#447 BLAKE White complected or white haired. #607 CONLEY From the Gaelic surname OConghaile, meaning son of the brave hound. Acker (English Origin) - Derived from the Old English word 'cer' meaning 'field'. Axton (English Origin) - A topographical last name of people living in Axton in Kent, England, the name refers to a town surrounded by Ash trees'. #564 HESS Person with hood/helmet. Bradley (English Origin) - Village in Cheshire, England meaning 'broad wood' or 'broad meadow'. 8 1947. #440 GROSS Big, large. #51 GOMEZ Man Byron (English Origin) - A habitational name from Byram, Yorkshire, derived from the Old English 'brum' (at the cattle sheds). Top 100 baby names of 1900; Baby Names Finder: Get name ideas; Look up a name: See its popularity; Top 100 baby names of 1900. #281 FULLER Occupational surname for someone who washed cloth in the clothmaking process. #743 PRINCE Nickname surname for someone who acted royal or above their station. #192 WEAVER Occupational surname for a weaver of cloth. WebThe following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1890s. #246 BURKE From the burg (town) of the castle. This first happened during the mass immigration to the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s. #826 HERMAN Army man. 4 Notes. #230 WILLIS Family of William. #152 WEBB Occupational surname from the name webber, meaning weaver. Literally means meadow or field. But the Norse communities, besides just using son, used the suffix 'dottir' to specify that someone was the daughter of someone. 63. #728 HENSON Son of Henry. #378 MANN Strong, manly. #325 BATES Son of Bartholomew. 29. #339 GREGORY Possibly from Gregorian monks, literally means watchful, awake. 58. Well send you tons of inspiration to help you find a hidden gem in your local area or plan a big day out. This is where the last names 'White' and 'Black' come from as well as the last names of ownership like 'Jacobs.'. But as the population grew, and people traveled to far-off lands, it because apparent that humanity needed another way to distinguish people from one another. #578 RANGEL Spanish/Portuguese surname, meaning unknown. #128 BRYANT Family of Brian. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Along with Elsie and Walter, other 1910s baby names that are currently in the US Top 1000 include Arthur, Evelyn, Florence, George, Harry, Josephine, Raymond, #888 MAGANA Habitational name from either of the villages named Magaa, in Soria and Crdoba provinces in Spain. #12 LOPEZ Son of Lope/Lobe, meaning wolf. #290 YANG Chinese surname meaning willow tree or aspen. Appleton (English Origin) - Surnames of people from a village currently in Oxfordshire, derived from 'ppeltn' (orchard). Jonke is based on the Middle German junk, meaning young. 19. #622 SINGLETON Habitational surname of people who lived in a town named Singleton or in or near a burnt clearing. #637 ATKINSON Family or son of Adam. #966 CHURCH Someone who worked in a church or lived near a church. #10 MARTINEZ Son of Martin. #265 JENSEN Son of Jens #460 TODD Fox. Is your family name on the list? Torres. You can use the links below to view more common surnames. #37 TORRES Family who lived near a tower. #194 GARDNER Occupational surname for a gardener/groundskeeper. Emsworth (English Origin) - Named after a small coastal town in Havant borough, England. #572 BRIGGS Variation of the name Bridges could be habitational for someone who lived near a bridge or occupational for someone who built bridges. #652 FARRELL From the Irish surname,O Fearghail literally means Descendant of the brave man. #612 HUFF Lives by a ridge or hollow. #745 SOLOMON Peaceful one, from the Hebrew Shalom. #289 PARK Korean surname, meaning gourd. WebThe following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1920s. #458 DELACRUZ Literally translates to of the cross. Arizona becomes the 48th state and last of the contiguous states admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912. #685 WIGGINS Son of the high noble or warrior. cauldrons). #920 BLANCHARD With white hair or pale complexion. Middleton (English Origin) - It comes from dozens of different settlements in England and is derived from the pre-seventh-century Old English variations of 'midel' (middle) and 'tun' (town). #317 KELLER German occupational surname for a winemaker. This continued for generations and is still in practice today. #422 QUINN An Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O Cuinn, meaning counsel. Oakley (English Origin) - Surnames of people from Bedfordshire. #999 TANG Vietnamese surname, meaning from the Tang dynasty. From the word engaingne (ingenuity). Thus this led to the rise of popular Spanish-sounding surnames