popular 1930s last names

Elliott. 3. #269 DEAN From the valley. #666 BENITEZ Son of Benito. #878 AVERY Elf king. #738 BARRY From the Gaelic surname O Baire, meaning the male descendant of Fionnbharr, or fair-haired one. #465 MALONE From the Gaelic surname OMaoileoin meaning follower of St. John. #397 SIMON One who harkens. 44. #834 BUCKLEY Lives near the goat clearing. #222 BERRY From the fortress, castle. #843 TREJO Habitational Spanish surname, for someone from Trexo, a place in Asturias in northwest Spain. #527 McBRIDE Son of the servant of Brighid. #929 XIONG Chinese surname meaning bear. #870 HURLEY From the village on cleared land. Place name. #173 WAGNER Occupational surname for a wagon maker. #139 MARSHALL Occupational surname for someone who is a lawman or takes care of horses. Our content is doctor approved and evidence based, and our community is moderated, lively, and welcoming. #663 MATHEWS Family of Matthew. #674 CHOI Korean surname meaning one who oversees the land and the mountain. #77 KIM Korean surname meaning gold. #943 PARRA Spanish/Portuguese surname, meaning grapevine/trellis. Possibly used for someone who grew grapes or had a winery. #341 SUTTON From the South. Meaning: A Scottish name that means Gilbert, son of Gilbert, or son of Gib. #225 JOHNSTON From Johns town. #171 HOLMES Lives near a small island or islet. #732 BEASLEY From the bent grass clearing. #118 ALEXANDER Defending Men possibly an occupational surname for a soldier. #624 COMBS LIves near a small valley (cumb). #806 GENTRY Born of high status. 5. #344 SHELTON From the ledge/enclosure. #706 BAXTER Occupational surname meaning a female baker. #146 KENNEDY Irish surname, from Cinnidigh, meaning Misshapen or ugly head might be derived from someone who wore a helmet so much their head was misshapen. #428 RODGERS Family of Roger. 1. So trades, nicknames, places of origin, and fathers' names became fixed surnames - names such as Fletcher and Smith, Redhead and Swift, Green and Pickering, Wilkins and Johnson. #457 POTTER Occupational surname for someone who made pottery. #739 JOHNS Family of John. #827 STARK Unwielding, steady, firm. They provide figures for each year from 2013 onwards, and. #80 RICHARDSON Son of Richard. For example, the surname Meyer means dairy farmer today, whereas, during the Middle Ages, Meyer designated people who were stewards of landholders. #677 GARRISON Son of Gerard or Gerald. . To search, press CTRL-F on a PC, or -F on a Mac, then enter your last name. #703 MARKS Family of Mark or Marcus. #531 NORTON From the north town, north settlement. #494 STRICKLAND From the cow pasture. #285 ROJAS Red-headed or ruddy complexion. Oliver is the most popular boys' name over the past 10 years but just 62nd since the 1930s. #630 GALVAN Nickname for someone who had a receding hairline or was going bald. #518 CONNER An occupational surname for an inspector of weights and measures. #864 PECK Occupational surname for someone who dealt in pekkesa medieval measure of dry goods equal to 28 pounds. #637 ATKINSON Family or son of Adam. January 23, 2020 GMAT coaching in Chandigarh/Punjab. #770 BULLOCK From the English word bullock meaning young steer. #715 RUSSO Descriptive surname for someone who was a red-head or had a ruddy complexion. Here are the top 1000 last names (surnames) in the United States, according to the most recent U.S. census. #935 MOYER From the ancient Gaelic surname Mac an Mhaoir meaning steward, assistant, right-hand man. Laura. #480 FARMER Occupational surname for a person who worked a farm. #17 TAYLOR From the family of the tailor. #838 HICKMAN Occupational surname for a servant of a man called Hick. #27 CLARK Occupational surname for a clerk. #336 POWERS A person or family who came from the town of Poix in France. Top 50 Surnames found in Texas Births Indexes 1926-1995 By Hugh Adams September 09, 2003 at 09:51:07 For the past few years I have been messing around with the Texas Vital Record Indexes.Recently, I generated a surname cummalutive frequency list of the child's surname found in the birth indexes 1926-1995. #395 BALDWIN Brave friend. #784 MARIN Family of Marino or lives near the sea. #566 OLSEN Son of Olaf. #939 McCARTY From the Gaelic surname Mac Carthaigh meaning son of the loving one. #389 ERICKSON Son of Eric. Clarence From Clare. #317 KELLER German occupational surname for a winemaker. #991 HENDRIX Family of Heinrich. #3 WILLIAMS - Son or family of William. Grain, wood, etc. #110 BARNES