Non-Occupationals

Occupational surnames are a big trend right now (Mason, Carter, Taylor, Harper, Piper, Hunter, Chase)--and the vast majority end in -er.
I admit, though; I have a bit of a hang-up on occupational surnames; they just seem too....literal? But, there are lots of nice names, for both genders, that can fit the -er trend without being occupational surnames. :)
(I already did a post on Greek-origin -ander names here, which would easily double the boys' list!)

Boys:

• Abner (AB-ner, English)--from [Biblical] Hebrew, "my father is light". Other forms include Avner (Hebrew) and Abenner ([Biblical] Greek).
• Adler (AD-ler, English)--from German, "eagle"
• Alder (AHL-der, English)
• Alger (AL-jer, English)
• Alister (AL-is-ter, Scotish)--form of Alexander
• Asger (AS-ger, Danish)
• Asher (ASH-er, English, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"happy"
• Astor (AS-ter, English; AS-tohr, Swedish)
• Auster (AW-ster, OW-ster, Latin)--"south"
• Birger (BEER-ger, BEER-yer, Scandinavian)
• Christer (KRIS-ter, Scandinavian)--form of Christian. Also spelled Krister.
• Conor (KAHN-or, Irish, Scottish, English)--also spelled Connor.
• Dieter (DEE-ter, German)--form Germanic "people's warrior"
• Ebenezer (eb-en-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)
• Eimer (EYE-mehr, German)
• Eliezer (el-ee-AY-zer, el-eye-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"God is my help"
• Elmer (EL-mer, English)--from Germanic, "noble and famous"
• Ezer (AY-zer, EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"help"
• Fraser (FRAY-zer, FRAY-zher, Scottish, English)--also spelled Frazier.
• Greger (GREH-ger, Swedish)--form of Gregory
• Gunther (GOON-ter, German)--also spelled Gunter
• Haider (HYE-der, Arabic)--"lion". Also transliterated Haidar or Hyder.
• Heber (HEE-ber, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"community"
• Hector (HEK-tor, English, German, EK-tohr, Spanish, French)
• Holger (HOHL-ger, German, Dutch, Scandinavian)
• Homer (HOH-mer, English)--from [ancient] Greek, "pledge"
• Jasper (JAS-per, English; YAHS-pehr, Dutch)--from Persian, "treasurer". Other forms include Casper (English, Dutch, Scandinavian), Kacper (Polish), and Jesper (Danish)
• Lester (LES-ter, English)
• Luther (LOO-ther, English)--from Germanic "people's army"
• Melker (MEL-ker, Swedish)--form of Melchior
• Mortimer (MOR-tim-er, English)
• Oliver (OL-ih-ver, English, Danish, German, Scandinavian)
• Peter (PEE-ter, English; PEH-ter, Dutch, German, Scandinavian)--other forms include Peder (Scandinavian) and Pieter (Dutch)
• Prosper (PRAHS-per, English; prohs-PEHR, French)
• Rainer (RYE-ner, German)--from Germanic "army advisor". Other forms include Rayner (English) and Reiner (German)
• Roger (RAH-jer, English; ROH-ger, German, Scandinavian; roh-ZHAY, French)--from Germanic "famous spear". Other forms include Rüdiger (German) and Rutger (Dutch).
• Silvester (sil-VES-ter, English, German)--also spelled Sylvester.
• Tomer (TOH-mer, English; toh-MEHR, Hebrew)--from Hebrew "palm tree"
• Topher (TOH-pher, English)--short form of Christopher
• Trevor (TREV-er, English, Welsh)
• Uther (OO-ther, Welsh [mythology])
• Victor (VIK-ter, English; VEEK-tor, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Romanian)
• Walter (WAHL-ter, English; VAHL-ter, Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese, Scandinavian)--other forms include Valter (Croatian, Estonian, Portuguese, Slovene, Scandinavian) and Walther (German), Wolter (Dutch), and Wouter (Dutch)
• Werner (VEHR-ner, German, Dutch, Scandinavian; WEHR-ner, Dutch)--another form is Warner (English)
• Wilmer (WIL-mer, English)--from Germanic "famous will"
• Xavier (ex-AYV-ver, ZAYV-yer, English; shahv-YEHR, Portuguese; zav-YEHR, French)--other forms include Xaver (German).

Girls:

• Amber (AM-ber, English)
• Aster (AS-ter, English)
• Clover (KLOH-ver, English)
• Coriander (KOHR-ee-an-der, English)
• Demeter (deh-MEE-ter, deh-MEH-ter, [ancient] Greek)--prob. "earth mother"
• Ember (EM-ber, English)
• Emer (EE-mer, AY-mer, Irish [mythology])--prob. "swift". Modern Irish form is Eimhear. 
• Esther (ES-ter, English, German, Dutch; es-TEHR, Hebrew, French)--other forms include Ester (Danish, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish, Scandinavian), Eszter (Hungarian), and Hester ([Biblical] Latin)
• Ginger (JIN-jer, English)
• Gunver (GOON-ver, Danish, Swedish)
• Gwener (GWEN-er, Welsh)--form of Venus [Dydd Gwener = Friday]
• Heather (HETH-er ['th' like in the], English)
• Honor (ON-er, English)
• Imber (EEM-ber, Swedish)--form of Ingeborg
• Inger (ING-er, Scandinavian)--form of Ingrid
• Jennifer (JEN-if-er, Cornish, English, German; YEN-ee-fer, Spanish, Swedish)--also spelled Jenifer.
• Juniper (JOON-ip-er, English)
• Lavender (LAV-en-der, English)
• Summer (SUM-mer, English)
• Winter (WIN-ter, English)

Unisex:

• Briar (BRYE-er, English)--also spelled Brier.
• Gomer (GOH-mer, goh-MEHR, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"complete"
• River (RIV-er, English)
• Vesper (VES-per, English)--from Latin, "evening"

Wow. I was not prepared for how many English word-names there'd be, particularly for girls! I imagine they probably fit in better on other themed lists, but meh. They fit the pattern. ;)