like Rodriquez and Garcia in the US. #996 ODOM Son-in-law of a prominent person. #227 PEA Lives near the rock or cliff. Rand consequently rejected epistemological skepticism, as she said that the skeptics' claim to knowledge "distorted" by the form or the means of perception is #452 ROMAN Person from Rome, Italy. #405 SHARP Smart person. From Old English word, burna. #715 RUSSO Descriptive surname for someone who was a red-head or had a ruddy complexion. #862 BENTLEY From the clearing overgrown with bent-grass. #913 LUGO Habitational surname for families from the town of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. Objectivism philosophy is a system of philosophy created by author Ayn Rand that believes in objective reality, absolute reason and facts, and unregulated capitalism. Derived from the English place name Glinton, of uncertain meaning, or Glympton, meaning "settlement on the River Glyme". #239 ORTEGA From Ortega, Spain. 60. #659 DICKERSON Son of Richard. Most of the English people who settled in Ireland did not know the Gaelic language. #8 DAVIS Son of David. #418 CARDENAS From the land of thorns. Literally means little shield. #280 BURTON From the fortified town. #680 KANE From the town of Caen, in Normandy, France. #382 FLETCHER Folk army. #55 DIAZ Son of Diego #106 BELL Occupational surname for a bell-ringer/news announcer. #756 MERRITT Habitational surname for a family who came from Merriott in Somerset, UK. #70 COOPER Occupational surname for a barrel maker. #173 WAGNER Occupational surname for a wagon maker. #357 BECKER Either an occupational surname meaning baker or used for a family who lived by a stream. #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. #202 PIERCE Family of Peter. #795 ODONNELL Family of Donnell/Donald. 15. #968 STANTON From the village on stony ground. Jennifer Moss (she/her) is the founder of BabyNames.com, author of The Baby Names Workbook, and Producer of The Baby Names Podcast. #624 COMBS LIves near a small valley (cumb). #621 RANDALL Son of Rand/Rande. #238 ESTRADA Literally means street or way Literally means from the wood grove of Augustus. #609 COPELAND Bought land. #519 MOODY One of brave spirit. #634 WILKINSON Son of William. Check your inbox for your latest news from us. Burton (English Origin) - A town in Leicestershire, England. #668 HENSLEY Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near Hensley, UK. #129 HERRERA Occupational surname for an iron worker (ferrier). #195 PAYNE Originally meaning pagan. Leslie Odom, Jr. Has Welcomed His Second Child. #27 CLARK Occupational surname for a clerk. #985 JARVIS From the given name Gervase meaning spear or spear/valley. According to census records going back to the turn of the 20th century, Smith is the most popular #525 FRENCH Person from France. #241 GREENE Lives in or near a green area. #854 MAYS Either family of Matthew or a nickname for a guy who is a good friend. #406 BARBER Occupational surname for a barber. #587 WEISS German surname element meaning fair hair or pale complected. Web1910s American Style: Image courtesy of Valerie Mendes and Amy de la Haye, 20 th Century Fashion, 1999 The lounge suit was also a popular American style of the 1910s. #410 ROBBINS Family of Robin. #994 WHITNEY From the land surrounded by streams. It is derived from words meaning 'hermitage' and 'clearing'. #425 CHAN Chinese surname literally meaning field or plain. #771 KERR From the word kjarr, meaning wet ground covered with brush. #513 SALAS Literally means room, hall. Could be habitational or occupational for someone who worked in a mansion. Victorian middle names have a unique history. #537 MARSH Family who lived near the marshland. Each Member's genealogy is stored in a separate tree. #655 HORN An occupational surname for someone who either played a horn instrument or made small articles, like spoons, out of animal horn. 2. #661 FOLEY From the old Gaelic surname, OFoghladha, meaning Descendant of the pirate. #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. #362 HALE From the remote valley. #865 LUCERO Light or evening star. #157 OLSON Son of Olaf. #234 GUERRERO Soldier, warrior. #41 GREEN Occupational surname for a groundskeeper or family that lived near an open green. #292 BANKS Lives near hillside or ridge. Astley (English Origin) - The name of a village in Chorley, Lancashire, comes from the Old English 'ast' (east) and 'lah' (woodland clearing). #720 AHMED Muslim surname meaning extremely praiseworthy. #25 HARRIS Son of Harry. 