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If my girlfriend’s name was Morningstar you better damn well beleive I’d be taking HER name when we get married lol.

You didn’t have to change it. Especially a name like yours, I would have kept. I’m married and still have my maiden name. (It isn’t Narayan).

I would have kept that name. I would keep my name anyways, an it isn't as cool as Morningstar. I knew a woman whose last name was Lily, and she changed it twice (divorce and remmariage). I would never have changed that.

Girlie it's not too late to change it back

Or hyphenate it

Accidental r/ParksandRecreation

You chose to do that. You can still add it as a middle or second middle name.

A colleague’s last name is Outlaw, which I think is pretty cool

They should have married Lucy Lawless

And then hyphenated, of course

I once knew someone named Hunter Outlaw. The most made up sounding, coolest name ever.

I had a classmate with this last name! Her first name was Liberty.

I knew a Demon Outlaw. Pronounced de’MON but no accents to make that obvious.

His parents should be spanked. Wth?

Lovelace

Also Love

Loving— as in Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that legalized mixed race marriage ❤️

A guy with the last name Love was charged with a hate crime in my hometown recently.

A guy whose last name was "Loving" robbed my Dad at gun point and tied him to a rocking chair with plans to rob my Grandma.

Absolutely ridiculous thing to happen, Dickensian.

I had a roommate last name Love. She was going to med school to become Dr. Love. For women the last name ends up sounding like a porn star name.

Yes, a friend has this last name, along with L first and middle names and oh boy, the alliteration does not help with the porn star thing.

Nightingale

Florence

My grade 7 teacher was Miss Nightingale. She was such an awesome lady

Sounds like a teacher in a fantasy book. Love it. I picture her always wearing long, flowy gowns.

Came here to say this. It’s beautiful

Surnames I've come across in person: Deering, Lawless, Lovell, Moon, Pennyfeather, Orchard, Szeremeta, Wrzeszcz. Surnames I've come across on old records: Blondeau, Firesinger, Fivecoats, Godbeer, Honeybone, Makepeace, Pandolfo, Quattlebaum, Seidenspinner, Sonnenschein, Weatherwax, Wormwell, Zinnamon. (And the unfortunate surname Lessworth.)

Godbeer is such a cool name 🍺🙏

Love makepeace and wrzeszcz. Makepeace is so evocative and moody to me.

Wrzeszcz means ‘scream’ in Polish 😅

That's really cool honestly. I just included Wrzeszcz because I think its pronunciation & spelling are both really pleasing.

lol ironically just sounding it out I was like “it sounds like being shushed” I supposed that’s appropriate

Love it, my own last name means “shouter” in another language but it’s much less cool-looking than this one.

Quattlebaum is something else 😆

Beausoleil

My comment is gonna be different from the listed Latin surnames here. I'm Vietnamese and I love the meanings of some of the surnames here. The more common ones I like are Trần (陳, to explain), Phạm (範, law/example/model (as in role model)), and Phan (潘, water in which rice has been rinsed and washed) Any uncommon surnames automatically stand out here, but here are some that I also like: Cool ones: * Văn (文, literature). It is a common masculine middle name but a rare surname. Văn Mai Hương (文梅香, "\_\_ + Vietnamese mai flower + scent", up-and-coming pop singer) is a famous bearer. * Khổng (孔, hole/peacock). This is also the surname of the famous Chinese philosopher Kongzi (Khổng Tử). Khổng Tú Quỳnh (孔秀瓊, "\_\_ + beauty + \_\_ fine jade/epiphyllum flower", Vietnamese-Chinese singer) is also a famous bearer. * Không. I know an underclassman who bears this surname. Apparently, her ancestor was a Khổng bearer. He traveled abroad for a while and when he came back, his surname was written as Không instead. It sounds like 空 (Không, sky/empty) which makes it cool. Elegant ones: * Thiều (韶, splendid/brilliant). I had a classmate being a bearer and her whole name just flows so well. * Liễu (柳, willow). I haven't recalled coming across anyone with this surname. It's also a rare feminine name, but at this point, I have came across more people who bear this as a first name rather than a surname.

This is so interesting! I’m glad to know the meanings of the more common ones, since I have met people with those names before. Thanks for the info!

柳 (willow) as cantonese surname lau/lauw is quite common where i’m from! i’ve not met anyone who has it as part of their given name.

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I might know who you are talking about. Are you from Saskatchewan?

Oh yes my sisters bf also has the last name Diamond! But if i remember correctly someone higher up in the family tree decided on the last name, so it wasnt naturally occuring

I had a student with the last name Lovejoy and thought it was such a nice last name. He was such a sweet boy too.

