 FRIEDMAN Servant of god or friend. #572 BRIGGS Variation of the name Bridges could be habitational for someone who lived near a bridge or occupational for someone who built bridges. Chips Hatman Temples Raynott Woodbead Nithercott Rummage Southwark Harred Jarsdel Hundreds of other English surnames are "endangered" so rare that fewer than 50 people in England and Wales have them and many more may be extinct within a couple more generations. The second character, t (pronounced with a long 'oh . #108 BUTLER Occupational surname for a butler/wine steward. #77 KIM Korean surname meaning gold. #452 ROMAN Person from Rome, Italy. These 1930s names may be familiar to you via grandparents or great-grandparents or other older relatives born in the first half of the 20th century. #690 SAVAGE Nickname surname for someone who was wild. #978 LU Chinese surname of unknown meaning. #318 VILA From the city of Avila, Spain. #323 CAMPOS Lives in or near the countryside. #109 HENDERSON Son of Hendrick/Hendry. Spain Garcia In Spain almost 3.5% of the population is called ' Garcia ': that's around 1,378,000 people. 43. #139 MARSHALL Occupational surname for someone who is a lawman or takes care of horses. #865 LUCERO Light or evening star. #650 SOSA Portuguese surname meaning from the salt water (salsa agua) #261 VEGA From the plain, meadow. #439 McGEE Gaelic surname meaning Son of Aodh, meaning fire. If you see a surname that you would like. 27 days ago. #784 MARIN Family of Marino or lives near the sea. #417 OCONNOR Son of Connor. #961 OCONNELL Descendant of Conaill. #32 YOUNG Meaning the younger. Surname given to a son of a man, when they had the same name. 2 Fun Fact: Dale is a variant of the name Dael that's given to both boys and girls. #606 LARSEN Son of Lars. #516 ANDRADE Habitational name for people who lived in the small parish of San Martio de Andrade in the town of Pontedeume, Galicia in Spain. Martin Meaning: A French name referring to Mars, the Roman god of war. #307 NEWMAN Stranger, newcomer. #31 WALKER Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp cloth in order to thicken it. Oliver is the most popular boys' name over the past 10 years but just 62nd since the 1930s. #603 MELENDEZ Visigoth surname meaning Entire Gift. #255 CARR From an area of wet, rough ground #791 BARTLETT Son or family of Bartholomew. #642 YORK From the ancient city or county of York, UK. #657 PHELPS Family of Phillip. #488 BARTON From the barley town. #684 CLINE From the German klein meaning little, small. #782 DAVID Beloved. #450 BRADY Possibly from the Gaelic surname Mac Bradaigh son of the thief, or from the early English brad-eage meaning broad eye or someone with excellent eyesight. From Ceallaigh. During the 19th century in England, this surname became the most popular name in the country owing to the explorer Sir Samuel Baker. #259 LYNCH Anglicized version of the Irish surname Loingsigh, meaning descendant of the mariner. #167 DIXON Son of Dick/Richard. #462 HINES Occupational surname for a deer keeper or tender. 1920s 1910s . #605 ROBERSON Son of Robert. #47 CAMPBELL From the Latin De Bello Campo meaning from the beautiful field. Could also be from a Scottish/Gaelic nickname (cam bul) meaning crooked or sassy mouth. #870 HURLEY From the village on cleared land. #923 QUINTANA Country house. #638 VELEZ Visigoth surname meaning vigilant people. Elliott. #360 BARKER Occupational surname for someone who either tanned leather (from the bark of a tree), or from the Old French Berchier, which was a shepherd. #609 COPELAND Bought land. #135 STEVENS Son of Steven. (Watt was a nickname for Walter) #847 MICHAEL Who is like god? #20 MARTIN From the god of Mars. #1000 ARCHER Occupational surname for an archer/bow man. #381 LARA Spanish habitational surname for someone who came from Lara de los Infantes, a small community in the province of Burgos, Spain. #777 PRUITT From the Old French proux meaning valiant or brave one. #443 NEWTON From the new town. #430 FITZGERALD Son of Gerald. #926 BEAN Either from the word bene meaning friend, good person or occupational for someone who literally grew or sold beans. #370 PHAM Vietnamese surame meaning extensive. Literally Priests Town. #44 BAKER Occupational surname for family of a baker. #589 BASS Big/tall or an occupational surname for someone who caught or sold fish. #972 DUDLEY From Duddas clearing Dudda was a nickname for a rotund/heavy person. Jones Meaning: An English or Welsh name meaning son of John. #759 SALGADO Galician and Portuguese nickname surname for someone who was witty or wry, from the word salgado meaning salty. Carl Free man. Tip: You can add a second last name by typing it in the "Last Name" text box below. #561 LAMB Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #653 WYATT Brave warrior. Clarence From Clare. #474 WOLF Son of Wolfgang. #587 WEISS German surname element meaning fair hair or pale complected. #35 WRIGHT Occupational surname meaning a craftsman. #177 ROSE Lives near the roses. #850 BENJAMIN Son of my right hand. #36 SCOTT From Scotland. #369 LYONS Son or family of Lyon. #964 SPENCE Occupational surname for someone in charge of a pantry/goods in an estate. Wassa was a feminine Anglo-Saxon given name. 100 Most Popular American Last Names. #107 COLEMAN Son of Colum. #264 OLIVER Elf Army 57. 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