Everyone is familiar with occupational names, whether you realize it or not! Most are commonly known as surnames, but some have become popular as personal names as well. They are names that originated from a person’s occupation. Some of them are straightforward: Hunter means someone who hunts, Fisher is someone who fishes, and so on….
Episode #16 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss the popular new trend of occupational (sur)names becoming first names, like Mason, Sawyer, and Harper. Also Emmy Award nominees, celebrity baby news, and your questions on names and naming. Names in this episode: Hamza, Quarry, Sterling, Milo, Tatiana, Zazie, Aidy, Finn, Baker, Hunter, Miller, Paige, Sawyer, Taylor, Sailor,…
Hi Jennifer, I couldn’t find my name on your list, Themis, I am looking into the meaning and origins of it. Is there an alternate spelling to it? Sincerely, Themis Pierquet Flores Dear Themis, What a beautiful name! I bet you didn’t know this, but you’ve probably seen the “original Themis” all over the place….
Hi Jennifer, For most of his life my husband has wanted to name a child Jack after his grandfather. However, I’ve rejected it because a) it’s incredible popularity for kids right now and the ubiquity in popular culture is annoying to me and b) there are several Jacks in his family currently living with the…
Dear Jennifer, I love Baker as a surname, and it’s also listed on your website as a first name. Is Baker an accepted first name for a boy? Sincerely, Sasha R. Hi Sasha, Absolutely Baker can be a first name! Occupational names that were originally surnames have become pretty trendy in the past couple of…
