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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:

a list

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)[reply]