State Capital Baby Names
Baby names that reference state capitals might make your little girl or boy feel extra important and one-of-a-kind. The state capital baby names include:
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Albany
Not yet on the place-name map, this name has Shakespearean ties via the Duke Of Albany character in King Lear . Read More
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Atlanta
Georgia and Savannah are already popular, but Atlanta is just entering the baby-name map. Atlanta is a shortening of Atalanta, who was in Greek mythology a beautiful and fleet-footed huntress who... Read More
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Augusta
Augusta is a dignified name reminiscent of wealthy great-aunts, but with the fashion for both August and Gus for boys, Augusta could get some fresh energy. Augusta was the title of honor given to ... Read More
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Austin
Austin -- a name with an attractive southwestern feel, place-name panache and the solid base of having long been an Anglo-Saxon surname --reached the Top 10 in the 1990s, but has been gradually sli... Read More
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Boston
With the popularity of place-names from Brooklyn to Brazil, the attractive and distinctive Boston is surely about to rise. Read More
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Cheyenne
Started as a western male name, but has been lassoed into cowgirl territory. Read More
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Columbia
The peaceful Columba is often heard in the Latino community; Columbia takes it more into the patriotic "gem of the ocean" territory. Read More
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Denver
Before there was Aspen, Denver was the Colorado city name of choice, and we could see it resurfacing as a stylish two-syllable boys' name with the trendy 'er' ending. Its decade of greatest use was... Read More
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Dover
Two-syllable place-names are stylish, and this one is attached to a British city noted for its white chalk cliffs, but there are a couple of minuses: associated with the fish, Dover sole, and also ... Read More
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Helena
Helena is a more delicate and dainty version of Helen, a favorite of Shakespeare, who used it in both All's Well That Ends Well and A Midsummer's Night Dream . Historically, Helena was the mother o... Read More
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