I admit, though; I have a bit of a hang-up on occupational surnames; they just seem too....literal? But, there are lots of nice names, for both genders, that can fit the -er trend without being occupational surnames. :)
(I already did a post on Greek-origin -ander names here, which would easily double the boys' list!)
Boys:
- Abner (AB-ner, English)--from [Biblical] Hebrew, "my father is light". Other forms include Avner (Hebrew) and Abenner ([Biblical] Greek).
- Adler (AD-ler, English)--from German, "eagle"
- Alder (AHL-der, English)
- Alger (AL-jer, English)
- Alister (AL-is-ter, Scotish)--form of Alexander
- Asger (AS-ger, Danish)
- Asher (ASH-er, English, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"happy"
- Astor (AS-ter, English; AS-tohr, Swedish)
- Auster (AW-ster, OW-ster, Latin)--"south"
- Birger (BEER-ger, BEER-yer, Scandinavian)
- Christer (KRIS-ter, Scandinavian)--form of Christian. Also spelled Krister.
- Conor (KAHN-or, Irish, Scottish, English)--also spelled Connor.
- Dieter (DEE-ter, German)--form Germanic "people's warrior"
- Ebenezer (eb-en-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Eimer (EYE-mehr, German)
- Eliezer (el-ee-AY-zer, el-eye-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"God is my help"
- Elmer (EL-mer, English)--from Germanic, "noble and famous"
- Ezer (AY-zer, EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"help"
- Fraser (FRAY-zer, FRAY-zher, Scottish, English)--also spelled Frazier.
- Greger (GREH-ger, Swedish)--form of Gregory
- Gunther (GOON-ter, German)--also spelled Gunter
- Haider (HYE-der, Arabic)--"lion". Also transliterated Haidar or Hyder.
- Heber (HEE-ber, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"community"
- Hector (HEK-tor, English, German, EK-tohr, Spanish, French)
- Holger (HOHL-ger, German, Dutch, Scandinavian)
- Homer (HOH-mer, English)--from [ancient] Greek, "pledge"
- Jasper (JAS-per, English; YAHS-pehr, Dutch)--from Persian, "treasurer". Other forms include Casper (English, Dutch, Scandinavian), Kacper (Polish), and Jesper (Danish)
- Lester (LES-ter, English)
- Luther (LOO-ther, English)--from Germanic "people's army"
- Melker (MEL-ker, Swedish)--form of Melchior
- Mortimer (MOR-tim-er, English)
- Oliver (OL-ih-ver, English, Danish, German, Scandinavian)
- Peter (PEE-ter, English; PEH-ter, Dutch, German, Scandinavian)--other forms include Peder (Scandinavian) and Pieter (Dutch)
- Prosper (PRAHS-per, English; prohs-PEHR, French)
- Rainer (RYE-ner, German)--from Germanic "army advisor". Other forms include Rayner (English) and Reiner (German)
- Roger (RAH-jer, English; ROH-ger, German, Scandinavian; roh-ZHAY, French)--from Germanic "famous spear". Other forms include Rüdiger (German) and Rutger (Dutch).
- Silvester (sil-VES-ter, English, German)--also spelled Sylvester.
- Tomer (TOH-mer, English; toh-MEHR, Hebrew)--from Hebrew "palm tree"
- Topher (TOH-pher, English)--short form of Christopher
- Trevor (TREV-er, English, Welsh)
- Uther (OO-ther, Welsh [mythology])
- Victor (VIK-ter, English; VEEK-tor, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Romanian)
- Walter (WAHL-ter, English; VAHL-ter, Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese, Scandinavian)--other forms include Valter (Croatian, Estonian, Portuguese, Slovene, Scandinavian) and Walther (German), Wolter (Dutch), and Wouter (Dutch)
- Werner (VEHR-ner, German, Dutch, Scandinavian; WEHR-ner, Dutch)--another form is Warner (English)
- Wilmer (WIL-mer, English)--from Germanic "famous will"
- Xavier (ex-AYV-ver, ZAYV-yer, English; shahv-YEHR, Portuguese; zav-YEHR, French)--other forms include Xaver (German).
Girls:
- Amber (AM-ber, English)
- Aster (AS-ter, English)
- Clover (KLOH-ver, English)
- Coriander (KOHR-ee-an-der, English)
- Demeter (deh-MEE-ter, deh-MEH-ter, [ancient] Greek)--prob. "earth mother"
- Ember (EM-ber, English)
- Emer (EE-mer, AY-mer, Irish [mythology])--prob. "swift". Modern Irish form is Eimhear.
- Esther (ES-ter, English, German, Dutch; es-TEHR, Hebrew, French)--other forms include Ester (Danish, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish, Scandinavian), Eszter (Hungarian), and Hester ([Biblical] Latin)
- Ginger (JIN-jer, English)
- Gunver (GOON-ver, Danish, Swedish)
- Gwener (GWEN-er, Welsh)--form of Venus [Dydd Gwener = Friday]
- Heather (HETH-er ['th' like in the], English)
- Honor (ON-er, English)
- Imber (EEM-ber, Swedish)--form of Ingeborg
- Inger (ING-er, Scandinavian)--form of Ingrid
- Jennifer (JEN-if-er, Cornish, English, German; YEN-ee-fer, Spanish, Swedish)--also spelled Jenifer.
- Juniper (JOON-ip-er, English)
- Lavender (LAV-en-der, English)
- Summer (SUM-mer, English)
- Winter (WIN-ter, English)
Unisex:
- Briar (BRYE-er, English)--also spelled Brier.
- Gomer (GOH-mer, goh-MEHR, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"complete"
- River (RIV-er, English)
- Vesper (VES-per, English)--from Latin, "evening"
Wow. I was not prepared for how many English word-names there'd be, particularly for girls! I imagine they probably fit in better on other themed lists, but meh. They fit the pattern. ;)
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