Someone who lived or worked in or near a barn. #149 HENRY Ruler of the Home. #960 VO Vietnamese surname meaning fighter/soldier. Bury. Is your family name on the list? #762 CORDOVA Habitational surname for a family from the ancient city of Crdoba, Spain. #817 HARDIN Habitational surname for families from any number of towns in England named Harden/Hardin. #830 SPEARS Occupational surname for a keeper of the Watch, which was an early form of a police officer. #861 SMALL Person who is short or small. #936 LIM Chinese surname meaning forest. #122 GRIFFIN Mythological creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion. #614 CAMERON Nickname surname meaning bent nose. Given to a person who was a champion of a competition such as jousting. #608 DAVENPORT Habitational surname of families from Davenport in Cheshire, UK. Literally means battlefield. #536 HOGAN From the Irish O Hogain meaning descendent of gn. One being an occupational surname for a bow maker. #4 BROWN - Surname from a nickname for someone with a dark complexion or hair. #90 HUGHES Family of Hugh. #445 REESE From the given name Rhys, meaning enthusiasm, passion. #209 KNIGHT Occupational surname for a knight or someone who worked in a knights household. #592 HOUSTON From Hughs town. #466 CANNON Occupational surname for someone who worked at a house of clergy. . #435 GILL Nickname for William. #656 BARRON Occupational surname for someone with the title of Baron, or a nickname for someone who acts higher than his station. #687 ARELLANO Habitational surname for a family from Arellano, spain. Saito. #645 ABBOTT Occupational surname for someone employed by or who served as an abbott. #668 HENSLEY Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near Hensley, UK. #314 BARRETT Warlike person, quarrelsome. This French last name means 'bundle of kindling'. #338 LEONARD With the strength of a lion. #980 NOVAK The newcomer/new one. #421 CALDERON Spanish occupational surname for one who makes or sells cooking vessels (i.e. Hear ye! #616 HOOD Scottish occupational surname for a maker of hoods or nickname for someone who wore one. Literally means a woody clearing. #887 MOSES Born of a god. #867 HANNA From the Gaelic Ohannaigh, meaning descendant of Annach literally meaning iniquity. #976 HESTER Either lives by the beech tree, or an occupational surname for a herald/town crier. This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. #289 PARK Korean surname, meaning gourd. #14 WILSON Son of William. #947 RASMUSSEN Danish/Norwegian surname, meaning son of Rasmus. #750 WOODARD Contraction of Woodward meaning ward or caretaker of the woods. #804 SEXTON Occupational surname for someone who worked as a sexton, a warden of a church. #414 GRIFFITH Leader with a strong Grip. #700 WARE Occupational surname for someone who was employed at a weir or dam, or habitational surname for someone who lived near one. #729 ONEAL Son of Neal. 27 days ago. #835 McFARLAND Scottish surname from the Gaelic MacPharlain meaning son of Parlan. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. #997 DAUGHERTY From the Gaelic surname ODochartaigh, meaning descendent of the hurtful one. #426 RIVAS From the sea side or river bank. #780 McKEE From the Gaelic surnameMac Aodh, literally meaning son of the fiery one. #53 EVANS Family of Evan. #927 DODSON Son of Dodd. #202 PIERCE Family of Peter. Common surnames such as Smith, Wright, Cook, Taylor and Turner are all based on a person's trade or occupation, and these would have been common in that era. #176 BOYD Scottish surname, from the Celtic term boidhe meaning fair or yellow. Among those 1930s baby names with the greatest drop in popularity are Wanda and Phyllis for girls, and Fred and Earl for boys. Booth is the last name most popular in Northern England and Scandinavia. #365 BENSON Son of Benjamin. #774 ORR Lives near a slope or shore. #2 JOHNSON - Son of John. #386 ROBLES From the village of Robles, in the province of Leon, Spain. #418 CARDENAS From the land of thorns. #809 ELLISON Son of Ellis/Elias/Elijah. #259 LYNCH Anglicized version of the Irish surname Loingsigh, meaning descendant of the mariner. #329 LAMBERT From the bright land. #210 ELLIOTT Family of Elias. Literally means oak. #862 BENTLEY From the clearing overgrown with bent-grass. #186 GARZA The heron bird. Weston. #597 DECKER Occupational surname for a thatcher or roofer. 