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If English surnames were created using today's professions (e.g. Smith, Taylor, Fisher) what would be some popular/interesting names?
- Barista?
— Djason_Unchaind
- Helpdesk
Retaylor
— thermobollocks
- "I can't remember his last name. It was Mr.....Mr...ugh, it had to do something with space."
"Mr. Astronaut?"
"No, he was Russian."
"Oh, Mr. Cosmonaut."
"That's it."
— inksmudgedhands
- David Bornrich.
— Nevermind04
- Camgirl.
— WeAreAllPolicemen
- My sister's boyfriend would be called "Maximillian Welder". Cool name.
— MMMLG
- McDonald.
— coupland
- "Dev" for developer already sounds like a good family name. I could imagine there being a "John Dev" out there.
— elyisgreat
- Coder, Dealer, Clerk
— DemonDuJour
- Well, given it's the most popular profession in almost every US state...some variation of driver (truck, cab, etc.)
John Cabbie, Johnny Bigrig, Jonathan Uber...hmm
— Scrumurgy
- My last name is Cummings so I know how my ancestor got his name.
— The_Crystal_Gem