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Place names for babies is an ever-expanding category, as some place names — Savannah, Dakota, London — become popular and parents look to adopt undiscovered locales as names for their babies.
Here are some of the more unusual new choices of place names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.
Here are some of the more unusual new choices of place names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.
- Abalina
Origin:
Variation of Abilene, place name
- Africa
Origin:
Place name, various meanings
- Afton
Origin:
Scottish place name
- Ainhoa
Origin:
Basque place name
- Airlie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Airlie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Airton
Origin:
English place name
- Aitzpea
Origin:
Basque, place name
- Akita
Origin:
Japanese place nameMeaning:
"field of rice"
- Akita
Origin:
Japanese place nameMeaning:
"field of rice"
- Alaska
Origin:
Native American place nameMeaning:
"great land"
- Aldridge
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"alder farmstead"
- Alessandria
Origin:
Italian place name
- América
Origin:
Variation of America, place name
- Anniston
Origin:
English surname and American place nameMeaning:
"Anis' town"
- Aquitaine
Origin:
French place name
- Aragon
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Aran
Origin:
Irish and Catalan place name
- Arantzazu
Origin:
Basque, place name
- Arbel
Origin:
Hebrew place name
- Arbel
Origin:
Hebrew place name
- Arfon
Origin:
Welsh place name
- Arlington
Origin:
English habitational surname, place name
- Arlington
Origin:
English habitational surname, place name
- Arran
Origin:
Scottish place nameMeaning:
"ridged island"
- Arres
Origin:
Catalan place name
- Arverne
Origin:
Place name
- Asbury
Origin:
Place name
- Aspyn
Origin:
Variation of Aspen, tree name and place name
- Astoria
Origin:
Place name
- Athens
Origin:
Greek place name
- Athens
Origin:
Greek place name
- Atlanta
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"Atlantic Ocean"
- Atlantis
Origin:
Place name
- Auxerre
Origin:
French, place name
- Avonlea
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"river by a field"
- Avoyelles
Origin:
Place name
- Baltimore
Origin:
Place name, English from IrishMeaning:
"town of the big house"
- Bardou
Origin:
French place name; Old English nameMeaning:
"ax-wolf"
- Bari
Origin:
Italian place name
- Bari
Origin:
Italian place name
- Basel
Origin:
Swiss place nameMeaning:
"king"
- Belen
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Benton
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"bent grass enclosure"
- Berian
Origin:
Welsh place nameMeaning:
"open plain or burial place"
- Bethany
Origin:
Biblical place name and HebrewMeaning:
"house of figs"
- Bethlehem
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"house of bread"
- Blakey
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"white or dark"
- Blau
Origin:
German and CatalanMeaning:
"blue"
- Blau
Origin:
German and CatalanMeaning:
"blue"
- Bohemia
Origin:
Place name
- Brasilia
Origin:
Spanish, place name
- Brighton
Origin:
English, place name meaning "bright town"Meaning:
"bright town"
- Britain
Origin:
Place name
- Britain
Origin:
Place name
- Brixten
Origin:
Spelling variation of Brixton, British place name
- Brixton
Origin:
British place name
- Bronx
Origin:
Place name
- Brooklynn
Origin:
Spelling variation of Brooklyn, place name from DutchMeaning:
"marshland"
- Cairo
Origin:
Place name, ArabicMeaning:
"the strong"
- Calgary
Origin:
Canadian place name
- Calgary
Origin:
Canadian place name
- California
Origin:
Place name
- Calvary
Origin:
English from Latin, place name
- Cambric
Origin:
English from French place nameMeaning:
"fine linen"
- Cambric
Origin:
English from French place nameMeaning:
"fine linen"
- Canaan
Origin:
Biblical place name
- Canarsie
Origin:
Place name
- Canton
Origin:
Place name
- Capri
Origin:
Italian from Greek or LatinMeaning:
"wild boar; goats"
- Caspian
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"white"
- Catalina
Origin:
Spanish variation of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Cathay
Origin:
Anglicized version of Italian Catai; place name
- Cellan
Origin:
Welsh place name, possibly "little cell"Meaning:
"little cell"
- Ceylon
Origin:
Place name
- Chantilly
Origin:
French place nameMeaning:
"white"
- Chenoa
Origin:
Native American place name
- Chester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fortress, walled town,"
- Chicago
Origin:
American place name, AlgonquinMeaning:
"wild garlic"
- Chicago
Origin:
American place name, AlgonquinMeaning:
"wild garlic"
- Colwyn
Origin:
Welsh place name / river name
- Concord
Origin:
Place name, English word nameMeaning:
"a state of agreement"
- Dacian
Origin:
Ancient place name
- Dakota
Origin:
Native American tribe and place name; SiouxMeaning:
"friendly one"
- Dathyl
Origin:
Welsh literary place name
- Davos
Origin:
Literary name and place name
- Dayami
Origin:
Malay, Cuban; "hay; place name"Meaning:
"hay; place name"
- Daytona
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"Day's town"
- Deia
Origin:
Place name; LatinMeaning:
"joy; goddess"
- Delphi
Origin:
Greek place name
- Detroit
Origin:
Place name
- Dresden
Origin:
German place nameMeaning:
"people of the forest"
- Dublin
Origin:
Irish place nameMeaning:
"dark pool"
- Dyfed
Origin:
Welsh place name
- Eiddyn
Origin:
Welsh place name
- Eidin
Origin:
Welsh place name
- Elim
Origin:
Biblical place nameMeaning:
"place of strong trees"
- Elim
Origin:
Biblical place nameMeaning:
"place of strong trees"
- Ellera
Origin:
Italian place name
- Ellerby
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"farmstead, village"
- Ellerby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"surname and place name"
- Elsinore
Origin:
Danish place name
- Emmaus
Origin:
Greek place name from AramaicMeaning:
"hot spring"
- Euston
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"heart"
- Everglade
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"endless glade"
- Everglade
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"endless glade"
- Everton
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"wild boar settlement"
- Evora
Origin:
Portuguese place nameMeaning:
"yew tree"
- Fife
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Fife
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Fiji
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place name"
- Finnick
Origin:
English place name and surname
- Florida
Origin:
Place name and Spanish from LatinMeaning:
"flowery"
- French
Origin:
Surname, place name, word name
- French
Origin:
Surname, place name, word name
- Fyfe
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Galahad
Origin:
Welsh or place name
- Gamora
Origin:
Fictional name, probably from Biblical place name GomorrahMeaning:
"sheaf"
- Garin
Origin:
Armenian place name
- Genova
Origin:
Italian place name
- Gramercy
Origin:
Place name
- Hadar
Origin:
Israeli place name or HebrewMeaning:
"fruit or glory"
- Hadar
Origin:
Israeli place name and HebrewMeaning:
"fruit or glory"
- Hawaii
Origin:
Proto-Polynesian place nameMeaning:
"place of the gods"
- Hayden
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"hay valley"
- Hayden
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"hay valley"
- Hemingway
Origin:
English place name
- Holland
Origin:
Dutch place nameMeaning:
"wooded land"
- Holston
Origin:
Place name, American variation of Holstein, GermanMeaning:
"dwellers in the wood"
- Houston
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"Hugh's town"
- Hudson
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Hugh's son"
- Iberia
Origin:
Place name
- Iceland
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"land of ice"
- Imari
Origin:
American invented name, Japanese place name
- Imo
Origin:
Nigerian place name
- Inari
Origin:
Finnish place name; JapaneseMeaning:
"loaded with rice"
- Inari
Origin:
Finnish place name; JapaneseMeaning:
"loaded with rice"
- India
Origin:
Place name, from the River Indus
- Indio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"Indian"
- Indus
Origin:
Place name
- Ireland
Origin:
Place name
- Ireland
Origin:
Place name
- Irian
Origin:
Place name; modern literary name
- Italy
Origin:
English variation of Italia, Italian place name
- Izreal
Origin:
Variation of Israel, place name
- Jakarta
Origin:
Place name
- Jamaica
Origin:
Native American place nameMeaning:
"rich in springs"
- Java
Origin:
Anglicization of Indonesian Jawa; place name
- Jericha
Origin:
Feminine variation of Jericho, Biblical place name
- Jersey
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"Geirr's island"
- Jersey
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"Geirr's island"
- Jerusalem
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"city of the ancient god Shalem"
- Jerusalem
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"city of the ancient god Shalem"
- Jombe
Origin:
Place Name
- Kambria
Origin:
Variation of Cambria, Latin from Welsh, place name
- Kapri
Origin:
Variation of Capri, Italian place name
- Kapri
Origin:
Variation of Capri, Italian place name
- Kenai
Origin:
Native American place nameMeaning:
"flat lands"
- Kensington
Origin:
Place name
- Kensington
Origin:
Place name
- Kenya
Origin:
Place name, KikuyuMeaning:
"mountain of white"
- Kenya
Origin:
Place name, KikuyuMeaning:
"mountain of white"
- Kerala
Origin:
Indian place name
- Kerith
Origin:
Biblical place name, HebrewMeaning:
"a cut"
- Keverne
Origin:
Cornish saint and place name
- Kimberley
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"Cyneburga's meadow"
- Kimberly
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"Cyneburga's meadow"
- Kipling
Origin:
English surname and place name
- Kiska
Origin:
Aleutian place name
- Kittery
Origin:
English place name
- Kittery
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place name"
- Kuli
Origin:
Iranian Place Name
- Lamorna
Origin:
Cornish place name
- Larsa
Origin:
Arabic, Sumerian place name, Swedish feminization of LarsMeaning:
"crowned with laurel"
- Lathan
Origin:
English surname or place name
- Lavinia
Origin:
Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
- Lawton
Origin:
American place name
- Lazuli
Origin:
Persian place name
- Lazuli
Origin:
Persian place name
- Leire
Origin:
Basque place name
- Lexington
Origin:
English place name
- Lexington
Origin:
English place name
- Leyre
Origin:
Basque place name
- Lima
Origin:
Spanish place name from QuechuaMeaning:
"speaker"
- Limerick
Origin:
Irish place name; poetic form
- Lindos
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Ancient Greek place name"
- Lindus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Ancient Greek place name"
- Londyn
Origin:
Spelling variation of London, place name
- Londynn
Origin:
Variation of London, English place name
- Lorca
Origin:
Spanish place name and surname
- Loreto
Origin:
Italian place name
- Loreto
Origin:
Italian place name
- Louisianna
Origin:
Spelling variation of Louisiana, French place name
- Lucca
Origin:
Spelling variation of Luca; Italian place name
- Lucca
Origin:
Spelling variation of Luca; Italian place name
- Lupita
Origin:
Spanish, “little wolf”
- Luxor
Origin:
Place name, EgyptianMeaning:
"palaces, castles"
- Luxor
Origin:
Place name, Egyptian from ArabicMeaning:
"the palaces, castles"
- Macarena
Origin:
Spanish place nameMeaning:
"happy"
- Majorca
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Manila
Origin:
Place name
- Marbella
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Maui
Origin:
Hawaiian place name and Polynesian mythology name
- Meribah
Origin:
Biblical place name, HebrewMeaning:
"quarreling"
- Merredin
Origin:
Indigenous Australian place name
- Merrilee
Origin:
English, word name or combination of Mary and Lee, or Scottish place-name
- Milan
Origin:
Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"Meaning:
"gracious, dear; union"
- Milan
Origin:
Italian place name or SlavicMeaning:
"gracious, dear"
- Mino
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Monaco
Origin:
Place name
- Monaco
Origin:
Place name
- Montserrat
Origin:
CatalanMeaning:
"serrated mountain"
- Moriah
Origin:
Biblical place name; HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord is my teacher"
