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. ;)

Seussical Naming

Is your name in a Dr. Suess book? There's a surprising (mostly highly rhyme-able) variety. :)

• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish: Ned, Mike, Joe, Ish, Clark
• Hop on Pop: Jim, Red, Ned, Ted, Ed, Pat, Will
• ABC: Annie, David Donald, Icabod, Jerry Jordan, Lola, Oscar, Peter, Rosy Robin, Sammy, Ubb, Vera Violet, Willy, Warren, Waldo, Nixie, Yolanda
• Horton Hears a Who!: Horton, Vlad, Jo-Jo
• Horton Hatches the Egg: Horton, Mayzie
• The Sleep Book: Jo, Mo
• The Cat in the Hat / The Cat in the Hat Comes Back: Sally
• Fox in Socks: Sue, Joe, Bim, Ben, Luke
• Green Eggs and Ham: Sam
• The Tooth Book: Ruthie/Ruth, Donald Driscoll, Sam, Mike, Quincy, Simon, Pam, Jimbo, Hilda, Katy, Billy
• Yertle the Turtle and other stories: Yertle, Mack; Gertrude, Lolla-Lee-Lou, Dake
• And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street: Marco, Jack, Fred, Joe, Nat, Jane
• McElligot's Pool: Marco
• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins: Bartholomew, Derwin, Alaric, Snipps, Nadd, Wilfred
• Bartholomew and the Oobleck: Bartholomew, Derwin
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Max, Cindy-Lou
• The King's Stilts: Birtram, Droon, Eric
• If I Ran the Zoo: Gerald
• If I Ran the Circus: Morris
• Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose: Thidwick
• On Beyond Zebra!: Conrad Cornelius
• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?: Herbie, Ali
• Happy Birthday to You!: Pete, Polly, Paul, Nate, Nelly, Ned
• The Sneetches and other stories: Sylvester, Dave
• Scrambled Eggs Super!: Peter, Liz
• I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew: Sam, Butch, Genghis Khan
• I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and other stories: Looie
• Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!: Marvin
• I Wish That I Had Duck Feet: Bill
• What Pet Should I Get?: Kay
• Oh Say Can You Say: Hooey, Bipper, Bud, Skipper, Jipper, Jeffery, Jud, Horatio, Horace, Hendrix, Hud, Dinwoodie, Dinty, Dud, Fitzsimmon, Fredrick, Fud, Slinky, Stinky, Stuart, Stud, Lud, Pete, Fritz, Fred, Dinn, Dwight
• Daisy-Head Mayzie: Mayzie, Herman "Butch", Einstein, Gregory
• The Bippolo Seed and other lost stories: Gustav, Tadd, Todd, Henry
• Horton and the Kluggerwug and other lost stories: Horton, Marco, Pat

Potential -ianas and -inas

We get lots of our modern names from Latin--no denying that! And many of them are obviously closely related--Lucia & Luciana, Paula & Paulina, Julia & Juliana, etc. While -ina is usually considered a diminutive nowadays, back then, it was a suffix of possession or origin, as was -iana. So, Luciana = "like/of Lucia/Lucius/light"; and Paulina = "like/of Paula/Paulus/a small thing".
We already have a lot of these pairs, but since -ana is a rather trendy ending right now, I though it'd be fun to see if there's any we've forgotten, or possibly have never been used.
(there doesn't seem to be a hard rule for when words/names get -iana and when they get -ina. Usually -ia names become -iana and anything else is -ina, but not always. There's also a third suffix, -ana, but that one's pretty uncommon.)

• Aetiana, Aetina; from Aetius
• Amabiliana, Amabilina; from Amabilia 
• Amandina; from Amanda 
• Amantina, Amantiana; from Amantis 
• Amatina; from Amata 
• Appiana; from Appius
• Atiliana, Atilina; from Atilius
• Aulina, Auliana; from Aulus
• Aureana, Aurina; from Aurea 
• Aurorina, Auroriana; from Aurora 
• Aviliana, Avilina; from Avilia
• Avitina; from Avitus
• Beatina; from Beata
• Caeciliana/Ceciliana; from Caecilia/Cecilia
• Caeliana/Celiana; from Caelia/Celia
• Camilliana, Camillina; from Camilla
• Cardeana, Cardina; from Cardea 
• Cassiana; from Cassius
• Celsina; from Celsus
• Clarina, Clariana; from Clara
• Claudiana, Claudina; from Claudia
• Cloelina, Cloeliana; from Cloelia
• Concordina; from Concordia 
• Corneliana; from Cornelia
• Drusina; from Drusa
• Drusilliana, Drusillina; from Drusilla
• Duiliana, Duilina; from Duilius
• Egeriana; from Egeria
• Eliciana; from Elicius
• Eligiana, Eligina; from Eligius
• Emerentina; from Emerentius
• Fulviana; from Fulvia
• Gallina, Galliana; from Gallus
• Hilariana; from Hilaria
• Janina/Ianina; from Janus/Ianus
• Jovina/Iovina, Joviana/Ioviana; from Jove/Iovis
• Juniana/Iuniana; from Junia/Iunia
• Laeliana; from Laelia
• Laurina, Lauriana; from Laura
• Luciliana; from Lucilius
• Marciana, Marcina; from Marcia
• Maurina; from Maurus
• Naeviana/Neviana, Naevina/Nevina; from Naevius/Nevio
• Octaviana; from Octavia
• Olivina; from Oliva
• Patriciana; from Patricia
• Priscina; from Prisca
• Priscilliana, Priscillina; from Priscilla
• Remigiana; from Remigius
• Remina; from Remus
• Sabelliana, Sabellina; from Sabellius
• Silviana/Sylviana, Silvina/Sylvina; from Silvia/Sylvia
• Tulliana; from Tullius
• Ursina; from Ursa
• Variana; from Varius
• Victoriana; from Victoria
• Vitina, Vitiana; from Vitus

If you want an -iana that's a bit less "out-there" but still uncommon, I did an earlier post here. :)