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 Allen 28 Young 29 Hernandez 30 King: 31 Wright 32 Lopez 33 Hill 34 Scott 35 Green 36 Adams 37 Baker #660 HEATH Lives in or near a heath (open, unculivated land) or from a town named Heath. Watson. #391 CHANG Chinese surname with many meanings. #439 McGEE Gaelic surname meaning Son of Aodh, meaning fire. Means valor, courage. #460 TODD Fox. Billy Strong mind and protection. #848 CONRAD Brave counsel. Joan, Margaret, Nancy and Helen round out the top ten. #484 INGRAM People from England. #88 MENDOZA People who live near or are from the village of Mendoza, Spain. #485 WISE Wise or educated person. #857 RAYMOND Counsel protection. These names are people who self-identified as "Black" in the Decennial Census survey. Dmitriy #216 LANE Irish surname from OLaighin, meaning the descendant of Laighean. #144 WOODS Family who lived in or near the woods. #490 MAXWELL From Macks stream, pool, or well. Baldwin This name is derived from the German name Baldavin, meaning "bold or brave friend.' It was also a personal name for several brave crusaders during the 12th century. #583 MORA Blackberry. 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 The hardships that America faced and the hope for the future can be seen in the most popular baby names of the 1930s. #542 STOKES From the Old English stoc meaning trunk of a tree. Another common source of surnames are nicknames or descriptive names. #559 ALI Exalted, revered. #727 WALTER Family of Walter. #622 SINGLETON Habitational surname of people who lived in a town named Singleton or in or near a burnt clearing. #143 McDONALD Son/family of Donald #487 CLARKE Occupational surname for a clerk. #191 SOTO Lives in or near the small forest. The latest year's crop of Kiwi babies have more names of non-European origin than ever before. Albert Aristocratic and bright. The clear winner of the "most Utah" Utah girls' name was an old timey name popular in the early 1900s. #248 SANTIAGO Of the Saint Tiago/Diego. Cosby. Literally means land of forest. #990 BRANCH Possibly a habitational surname for someone from Branch, a land division in Wiltshire, U.K. or from Branches Park, a former country mansion in West Suffolk, U.K. #5 JONES From the family of Jon/John. Four states, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia share the top surnames of Smith, Johnson, and Jones. #877 VENTURA Foundling or deserted child used for someone who was innocent or gullible. The Lipton name became a famous trademark worldwide and the company was eventually bought out by Unilever in the 1930s.' As the tea's popularity grew, it became a hot commodity at various auctions. #68 ORTIZ Son of Orti #347 JENNINGS Family of little John. #70 COOPER Occupational surname for a barrel maker. The second character, t (pronounced with a long 'oh . #552 PATRICK Nobleman. #168 MUOZ Son of Muo, a personal name that means hill. #194 GARDNER Occupational surname for a gardener/groundskeeper. For example, for a second last name of Moore, type "-Moore" in the text box to generate names like: Carney-Moore, John Hollenbeck-Moore or Westfall-Moore. #257 JACOBS Family of Jacobs #911 BEST Occupational surname for someone who was a cattle-herder or dealer. #492 LOGAN From the Irish surname OLeoghain, meaning descendant of the warrior. #520 ESCOBAR Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near a place overgrown with broom (a shrub with long, thin green stems). #777 PRUITT From the Old French proux meaning valiant or brave one. Unknown meaning. #263 MONTGOMERY From a mountain name in France. In addition to operating BabyNames.com, Jennifer owns a web development agency in central California. #644 VILLA Homestead. The list includes James, John, William, Richard, Charles, Donald, George, Thomas, and Joseph. #488 BARTON From the barley town. #692 BELTRAN Spanish surname meaning bright raven. #34 KING Ruler of the area. #908 CLEMENTS Family of Clement. #169 HUNT Hunter. #461 WU Chinese surname meaning gateway to heaven. #680 KANE From the town of Caen, in Normandy, France. #205 PETERS Family o Peter. #567 COCHRAN Scottish surname for a family who lived near the lowlands of Cochrane. #247 LARSON Son of Lars. #576 HOLLOWAY Lives near the holy spring. #892 DUFFY From the Gaelic surname Mac Dhubhshith meaning son of the peaceful black one. #667 ZAVALA From Zawada or Zawady, literally meaning fortress. #849 GILES Holy man or one who does good. #491 WATERS From the place near the water, or family of Walter. #568 MORTON Scottish surname meaning from the big