- Morrisania
Origin:
Place name
- Mosley
Origin:
English place name and surnameMeaning:
"peat bog, mouse clearing"
- Mosley
Origin:
English place name and surnameMeaning:
"peat bog, mouse clearing"
- Naiara
Origin:
Basque place name
- Nairi
Origin:
Armenian place name
- Nairobi
Origin:
African place name
- Nara
Origin:
Japanese place name or CelticMeaning:
"happy"
- Nashua
Origin:
Place name from PenacookMeaning:
"beautiful stream with a pebbly bottom"
- Nashville
Origin:
Place name
- Nazareth
Origin:
Hebrew place name
- Nineveh
Origin:
Biblical place name from Akkadian or BabylonianMeaning:
"house of fish"
- Oakland
Origin:
American nature name or place nameMeaning:
"oak land"
- Oban
Origin:
Scottish place nameMeaning:
"the little bay"
- Oceania
Origin:
Place name and feminine variation of Oceanus, GreekMeaning:
"ocean"
- Ojai
Origin:
California place name
- Olivet
Origin:
Place name
- Oriini
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"place name"
- Oslo
Origin:
Norwegian place name, Old NorseMeaning:
"meadow at the foot of a hill"
- Palmyra
Origin:
Greek, place name
- Penrose
Origin:
Cornish and Welsh place name and surnameMeaning:
"top of the heath"
- Penrose
Origin:
Cornish and Welsh place name and surnameMeaning:
"top of the heath"
- Percy
Origin:
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
- Percy
Origin:
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
- Peru
Origin:
Place name
- Peru
Origin:
Place name
- Prideaux
Origin:
Cornish place nameMeaning:
"meadow of waters"
- Ravello
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"place name"
- Ravello
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"place name"
- Reno
Origin:
Place name
- Revello
Origin:
Italian place name, CatalanMeaning:
"wild olive tree"
- Rome
Origin:
Place name
- Rome
Origin:
Place name
- Rushlee
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"rush clearing"
- Russia
Origin:
Russian place name
- Saima
Origin:
Finnish place name
- Scotland
Origin:
Place name
- Shipton
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"sheep settlement"
- Soho
Origin:
place name
- Tangier
Origin:
Place name
- Tauria
Origin:
Latin, place name
- Tempe
Origin:
Greek place name
- Tex
Origin:
Place name, nickname for state of Texas resident
- Themyscira
Origin:
Greek place name
- Thessaly
Origin:
Greek, place name
- Tilden
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"fertile valley"
- Tiree
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"Land of corn"
- Tokyo
Origin:
Japanese place nameMeaning:
"Eastern capital"
- Topeka
Origin:
Place name from KansaMeaning:
"place of potatoes"
- Torille
Origin:
Italian place name
- Triana
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Trilby
Origin:
Place name, surname, and literary name
- Turin
Origin:
Italian place name
- Tywyn
Origin:
Welsh place name
- Umbria
Origin:
Italian place name, from the Umbri, one of the chief tribes settling the Italian nation
- Urgell
Origin:
Catalan place name
- Urgell
Origin:
Catalan place name
- Valletta
Origin:
Maltese place name
- Venice
Origin:
Italian place name
- Venkata
Origin:
Hindi place name
- Versailles
Origin:
French, place name
- Veryan
Origin:
Cornish place name
- Veryan
Origin:
Cornish place name
- Wales
Origin:
Place name
- Wellington
Origin:
English surname from place nameMeaning:
"people living in the hamlet in the cleared area near the temple"
- Wells
Origin:
Surname from place nameMeaning:
"spring"
- Williamsburg
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"William's town"
- Winchester
Origin:
English place name
- Xois
Origin:
African place name
- Yaiza
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Zaire
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"the river that swallows all rivers"
- Zamzam
Origin:
Arabic place name
- Zanzibar
Origin:
Swahili place name from PersianMeaning:
"black coast"
- Zealand
Origin:
English place name from DutchMeaning:
"sea land"
- Zealand
Origin:
English place name from DutchMeaning:
"sea land"
- Zennor
Origin:
Cornish, place name
- Zerynthia
Origin:
Greek, place name