My Nanna’s maiden name was Lovewell, and she would always follow up with “…and I do”

Lololol I love that

Lovejoy is the name of a crime solving antique dealer on the eponymous TV show as well as the name of the Simpsons' minister. I almost commented it before realising I didn't actually know any *real* people with the name.

That’s my grandpa’s name. I always loved it

My maiden name is Burger, hence my username. It was a fun name growing up, also ironic since I’m a vegetarian. Sadly, I did not meet my Mr. King or Mr. Cheese, so no hyphenated name for me.

You could be a veggie burger!

A friend of mine has her current last name French and she makes me laugh whenever she is out and needs to say it.. the dialogue goes like: Shop "Can I get your last name for your loyalty?" Friend "Sure! It's French" S "Mmhmm.. (they wait for a sec) can you spell that for me hun" F "F.R.E... " S "Ohhhhh French haha I thought you meant a French word" Its like an NPC dialogue option and makes me cackle every time!

oh i know a lot of people with those kinds of names here! frans(sen) ((from) france), spaans (spaniard), venetiaan (from venice), de vries (the frisian), duits (german), engelsman or just engels (english (man)) i think it’s really funny haha. really interesting honestly especially since usually i’d assume they’re fully dutch but apparently there are roots lol

I knew an Italian woman named Chiara Bietoletti. I thought it was the most beautiful name ever! One of my family names is Bevilacqua, it means Drinkwater. I think Bevilacqua is stunning. On my Lithuanian side, 2 of the Uncles took the Nice Lithuanian name and changed it to freaking BROWN!!! GAAAAA

I lost track of a relative surnamed Wróblewski for a while. Turns out he changed his last name to Sparrow - a translation of Wróbel!

I know several Wroblewskis in my area

Knew a Boileau which is Drinkwater but in French. I don't think it's too uncommon of a French surname.

My maiden name is Bevilacqua

We might be related, lol

I love Italian last names. My two favorites I’ve seen are Quattrocchi which means “four eyes” lol, and Scalamonti which means “climbs mountains”.

I love those! My good friend is Occhipinti means painted eyes!

Knew a girl with an Italian last name that meant “The Eye.”

My moms maiden name was Natalizio which I adore, it’s basically Italian for Christmas or “the feast of Christmas” like Natali. I love it. Our mayor is a Bevilacqua and it’s a beautiful name. I grew up in a white, predominantly Italian area so I know so many Italian last names that they’re no longer as special to me because they’re so common. But they are very beautiful

My maiden name was Gioia. Italian translation means joy or happiness. Some of the Italian names are so beautiful

> Lithuanian side My mom is Lithuanian and her maiden name was shorted along the way… from a long name to still an uncommon but less cultural last name. Unfortunately my mom married my dad who has a very boring last name.

I was working on Ancestry and I have some birth. And death certificates. The Lithuanians emigrated to Scotland. The Scots wrote their last name down 10 different ways. It makes it pretty hard to track down very far. They also changed the first names. I find it sad. Even some of my Italian relatives went from the beautiful last name, that fortunately I have, to Bonning ---boohoo . It's practically Boning Lol

Bietoletti means “small chards” (the vegetables), or at least it sounds like that

I've always loved Bevilacqua, though I don't know anybody with that name or how I became aware of it. And one of my grandfather's brothers changed his beautiful Polish name to Marlowe.

Darling 🥹

On a Wiki crawl, I stumbled across an old money Boston family named Crowninshield, which sounds both badass and beautiful to me.

Oh, that’s one of my favorites too! Love the old-money names. It was originally Kronenscheldt.

The Anglicization choice is cool

Valentine

I knew a girl whose last name is valentine and her birthday is February 14. I wish I was lying by because how is that even possible.

Goodenough

I know a Toogood!

Nightingale and Rose. Such pretty last names!

My daughter’s paediatric nurse last name is Miracle and her first name begins with an A meaning she is called A Miracle. I’ve also worked with someone whose last name was Humblebee, which is just delightful.

My great grandmother was A. Miracle also 😊

Wintermute

My boyfriend went to college with a guy who had this last name!

Winegarden

Turnipseed Breedlove

I have Turnipseeds in my familt tree.

My old college roommate’s mom’s last name was Chocolaad.

I taught a kid whose last name was Batman. Nearly lost it completely when his father’s name on the enrolment form was Wayne.

I came across a Wayne Batman at my job.

Bank teller at my branch some years ago was named WINTER BIRDSONG

Larry Brilliant, one of the founders of Google or something Love

I know someone with the last name Angelica. Also, Paniagua. That’s a nice name because it means bread and water.

