Deserialize JSON array(or list) in C#

here is the basic code:

public static string DeserializeNames()
{

    jsonData = "{\"name\":[{\"last\":\"Smith\"},{\"last\":\"Doe\"}]}";

    JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();

    nameList myNames = ser.Deserialize<nameList>(jsonData);

    return ser.Serialize(myNames);
}

//Class descriptions

public class name
{

   public string last { get; set; }

}

public class nameList
{

   public List<name> { get; set; }

}

I have tried:

nameList myNames = ser.Deserialize<nameList>(jsonData);

and:

List<name> myNames = ser.Deserialize<List<name>>(jsonData);

and neither work. Anyone have any ideas?