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Do you personally know someone whose last name can also be used as a first name?

I had a friend whose last name was Meyer. That was my grandfather's first name. Also my grandfather changed his last name to Davis, which is the first name of the professional golfer Davis Love III.

Posted - June 29, 2021

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  • 53485

     

    I know or have known people whose surnames are
    Alfonso
    Anderson
    Andres
    Arthur
    Bennet
    Blake
    Blane
    Bradford
    Braun
    Curtis
    Davis
    Dixon
    Edmund
    Ellis
    Evans
    Farris
    Gregg
    Gibson
    Giles 
    Glenn
    Grant
    Griffin
    Harrison
    Harvey
    Henry
    Mason
    Merlin
    Miles
    Norman
    Price
    Reed
    Regan
    Robinson
    Ryan
    Santiago
    Santos
    Smith
    Stewart
    Tate
    Taylor
    Tucker
    Turner
    Vaughn
    Washington
    Watson
    Wolfe
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      June 29, 2021 10:41 AM MDT
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  • 44583
    Wow...you're popular.
      June 30, 2021 8:01 AM MDT
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  • 53485

     

      That doesn’t make me popular at all. At my age, I’ve known thousands of people in my lifetime, with varying degrees of closeness and for varying time periods.

      The coincidence is that to answer this question, I merely had to consult a list I began months ago listing as many surnames of my fellow Marines as I could remember. Every time I thought of one Marine in one unit to which I belonged, scores of other surnames came back to me, causing the list to expand quickly and greatly in a very short time. I have that list saved, and every time I remember someone else, I add his or her surname to it. Some of the people were in units with me, others I came across in other situations. As military service is more dependent upon surnames than given names, those stick out to me. Many of the Marines on my list, perhaps more than 51% of them, I have never known their given names or middle names. All I had to do was go through the list to find surnames that are also given names.
    ~

    This post was edited by Randy D at July 1, 2021 5:37 PM MDT
      June 30, 2021 6:07 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    I found myself doing that for the past couple of days.

    fellow Marines
      June 30, 2021 7:46 PM MDT
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  • 17582
    I know a Thomas Thomas and a Russell Russell.
      June 29, 2021 8:13 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    lol, Russell Russell makes me think of this song.  If it stays stuck in my head, I’m blaming you.

      June 29, 2021 8:42 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    My investment counselor is William Williams.
      June 30, 2021 8:02 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    My husband does.  He hates his first name so he just uses his last name instead.  Our last name also works as a masculine first name.
      June 29, 2021 8:36 PM MDT
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