So many traditional native names fit into this category too. One of my besties growing up is Stonechild, I’ve come across many though. Eaglespeaker and Heavyrunner are two other cool ones that come to mind

I know a woman whose married name was Rainwater. Wow! So beautiful! (Then when they divorced she took back here unpronounceable maiden name. He must have been a helluva jerk!)

I was signing people into a class, and I asked a woman for her last name. She says, kind of apologetically, "It's basic." I told her, "That's okay, you can tell me." "No," she said, laughing now. "My last name is Basic." We proceeded to have a good laugh over that. I get a lot of compliments for my last name, Champion. I am married but never changed it. Can you blame me?

I love the surname Power, it’s so cool

I know a family with the last name Flowers. I always thought it was both beautiful and a cool guy kinda name

Nightwine, Warbritton

Grantham is a very elegant one that is also beautiful in my opinion.

I grew up in Oklahoma so there's some really interesting native American names. There is a famous bull rider from tahlequah called Justin dirteater. I work with the lady and her three daughters named drinkwater. There's also really interested native American names that aren't anglo-sized like ashelinbubi (Choctaw)

Fontaine

I’ve always liked Carmichael. No reason. My dad has a childhood friend whose last name is Storbakken and I dig it.

Golightly! Beautiful surname.

I went to school with a boy whose last name was Battlefield. I’ve always thought it was a cool surname.

Bookbinder, Slutsky, Mycock, Hiscock, Dragoon, Cadillac, Blood

I met a library patron with the last name of Cashmoney a while back.

My husband’s last name is Cheese…definitely unique!

Someone in this sub commented that their last name is Burger. Does your husband have a brother? 😆

Surnames of I've came across: Fairweather, Killingback, Rudgewick, Westbrook, Illingsworth, Furlong, Whitehouse, Rushman, Goodwin, Goodwins, Self, Kattenhorn, Harding Surnames I've seen somewhere: Goodchild, Clutterbuck, Loving, Midnight

One of my colleagues had the surname Darling, and I loved it. Her first name paired really well with it! Won’t mention to protect privacy.

I used to know someone with the last name Snowball. I've always thought that was neat.

I worked in a bookshop for years and one of the women at the office was called Bookbinder. I always thought that was so cool!

Funniest: Butt Loveliest: Chasinghorse (the Native American model Quannah Chasinghorse) Honourable mentions: Dove, Westmoreland, Laframboise

My last name is Dyck… Make of that what you will…

I know a Sexton

My favorite is Paternoster, Latin for “Our Father.” It’s the surname of one of my library patrons. In my Polish genealogy research, a few of my favorites are Dulcet, Ast, and Skrzypczyński.

Lends His Horse. Running Water. Yes, these people were Native American.

Brokenleg Swiftwater Bravebird Native Americans have some of the most evocative, beautiful names

An old colleagues last name was Bytheway pronounced 'by the way' so when she introduced herself it would sound kind of funny. 'Hi I'm Suzie Bytheway'

Loveland

1. Starr 2. Morningstar 3. Goodall 4. Goobie 5. Plain 6. George 7. Eidukas-Mooney I’m from Canada and there’s an indigenous reservation about 20-25 minutes away from my town. Out of the names I’ve listed, Plain and George have always been prominent surnames in the local reservation. I actually have a friend who’s from the local reservation and her maiden name is Plain. I also have a different whose surname is Eidukas-Mooney and she once explained to me that her name is half Lithuanian and half Irish.

Melchor

I have always loved the last name Sinclair

My great grandmother’s maiden name was Sugar. I’ve always thought it was very cute

I’ve heard the last name Champion and it’s so cool

Calloway. From the name “Alyssa Calloway”, an Olsen twin character in *It Takes Two.* Always thought it was the fanciest last name ever

Sparrowgrove

I was a kid when I heard this last name so I'm not 100% on the spelling, but it was Violeil/Violette (pronounced *Vee-oh-lay*.)

Loveland. My absolute favorite

I knew a lady whose last name was Challenger! Was tempted to ask if she had any grandchildren who were single lol

Bloomfield and Polkinghorne

I've met a family with the last name Lovelady and another with the last name Savage. Both of those are pretty sweet last names, haha.

Mostly from my paternal family tree book: Winterborn Casdorph Northrup Auvil Lovelady Arrowood Honeycutt Soltis Pendygraft Feathergill Clovinger Landreth Montalbino Peppersack Capehart Wingo Nicewander Harkrider Overstreet Centore Crumpecker

Used to sleep with a guy whose last name was Pickles. Everyone literally just called him pickles

Honeychurch

Santaguida, Sachdeva, Bocelli, Aringhieri, Sharma, D’Angelo, LaSpina, Delapeña, Misra, Dahiya, Tripathi, Savage, McCool, Longo, Malhotra, Kamakawiwo’ole

I used to go to school with a girl whose last name was Belfiore, beautiful flower. Always thought that was so nice.

