Talk:Naming in the United States

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surnames as given names

 * Using surnames as a first name is increasingly popular in the United States, although the origin of this practice is unclear.

Not distinctively American, by the way; I found 21 current hereditary lords of the British Isles with surnames first:


 * Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans
 * Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl
 * Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
 * Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton
 * Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby
 * Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook
 * Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
 * Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Vereker, 9th Viscount Gort
 * Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale
 * Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings
 * Nevinson de Courcy, 31st Baron Kingsale
 * Spencer Canning, 6th Baron Garvagh
 * Tyrone Shaun Terence Plunket, 9th Baron Plunket
 * Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley
 * Vicary Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham
 * Innes Gordon Catto, 3rd Baron Catto
 * Massey Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough
 * Graeme George Shepherd, 3rd Baron Shepherd
 * Keith Norman Montague, 3rd Baron Amwell
 * Fraser Arthur Richard Richards, 2nd Baron Milverton
 * Dwight William Makins, 3rd Baron Sherfield

I'm sure you all needed to know that :P —Tamfang (talk) 06:09, 16 April 2023 (UTC)