I really super badly need a last name xD

[Wolf]

My current last name, I don't owe anything to. It was my mum's 3rd husband and we all changed out names, but he's gone now, and I never talk to him, I might as well change all my names in one go because that's less of a hassle in the long run. Except I can't think of one and it's sooooo much harder than First names, for some reason!!

Devin Jay <something>

Any suggestions help. I really like Scandinavian names, foreign European names (I'm Engrish) anything with a meaning or background or ending in -son like Andersson, that sounds cool. I have to change it super soon! But I'm stumped!

p.s. if this is unacceptable because of privacy or something, many apologies, but it's a dilemma and nobody's being any help x|

[pebbles]

Gunnarsson!

Gunnar is a cool sounding surname.

Larsson/Karlsson I saw two bounty hunters with those names. Larsons & Karlsons Bounty hunters are cool.

[Wolf]

Gunnarsson, that is mannnnly xD

[justmeinoz]

Maybe write down all the ones you really like and pull one out of a hat.  eg. Peterson, Peddersen, Anderson, Larson, Larsen, Larssen, etc.
Or write them as a full name and see how they roll off the tongue, and how the initials look on paper.
I kept mine as it is not that common, but not a really unusual one either.
Karen.

[Lee]

I've always liked Nicholson.

[emil]

http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/browse/origin/scandinavian

i'm gonna admit i like Johnson but I'm aware that it's way too common in the U.S.. I think Anderson sounds really good in combination with your last name.

To be very honest though (and even though i agree that a last name is really hard to choose because we usually don't associate anything_at_all with people's last names so they're even more randon and arbitrary than first names).......i think you should take an hour or two, sit down and browse through a looong list of last names, and find one that you actually like very much and can identify with! something that you personally think fits and makes sense. After all some people will address you by your last name.

Personally, I think it's a great opportunity and I wish I had that opportunity---where I live you can never change your last name unless you get married, and seriously, my last name SUCKS (sounds similar to the medical term for a male genital but not similar enough for them to let me change it for its discriminative nature).  So if I were in your position I'd either go bold and come up with a movie star like last name, or else get something really common for a change, something I don't need to spell to everyone.

That said I like most names ending in -son a lot. I don't like Gunnarson because here "Gunnar" is associated with a rather foolish person, but that may just be a European thing.

[PixieBoy]

Devin Jay Anderson. It rolls off the tongue in a pleasant way. If you use a Scandinavian name, then please make sure you pronounce it correctly! I'm Scandinavian myself, so to my ears it sounds very strange when someone uses a Scandinavian name incorrectly.

[MaxAloysius]

My last name is what was once a possible first name that didn't quite make the cut. Do you have a first name you wanted to use that might work well as a last name?

Just an idea

[Thrall]

Kalvis! (pronounced [ka:lvis]) 
it means smith in lithuanian, one of the oldest european languages.

[Miniar]

Any last name ending in "son" is derived from scandinavian people as the naming traditions over here were to give children the last name "son of father's first name" or "daughter of father's first name".
When scandinavians then went overseas and, in some places, took up the "passing on of father's last name" tradition instead, these became the currently used last names ending in "son" you see all over the world.

My "random" suggestion, pick a man you "really" look up to and could consider an "ideal" father figure, and take his first name and morph it into a "son" sort of a thing.

[Wolf]

These are some really good ideas, and thanks for the tips- there were a lot of first names that I liked that could perhaps be last names, and I didn't know that 'son' was a scandinavian thing, I'll get down to writing up a list now. It's difficult to start with last names because there's too much variety, unfortunately all my 'family' names are kinda... Lame, plus, I don't really associate with the 'outer' family.

I have some Scandinavian contacts so I'll make sure to ask them about pronunciation. I love the mythology, and the names, and would like to move to one of the countries some day because they seem so well run. Unfortunately I don't have any actual blood connection, as far as I know- I'm a Polish/Russian/Gypsy on my mother's side, and Irish/British/Who knows on my fathers side ;P

[kalshady]

I like Nichols wit your name. Devin Jay Nichols.

[lost904]

Byrd

[Panzer]

I looked up the 1000 most common last names in the US and wrote a list of ones I'd consider, then narrowed it down from there by chosing two, then removing the one I liked a bit less. In the end I chose something that wasnt even on my list. I was torn between two names for my new first name, so I just took one of them as my last name. I also consulted my girlfriend, as I hope that she will one day have my last name.

[Ithica]

I changed my last name.  I found it much harder than changing my first because of all those ideas of family lineage - it somehow felt wrong to just pluck one out of the air. So I went with a slightly altered spelling of my middle name - so its 'mine' and it sounds last namey at the same time.

[Amazon D]

Devyn Jay Franklin    like Benjamin Franklin

[Wolf]

Jørgensen
Strøm

I'm under the impression that ø is pronounced like, ouh, like if you got punched in the stomach in the middle of saying hoover?

I made a list last night and thought about how I liked the name Vincent, then stumbled onto some V last names. I really like the name Valentine, what do yall think? 

This interesting surname is of English and Scottish origin, and is from a medieval given name, derived from the Latin "Valentinus", a derivative of "valere", to be strong, healthy.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Valentine#ixzz1OqJ5pAiZ

I do feel kinda bad that I'm not taking up a family name, most of the family on my mother's side were aunts so the original name hasn't been passed down, that name being Leevie, OR Fishman. HMMMMMM it really sucked to be my mum/ uncle

[PixieBoy]

ø is pronounced similar to the letter i in the word "sir".

[Amazon D]

Hey since your last initial is a W just go with WYMAN  thats a classic name

[Wolf]

Why, Man?


I know someone called Wiseman, I'd be reminded of them way too much. I was looking for a W name, all I really liked was Woolfe, and that was my grandad's name but my mum didn't like it. I figure, it's going to be my name forever pretty much and all the names my mum gave me are now gone, she should at least like my new name/s.

But Devin Jay Woolfe is pretty cool, plus, 'what's the time Mr Wolf?' makes it epic