DESTINATION NAMES

Brazil
- Origin:
  Place-name
- Description:
  A geographical name that does the samba...and was also borne by a Celtic saint: a winning combination. Well used in the Creole community.
China
- Origin:
  Place-name
- Description:
  Long before the current place-name craze, a pair of the more daring pop singers of the Age of Aquarius picked this name for their daughters. Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick used the conventional spelling, the Mamas and the Papas's Michelle Phillips went further afield with Chynna (of the group Wilson Phillips).

Samoa
- Origin:
  Place-name
- Description:
  Evocative of the beautiful South Pacific islands; we've also heard Samoan used as a name.
Nubia
Somalia

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