Existing in homonym form, the English surname of Cady sounds just like the feminine given name of Katie.
The very distinguished Scottish Jill family name is also a feminine given name.
The word "fu" is Chinese for "luck" or a form of rhymed literature. It appears in given names and surnames, and in the names of Martial Arts.
The various groups had not run out of given names, yet.
Surnames emerged long after given names began to be established.
There are surnames (sometimes given names) spelled Rowen and Rowan.The common word (gerund) is rowing.
Surnames often derive from given names. The given name "Ebenezer" is from the Hebrew language, meaning "stone of help, rock of help".
The names of the male and female Morphlings are not given in the book.
Romanian surnames are written after personal names, just as they are in English, French, or Latin.
This question is unanswerable. Thomas and Marie who? It is likely that somewhere in the world there is a couple and their names are Marie and Thomas. However surnames would help immensely.
The tradition is from the old pirate times when the ships were given female names. Another reason is that the tsunamies were considered to be so unpredictable in nature, just like women :)
Sarah
Prior to 1979 hurricanes were only given female names. Now they alternate between male and female names.
The female is called a cow, and the male is called a bull.