hill. #510 SUAREZ From the southern army. #497 COLN Contraction of the name Colombo, meaning dove. Literally translates to the willow woods. #398 VELASQUEZ Son of Velasco. Ivan This name would ring a bell for those who have watched Sylvester Stallone's award-winning movie series 'Rocky'. #286 LUCAS From Lucania, Italy. #296 BOWMAN Occupational surname for an archer. #789 PALACIOS Spanish surname for someone who lived in a palace or worked in a palace. #974 POLLARD Strong descendent of Paul. #160 HUNTER Occupational surname for an animal hunter/trapper. Variation of Suarez. #190 STEPHENS Family of Stephen. #24 WHITE A family of light complexion or hair. #691 HO Chinese surname with several meanings, descriptive of a chin waddle or characteristic long-lasting. 1892 -1908. #43 NELSON Son of Neil. #167 DIXON Son of Dick/Richard. #359 DELEON Family of Leon. #688 MELTON From the middle settlement. #759 SALGADO Galician and Portuguese nickname surname for someone who was witty or wry, from the word salgado meaning salty. 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 . #275 REID Red-headed or had a ruddy complexion. #972 DUDLEY From Duddas clearing Dudda was a nickname for a rotund/heavy person. #508 BALL Descriptive surname for a bald man. #413 FRANCIS Person from France or free man. #807 HULL Either a habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill, or from the given name Hulle, which was a nickname for Hugh. #563 McKENZIE Scottish Gaelic clan name meaning Son of Coinneach, literally meaning fair one. #430 FITZGERALD Son of Gerald. #262 BISHOP Occupational surname for a bishop. #571 PETERSEN Son of Peter. #419 PACHECO Noble one, or person from France. Facebook. #390 REEVES Occupational surname meaning sheriff or local official. #988 CANTRELL Occupational surname for a bell ringer (someone who rang the Chanterelles) or who sang in a choir. #489 SCHROEDER German occupational surname for a tailor. There's some overlap between then and now names like Fletcher, Harrison, and Ellis are currently fashionable. #590 GREER From the family of Gregory. #581 SHORT Nickname for a short person. Literally means Good little one. Hear ye! The U.S. State Department adopts the "Istanbul" form . For girls, Mary was the overwhelming choice of Depression era parents. #992 ROLLINS Family of Rollo. #907 NIXON Son of Nick/Nicholas. #826 HERMAN Army man. #399 HARDY Bold, Courageous. #752 SHANNON From the Gaelic OSionain, an occupational surname for someone who worked with straw. #277 LE Vietnamese surname meaning lives near a pear tree. #313 JOSEPH He will add. #249 MALDONADO Ill-favored. #44 BAKER Occupational surname for family of a baker. #754 NOLAN From the Gaelic surname ONullain, meaning son or descendent of the Kings herald. Used for families from the region of Hesse, in Germany. #241 GREENE Lives in or near a green area. Leona. #483 TOWNSEND From the end of the town (towns end). #662 ATKINS Family of Adam. #163 SILVA Portuguese surname meaning by the woods or forest. 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. #872 McCONNELL From the Gaelic MacDhomhnuill meaning son of Donald/Donal. Click on the names below to learn more about their meaning, history and origins. Liiterally means opposite. #59 COLLINS Family of Coilean #195 PAYNE Originally meaning pagan. #183 MEYER Mayor. #295 WALSH Welsh, foreigner, stranger referring to Celt. #978 LU Chinese surname of unknown meaning. Wison. Appendix. #671 HARRELL Nickname for someone with a good head of thick hair. #166 MASON Occupational surname for a bricklayer. 25. r/iwatchedanoldmovie. #933 HUBER German surname for the word hide, a unit of farm land. #278 McCOY Anglicized form of a Scottish surname meaning son of Aodh. #557 SHEPHERD Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #698 KOCH German occupational surname for a cook or kitchen manager. Top Vintage Surnames. #664 BONILLA Lives in or near Bonilla in the province of Cuenca, Spain. #230 WILLIS Family of William. #308 PEARSON Son of Piers. #35 WRIGHT Occupational surname meaning a craftsman. #442 GARNER Contraction of Gardener or occupational surname for someone who was in charge of the storehouse (granary). #711 KAUR Sikh surname meaning Princess. From Ceallaigh. #995 DUKE Leader (of an army or troops). #356 VAUGHN From the Welsh fychan meaning small, little #581 ARIAS Occupational surname either from the Latin aro meaning farmer, or a craftsman from the Latin ars meaning skill. #786 McINTYRE Son