popular 1930s last names

All Time This Year Trending Now Fastest Rising Surnames. #938 SHEPPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. Smith Meaning: An English name referring to a blacksmith. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. Simply give us a call on . From Old English word, burna. #802 HENDRICKS Family of Hendrick/Heinrich. #800 SLOAN From the old Gaelic given name Sluaghadhan, meaning a leader of a military expedition. #150 CHEN Chinese surname meaning morning. Unknown meaning. #16 THOMAS Son of Thomas. These names are people who self-identified as "Black" in the Decennial Census survey. Probably used as a nickname for a magician or jokester. #183 MEYER Mayor. Much like today, dozens of surname names made the American popularity charts 100 years ago. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. #82 BROOKS Family who lived by or near a brook (creek). Relish, (Old French Origin) Derived from relaisse meaning "flavor or taste". #128 BRYANT Family of Brian. #239 ORTEGA From Ortega, Spain. #484 INGRAM People from England. baer/berman/beerman/berkowitz/beronson bear; adler eagle (may derive from reference to an eagle in psalm 103:5); einhorn unicorn; falk/sokol/sokolovksy falcon; fink finch; fuchs/liss . #1 SMITH - A smith is a craftsman, and was used for as an occupational title for many different crafts. #96 MYERS Occupational surname for a Mayor. #671 HARRELL Nickname for someone with a good head of thick hair. #227 PEA Lives near the rock or cliff. #508 BALL Descriptive surname for a bald man. #664 BONILLA Lives in or near Bonilla in the province of Cuenca, Spain. #38 NGUYEN Someone who played a stringed instrument, similar to a lute. #189 NICHOLS Family of Nicholas. From the old English beste meaning beast. There's something about Irish names - both first and last names - that people the world over find compelling. #847 MICHAEL Who is like god? The most common Polish names Nowak, Nowakowski, Nowacki, and Nowicki are all variants meaning new, and Przybyszewski and Przybylski mean he who has arrived. #430 FITZGERALD Son of Gerald. #851 CROSBY Lives by the cross or crossing. Variation of Suarez. #839 QUINTERO Spanish surname meaning fifth or a person from Quintero in Ourense province, from the word quinteiro, meaning farmstead. #348 WATTS Family of Walter. #468 MACK Son of #651 SWEENEY From the Scottish/Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne literally meaning young warrior from another land. #358 HOLT Lives by or near the woodlands. #472 ZHANG Chinese surname meaning archer. #441 DOYLE Irish surname from the Gaelic Dhubh-ghall meaning dark stranger. #734 SNOW Descriptive surname for someone with very pale skin or light blonde hair. #621 RANDALL Son of Rand/Rande. #436 CURRY Locational surname for families from a town named Curry. #584 VALENZUELA Habitational surname from several places named Valenzuela in Spain. #199 SPENCER Occupational surname for a butler or steward of a manor. #67 GUTIERREZ Son of Gutierre. Top twenty New Zealand Surnames . #613 ROCHA Portuguese surname based on the French surname Roche, which means lives by the rocky crag. #563 McKENZIE Scottish Gaelic clan name meaning Son of Coinneach, literally meaning fair one. #69 MORGAN Welsh surname meaning by the sea. George, Thomas and Joseph round out the list of ten most popular boy names of the 1930s. #350 WALTERS Family of Walter. #844 HOUSE Habitational or occupational surname for someone who either owned a big mansion or worked in one. #2 JOHNSON - Son of John. 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. #779 CONWAY Irish surname from Mac Connmhaigh, a descriptional surname meaning Head Smasher or Mac Connbhuidhe, meaning yellow hound 55. #131 ELLIS Son or Famiy of Elijah/Elias The second element has also been associated with miru meaning "peace, world". #961 OCONNELL Descendant of Conaill. #982 MADDEN From the Irish surname OMadain, meaning descendant of the son of the hound. #249 MALDONADO Ill-favored. #999 TANG Vietnamese surname, meaning from the Tang dynasty. #63 MORALES By the mulberry tree #514 COBB Nickname meaning lump or a short form of the name Jacob. #461 WU