Names like Banks
Banks is a one-syllable English name that ends in -ks. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same roots
Also English names, from the tradition Banks comes from.
Mason English · "stoneworker," an occupational surname from the building trades; it moved from surname to first name on the strength of its -n ending and craftsman cool, reaching the US top five in the 2010s. Solid as the trade it names
Wells English · surname, "dweller by the spring"
Riggs English · surname meaning 'ridge'
King English · from the title/word "king"
The same feel
Also modern and surname style names.
Landon English · "long hill," a place name turned surname turned first name; it rode the 2000s wave of two-syllable boys' names ending in -n and outlasted many of them. Newer than it sounds, easygoing as they come
Bryson English · "son of Brice," the saint's name Bricius, its Celtic root debated; a tidy patronymic that rode the 2000s -son wave beside Greyson and Jameson. Familiar pieces, fresh assembly
Colton English · "coal town," or "Cola's town," an Old English place name and surname; it joined the 2000s wave of -n boys' names with a western, denim-jacket ease that kept it around after the wave receded. Colt is the built-in short form
Easton English · "east settlement," an Old English place name; part of the 2000s compass-point wave of surname names, all open vowels and a soft -n landing. Preppy on paper, easygoing out loud
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Banks, on a similar curve.
Brooks English · surname, "dweller by the brook"
Rhodes English · surname/place name, from rood (cross) or roses
Hayes English · surname, "hedged area"
Briggs English · occupational surname meaning 'dweller by the bridge'
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