Would your surname make a cool first name? Mine does, and it's very rare as a first name.

My maiden name, yes, I had a cousin named that.  My married name, no.  

Part of it would. lol

Yes, albeit a male name... my sons had problems at school/college/uni etc as people would often mistake their last name for their first.... That said my first name can be a male or female name.. albeit it's less common for it to be a male name outside of asia

Yes. Once people learn how to pronounce, that's what a lot of them call me. 

No, but my middle name would be.

It's bad enough as a surname. As a first name, I'd have died of shame before I was old enough to change it legally.

My married name is also a first name.  My husband hates his first name so he uses his last name a lot like if a fast food restaurant asks for his name he'll tell them his last name.

My maiden could be probably be a masculine first name but I really haven't seen it used that way. This post was edited by Livvie at June 19, 2017 2:48 PM MDT

Hmmm, Calvert. Yeah, I suppose it could, though I imagine it as a mans name instead of a womans. :)

maybe

"No" ... although my family uses a mispronounced version as a nickname.

It would be quite unusual. Soviet surnames are rather long. What of Shaykhilslamova as a given name?