62. #54 TURNER Occupational surname for someone who worked with a lathe. #719 WILKERSON Kin or son of William. #585 BRYAN High, Noble. #666 BENITEZ Son of Benito. #766 WINTERS Nickname surname for someone who was literally cold or unemotional. #974 POLLARD Strong descendent of Paul. Wassa was a feminine Anglo-Saxon given name. #430 FITZGERALD Son of Gerald. #189 NICHOLS Family of Nicholas. #150 CHEN Chinese surname meaning morning. #97 LONG Surname from a nickname for someone who was tall. Besides just naming people after their parents, back in the Middle Ages, many people were given names of places. #294 DAY From the family of David. Dr. Amos Grunebaum, MD, FACOG is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and among the world's leading authorities on fertility and pregnancy. #377 McKINNEY Form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning son of Cionaodha (pagan god of fire). #355 STEELE Occupational name for a foundry/steel worker. #459 MONTOYA From the hills and valleys. 10. #615 JEFFERSON Son of Jeffery. #843 TREJO Habitational Spanish surname, for someone from Trexo, a place in Asturias in northwest Spain. Originally from the Latin Aurelianus, which referred to the farm or estate of Aurelius. #857 RAYMOND Counsel protection. 61. Hadleigh (English Origin) - Victorian surnames derived from a market town name in England. #50 ROBERTS Family of Robert. Used for families from the region of Hesse, in Germany. #419 PACHECO Noble one, or person from France. The Kidadl Team is made up of people from different walks of life, from different families and backgrounds, each with unique experiences and nuggets of wisdom to share with you. #817 HARDIN Habitational surname for families from any number of towns in England named Harden/Hardin. #482 HAMPTON From the town near the water meadow. #773 MEADOWS Lives in or near the meadow. #63 MORALES By the mulberry tree #900 ASHLEY From the ash wood or clearing. Elton (Old English Origin) - The Old English word meaning 'Ella's town'. #815 LEBLANC French surname for someone who was pale or had very blond hair. #589 BASS Big/tall or an occupational surname for someone who caught or sold fish. #714 GILMORE From the Celtic surname MacGille Mhoire, meaning servant of the Virgin Mary. The table below shows the top 250 most popular baby girl names in 1910, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name. #741 BLACKWELL Lives near the black stream. #850 BENJAMIN Son of my right hand. #324 BARNETT From the place near the clearing (burned place). #154 GUZMAN Lived in or near the town of Guzmn, Spain. Darlington (English Origin) - Means 'the settlement of the people of Deornoth'. Literally means River enclosure. #997 DAUGHERTY From the Gaelic surname ODochartaigh, meaning descendent of the hurtful one. Sometimes, Americans would take part of this first name and make it a last name. #639 MEZA Lives in or near a mesa, plateau. #135 STEVENS Son of Steven. Common Asian and Pacific Islander Surnames, Common American Indian/Alaskan Native Surnames. #957 SANFORD From the sandy ford. #860 McMILLAN From the Gaelic surname Macghillemhaoil, meaning son of the monks servant. Instead, they had multi-part first names. Crawford (English Origin) - Taken from the name of an earldom in Scotland. WebClifton English. Some people took this a step further, and members of the noble classes would name themselves after the area they ruled over. #898 FARLEY Habitational surname for one who is from any of the many English towns called Farley or Farleigh. #989 MAYO From the family of Matthew. Kidadl is independent and to make our service free to you the reader we are supported by advertising. Denver (English Origin) - Victorian-era last name taken from a town in Iowa. #158 SIMPSON Son of Simon. #910 DELAROSA From the family of Rose, or from an area where wild roses grew. #454 GOODWIN Good friend. #365 BENSON Son of Benjamin. #598 YODER Swiss surname meaning son or family of Theodore. Because surnames were developed by several different cultures concurrently, there is no one answer to this question. #169 HUNT Hunter. Literally means citadel of Julian (Turro-Julio). #465 MALONE From the Gaelic surname OMaoileoin meaning follower of St. John. While locative and patronymic last names worked for smaller communities and members of the nobility, it was difficult to give surnames to people in places like London which already had about 200,000 people by the year 1600. #376 CABRERA From the place of goats. #746 GUEVARA From Guevara, Spain. #226 MATTHEWS Son of Matthew. #397 SIMON One who harkens. #581 SHORT Nickname for a short person. #315 NAVARRO Person from Navarre, France. #446 WALTON From the walled town. Ainsley (English Origin) - People coming from Nottinghamshire, Annesley, or Ansley in England. #529 LINDSEY From Lincolnshire or Lincoln Island. 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