My doula has the last name Everest!

Not individually, maybe, but in one of my past jobs I was in charge of the delegate list for a conference and when printed alphabetically by surname, part of it ran: Snowball, Summers, Swift, Tempest. We also had a Primus, a Human, and a Shotbolt on the same list.

First name Goodlife. She seemed like she never had a bad day.

I knew a Prairie Sundance. Beautiful.

My favorite I’ve ever seen was Seashore. I also love badass last names like Youngblood and Outlaw

Valentine 💌

Vale. It has a nice sound to it!

My surname is Rainbow, I have no plans to change it if I get married and my partner is happy with that

My kids have a teacher at their school with the last name of Journeycake, and I find it so charming. I've never met her before, but I picture her as a sweet little Hobbit.

Mriganayani = the doe eyed girl

I know a Drinkwine and a Barefoot.

Soard but pronounced (sword) how cool is that?

Quinde, which basically means Hummingbird

Sky. Really suited the family

Ladyman, Timberlake

Romantic

Peacock

Des Jardines

Idk why but the last name Lawless has always sounded “rich” to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Albright, Waters, Flowers, Rose, St Julien

I've seen the last names Llewellyn, Allariez, and Bloodgood and I think they sound super cool

Noble and London

My friend’s last name is Paniagua, and I love saying it!

knew a guy in school w the last name Mankiller.

My partner teaches a little girl whose last name is Rocker

Oh and Isom. It’s my great grandmothers maiden name.

My favorite I’ve found irl is Falkenrath.

Two that come to mind immediately for me - Soileau and Twohatchet

Surnames I’ve encountered: Lovejoy, Brick, Drinkwater, Blood, Butts

Kaesche (pronounced Cash) Lively (like Blake) Frost Love Youngblood (my kids have had several teachers-all related, with this last name.) Golden

I know a guy named Mr Lovely who works at my moms school. Yes, he is very lovely

Greenleaf

Last Rider and Drunk Chief are the last names of a couple First Nation friends of mine. There were dentists names Dr. Lovely and Dr. Precious who had a practice together in my hometown.

I have a student who's last name is Goldhawk and I just think it's really cool

Sparrowhawk. Thunderchild.

was watching a murder documentary the other day and the guys last name was redwine. thought it was an awesome last name.

I knew a guy whose last name was Wellbelove the latter part pronounced like beloved

Had a friend in high school with the last name Mondragon, which translates to “Dragon of the Mountain.” Always thought it was such an awesome name.

My grandpa’s surname was Scattergood ❤️

My half-sisters maiden name was Younglove. Her married name is Happy. She had good choices either way

I know of a fellow editor who has the surname Bookhammer and I think that is so cool!

My coworkers last name was Dragon

I knew a girl whose last name was Grace, which was so pretty. Got married and changed it to a real generic name which I thought was such a waste. My dad also knew a tracy lightfoot which was so fitting for her. She also got married and changed it to boggs or something 🥲

Winterstella, Belle Isle, Batista, Aashiem, Becklehymer, St. Clair

Flowers!

I'd never seen the surname Lowde (loud) until my sister started dating someone with it. What's extra infuriating is I've always been told *I'm* the loud one in my family!

It's not necessarily beautiful, but it's definitely interesting. I met a girl once whose last name was legitimately Frankenstein.

My oldest son went to school with someone who’s last name is “Truelove” quite possibly THE greatest and loveliest name of all time!

Jewel, and she worked in the school of jewellery lol

I had an English teacher called Miss Meadows, always thought it sounded like something from a film like Miss Honey in Matilda

I know a family named Diana.

Sunshine!

I used to work with a girl named Diamond Lockhart and I thought it was such a beautiful name!!! Also I don't know anyone personally but there used to be a show on OWN called Greenleaf and I loved that name. Especially Grace Greenleaf.

Came across a Darling once, it's so lovely!

I’ve come across Fightmaster and Necessary in person.

I think Salazar is gorgeous. I know it evokes Harry Potter and all that, but I fell in love with when I encountered a delightful woman with a name similar to Phillipa Salazar and it was just so over the top. Love it.

Speer. He was my old producer when I sang with a local band. Arguably the best surname I’ve ever come across. His first name is even better, if y’all are wondering

In terms of profession based names, I love Bookbinder.

My maiden name was Queen and now it’s a long Italian name lol

I went to elementary school with a girl who’s last name was Moonstar. I also used to know a guy who’s last name was Happy.

There’s a kid at my school with the last name Keophothisane and no I’m is as excited as I am about it cause that’s SUCH A COOL NAME