Chinese surname meaning gateway to heaven. #947 RASMUSSEN Danish/Norwegian surname, meaning son of Rasmus. #492 LOGAN From the Irish surname OLeoghain, meaning descendant of the warrior. #968 STANTON From the village on stony ground. #979 HINTON From the high enclosure/settlement. Print. Martin Meaning: A French name referring to Mars, the Roman god of war. #937 FRYE Born free. #380 DAWSON Son of David. Williams. #493 CAMACHO Twisted or disfigured. In addition to operating BabyNames.com, Jennifer owns a web development agency in central California. #778 KENT From Kent, England or literally from the coast. #55 DIAZ Son of Diego #899 BERNARD Bold as a bear. #891 GOULD Descriptional surname for someone with golden hair or occupational for someone who worked with gold, like a jewelry maker or gilder. Smirnov is a popular surname in Russia's North. #264 OLIVER Elf Army #184 RICE Welsh surname meaning fiery warrior based on the name Rhys. #942 WALLER Either a habitational surname for someone who lived near a stone wall, or occupational for someone who built walls/was a mason. #286 LUCAS From Lucania, Italy. #366 HAYNES Enclosure. #122 GRIFFIN Mythological creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion. #884 LANDRY Land ruler. Any totals for last names are the number of people with the last name as of the last US census. . #562 TREVINO Lives in a house on a boundary, or where boundaries meet. #709 TANNER Occupational surname for someone who tanned hides. #29 LEWIS Son or family of Lewis. 1920s 1910s . #740 EATON From any number of towns called Eaton in the U.K. #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. #964 SPENCE Occupational surname for someone in charge of a pantry/goods in an estate. #789 PALACIOS Spanish surname for someone who lived in a palace or worked in a palace. #134 AGUILAR From a place name, meaning Eagle. Literally means black. #914 PORTILLO Spanish/Castilian surname meaning small port. This leads to transcriptions such as Awigail for Avigail (Abigail), Basja for Batia, Eliszewa for Elisheva, Rywka for Rivka (Rebecca), and Szelomit for Shlomit. #854 MAYS Either family of Matthew or a nickname for a guy who is a good friend. [citation needed] Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. Join. #716 VILLEGAS From the house near the village. #907 NIXON Son of Nick/Nicholas. #619 PITTMAN Lives by a quarry or pit. #832 CORONA Literally means crown, but could mean several occupations: someone who made helmets or hats, someone who was going bald, or a follower of Christianity referring to the crown of thorns. #566 OLSEN Son of Olaf. Leona. #650 SOSA Portuguese surname meaning from the salt water (salsa agua) #623 KIRK Literally means church and could be a habitational surname for someone who lived near a church or occupational for someone who worked in a church, like a pastor. #278 McCOY Anglicized form of a Scottish surname meaning son of Aodh. #601 CAREY Welsh surname meaning from the fort on the hill. #673 RUBIO Red-headed or someone with a ruddy complexion. #35 WRIGHT Occupational surname meaning a craftsman. #834 BUCKLEY Lives near the goat clearing. From Ceallaigh. Garcia leapfrogged from number 18 to number eight, while Rodriguez went up from 22 to nine. #928 MULLEN Lives at or near a mill. #224 HOFFMAN German occupational surname meaning property manager. Given to a person who was a champion of a competition such as jousting. #389 ERICKSON Son of Eric. #926 BEAN Either from the word bene meaning friend, good person or occupational for someone who literally grew or sold beans. #618 ANTHONY Unknown meaning. #302 ACOSTA From the coastal region. Prigord is a habitational French last name used for people who came from the Prigord region of France. Literally Priests Town. #867 HANNA From the Gaelic Ohannaigh, meaning descendant of Annach literally meaning iniquity. #900 ASHLEY From the ash wood or clearing. #890 DUNLAP From the fort by the muddy place. #342 FLEMING Flemish (Belgian/Dutch) person or from Flanders, Belgium. #771 KERR From the word kjarr, meaning wet ground covered with brush. Literally means prominent. #827 STARK Unwielding, steady, firm. From the Gaelic buth, meaning house, and Chanain meaning of the canon. Ten most common Finnish surnames So, we're starting out with a list of the most common Finnish surnames, plus the number of people who have this surname in Finland in 2021, out of a population of around 5.5 million. Kegley. #981 GOOD Respected/good person. #674 HUFFMAN Man/Steward of a farm. We hope one of these old time baby names might just work for you! From Ceallaigh. #125 WEST From the West. Literally means battlefield. 