Most occupational baby names were originally surnames that described a person’s job. Names related to jobs have taken on significant style value over the past years and are destined to rise even further. 

Harper is the top occupational name for girls while Mason is the most popular occupational name for boys. Along with Harper and Mason, occupational names ranking in the US Top 100 include Skylar on the girls' side and Carter, Hunter, Carson, and Cooper for boys.
While technically gender-neutral, occupational names have traditionally been used more often for males and still are more often given to baby boys. Unique occupational names we like for either gender include Baird, Booker, Dancer, Drummer, Fielder, Fifer, Mercer, Painter, Poet, Sailor, Shepherd, and Whistler.

Occupational names can work as a nod to parents' or grandparents' professions or a family business. Or you can choose them, of course, because you simply like the sound and feel.

Occupational Names

Miner

One professional surname that won't pass the Bar. 

Lawyer

Daymond, with many different spellings most prominently Dayman, is an ancient English occupational surname and personal name, taken from the word deye which denotes someone who tended animals.
 
While its sound is part Raymond, part Damon, its centuries-long history gives Daymond an identity all its own.
 
Only a handful of baby boys were named Daymond in the US last year. Its best-known bearer is Daymond John, founder of the clothing line FUBU and one of the original Sharks on Shark Tank.

Daymond

Occupational baby names, including surnames and last names as first names like Sailor, Carter, Shepherd, and Mercer, with meanings, origins, and popularity (Page 11)

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