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| Mia Sara as Sloan Peterson in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986. |
I think I started becoming fascinated by surname names on girls the first time I saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The stunning Mia Sara portrays Ferris's girlfriend, Sloan Peterson--I wanted her white leather jacket with fringe, I wanted her expressive eyes, and I wanted her carelessly-tossed hair. But more than anything, I wanted her name. It was just so--cool. It gave her character an instant sense of sophistication, class, and panache. Since then, I've heard a wide variety of surname-y, androgynous-sounding names on girls, and the best of these project the same aura as Sloan: an aura that is capable, confident, and sleek. Here are my picks:
Flannery
Sloane/Sloane
Winslow
Marlo/Marlow/Marlowe
Kensington
Kennedy
Rooney
Kingsley
Aberdeen
Walker
Baker
Willoughby
Windsor
Carson
Langley
Landry
Spenser
Greer
Quincy
Corgan
Obrien
Donnelly
Calloway
Prewitt/Pruitt
Truett
Milne
Fifer
Sterling
Cooper
Trilby
Eliot
Austen
Eyre
Bronte
Lawrence/Laurence
Locke
Lincoln
Parker
Bellamy
Jacoby
Foster
Morrissey
Murphy
Kipling
Courtland
Garland
Nash
Cade
Clark
Sullivan
Revere
Tenley
Tierney
Ferebee
Quinlan
Sutton
Tipper
Hollis
Harper
Hadley
Cameron/Camryn/Kamryn et.al
Keagan
Laramie
Greyson/Grayson
Afton
