Below is a list of occupational surnames that could be used as first names, the genders are arbitrary. I only focused on ones I have never seen used before.
Female
- Abbess
- Ambler
- Banner
- Bloomer
- Bunter (a female rag & bone collector)
- Brewster (literally a female brewer)
- Calender
- Dancer
- Dresser
- Drummer
- Ellerman
- Fiddler
- Glass
- Glazer
- Harrow
- Jobling
- Kidman
- Lamplighter
- Larimer, Lorimer
- Merchant
- Messenger
- Minstrel
- Nailor
- Painter
- Parson
- Pinner
- Planter
- Pockett
- Prentiss
- Purser
- Quilter
- Root
- Sadler
- Sewster (Old word for seamstress)
- Shriver
- Singer
- Spicer
- Spindler
- Stiller
- Summers
- Sutter
- Tapper
- Tipper
- Topper
- Trimmer
- Weaver
- Whistler
Male
- Ambler
- Arrowsmith
- Ashman
- Bannerman
- Barber
- Barker
- Belder
- Bender
- Berker
- Boatman
- Boatwright
- Bolter
- Bowler
- Brewer
- Canner/Caner
- Capper
- Carpenter
- Coker
- Cordwainer
- Corker
- Crowder
- Cutler
- Decker
- Dempster (a judge)
- Draper
- Dressler
- Drover
- Drucker
- Drummer
- Dyer
- Eggler
- Falconer
- Fisher
- Grainer
- Granger
- Gummer
- Hawker
- Huntsman
- Kitchener
- Mailer
- Mather
- Merchant
- Messenger
- Millner
- Nailor
- Packer
- Painter
- Parson
- Paver
- Pinner
- Planter
- Potter
- Proctor
- Punter
- Ranger
- Ripper
- Roper
- Root
- Sadler
- Scrivner
- Shriver
- Stiller
- Stringer
- Summers
- Sutter
- Tapper
- Tasker
- Taverner
- Thresher
- Tiller
- Tipper
- Topper
- Trimmer
- Waller
- Whistler
I once knew a Glover…and the name fit him like a glove lol.
Quite like Prentiss or Prentice, Falconer or Faulkner, Collier, Palmer, Fisher, Arrowsmith, Baker, Weaver, Wheeler, Parson, Lorimer, Abbot or Abbott. Lamplighter would be an incredible middle name.
Boggles the mind the Mercer or Merce hasn’t become more popular. And Bowman seems like a natural to catch on.
Mercer is already becoming trendy.