of the carpenter or craftsman. #742 DYER Occupational surname for someone who dyed either cloth or hair or hide. Williams is the third most popular last name for both men and women in the 1980s. #851 CROSBY Lives by the cross or crossing. #427 KHAN Chief, ruler. #93 CASTILLO Lives in or near the Castle. #741 BLACKWELL Lives near the black stream. #776 WHITEHEAD Descriptional surname for someone with white or very light blonde hair. #440 GROSS Big, large. #901 FRIEDMAN Servant of god or friend. #420 CROSS Locational for someone who lived near a crossing, or occupational for someone who carried a cross in church. #56 PARKER Occupational surname for someone worked as a park keeper or game keeper. Prigord. The latter derived from the Middle English flo/fla meaning arrow, with the addition of the suffix er (one who does or works with). #28 RAMIREZ Son of Ramiro. #65 COOK Occupational surname for a cook/chef. 83. Gibson. Warren. #67 GUTIERREZ Son of Gutierre. #126 COLE From the word coal indicating a coal miner or possibly someone with darker skin. #783 DEJESUS Follower of Jesus Christ. #621 RANDALL Son of Rand/Rande. Most Common Italian Last Names. #162 MENDEZ Contraction of Menendez, meaning son of Mendo. #993 ROWLAND From the renowned land. #530 VELAZQUEZ Son of Velasco. #13 GONZALEZ Son of Gonzalo. #131 ELLIS Son or Famiy of Elijah/Elias #620 HUYNH Korean surname meaning bright or yellow. #371 GRAVES Occupational surname for a steward, from from Middle English word greyve. #239 ORTEGA From Ortega, Spain. #83 CHAVEZ Occupational surname for a key maker. #897 RIVERS Lives by the river. #181 WARREN Lives near a warren/animal enclosure. These are the top 100 most common Italian surnames for families currently living in Italy. #42 ADAMS Family of Adam. #148 VARGAS From the pasture. Pascal. #853 DONOVAN From the Irish surname Donnabhain, a diminutive/nickname for someone with darker skin or wore brown. #821 LIVINGSTON From the town founded by Leving (given name). #640 ROY Royal, Kingly. It originally comes from the similar William, so the surname Williams often means "son of William.". #695 PONCE Derived from the name Pontius, from the Greek pontos meaning ocean. #155 BURNS Lives by the stream. #787 BLANKENSHIP From the hill with a cairn. Other last names derived from the kind of work people did include Archer, Baker, Brewer, Butcher, Cook, Dyer,. #240 WATKINS Family of Walter/Watt Literally means Forest land. Courteous. The surname Smith occurs roughly 828 times per 100,000 people in the U.S. #914 PORTILLO Spanish/Castilian surname meaning small port. #796 STEIN Family of Stephen. #539 VILLANUEVA From the new town. #200 HAWKINS From the hawks place. #120 GRAHAM People who lived in or near a gravelly homestead a contraction of the name Grantham (like Downton Abbey) #684 CLINE From the German klein meaning little, small. #880 MAYER Occupational surname for a mayor of a village or town. Literally means moon. 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. #500 HARRINGTON From the town of stony ground. From Old English word, burna. #886 SAMPSON The sun. Kegley. #175 ROBERTSON Son of Robert. #89 RUIZ Son of Ruy or Roy. #764 ROACH From the French surname Roches, meaning lives near a rocky crag. #779 CONWAY Irish surname from Mac Connmhaigh, a descriptional surname meaning Head Smasher or Mac Connbhuidhe, meaning yellow hound #352 McDANIEL Son of Daniel. #528 POPE Occupational surname. #290 YANG Chinese surname meaning willow tree or aspen. #396 DANIEL God is my judge. #532 McCORMICK Son of Cormac. #501 GLOVER Occupational surname for a glove maker or glove merchant. #655 HORN An occupational surname for someone who either played a horn instrument or made small articles, like spoons, out of animal horn. #455 FISCHER Fisherman. Despite being a common name, it stands as the most celebrated and opted choice for all parents. #999 TANG Vietnamese surname, meaning from the Tang dynasty. #60 REYES Literally translated to Kings, it refers to the phrase La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning the Virgin of the Kings. 57. as the official names for Constantinople and Angora. They were followed by Richard, Charles, and Donald. # Last Name . #182 MILLS Occupational surname for one who lived near or worked in a mill. A list of names in which the usage is Medieval Slavic. #734 SNOW Descriptive surname for someone with very pale skin or light blonde hair.

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