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. The second character, t (pronounced with a long 'oh . Courteous. #529 LINDSEY From Lincolnshire or Lincoln Island. #60 REYES Literally translated to Kings, it refers to the phrase La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning the Virgin of the Kings. Catherine DelahayeGetty Images. With thousands of award-winning articles and community groups, you can track your pregnancy and baby's growth, get answers to your toughest questions, and connect with . 2. #501 GLOVER Occupational surname for a glove maker or glove merchant. #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. #517 BAUER Occupational surname for a worker. Grain, wood, etc. #836 HEBERT Illustrious soldier. Billy Strong mind and protection. #356 VAUGHN From the Welsh fychan meaning small, little #820 HOWE Lives near a man-made mound or burial mound. Literally means land of forest. # Last Name . 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 It means 'God is my judge'. #236 CHAPMAN Occupational surname meaning tradesperson or merchant. #449 ADKINS Family or son of Adam. #718 KEITH Nickname for an offspring or young person. #476 SAUNDERS Family of Alexander. cauldrons). #809 ELLISON Son of Ellis/Elias/Elijah. Other last names derived from the kind of work people did include Archer, Baker, Brewer, Butcher, Cook, Dyer,. #786 McINTYRE Son of the carpenter or craftsman. #33 ALLEN Little rock. #103 PERRY Son of Harry. 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 . #431 ROSALES From the place of roses. #636 BRUCE From various place names in Normandy, France. #154 GUZMAN Lived in or near the town of Guzmn, Spain. #165 SNYDER Occupational surname for a clothing tailor. #503 BUCHANAN Locational surname from the area of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, UK. #161 GORDON Scottish surname meaning spacious fort or home. One being an occupational surname for a bow maker. #303 BREWER Occupational surname for a brewer (beer or ale maker). 2. #573 SHAH Persian surname meaning king. Literally means citadel of Julian (Turro-Julio). #187 DANIELS Family of Daniel. #46 RIVERA From the shore or bank of a river. #793 DORSEY From the village of Arcy in La Manche, France. Most probably had nothing to do with the actual moon. 14/08/2014. 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s. #50 ROBERTS Family of Robert. #427 KHAN Chief, ruler. #752 SHANNON From the Gaelic OSionain, an occupational surname for someone who worked with straw. Place name. #672 SHIELDS From a shed or shelter. #266 HARVEY Worthy of Battle. #941 BOOKER Occupational surname for someone who bound, wrote, or sold books. #413 FRANCIS Person from France or free man. #104 RUSSELL Little Red one. #401 AGUIRRE From a prominent place. Internal Affairs records show that while Smith, Wilson and Williams are the most popular family names, Singh and Wang at seventh and eighth have overtaken names like Anderson and Thompson. #593 CARSON Probably a form of Karsten, or a created name meaning Son of Carr/Kerr. #700 WARE Occupational surname for someone who was employed at a weir or dam, or habitational surname for someone who lived near one. #357 BECKER Either an occupational surname meaning baker or used for a family who lived by a stream. #289 PARK Korean surname, meaning gourd. #885 CASE Occupational surname for someone who makes boxes, cases, or chests. Gordon Scottish surname meaning spacious fort or home Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth several. Bonilla in the province of Cuenca, Spain of Coinneach, literally meaning iniquity that name MAYS Either family Matthew... 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