Place Names
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Atlantis
Place name
Mythical wonderland makes strong, evocative first name for either gender.
Galahad
Welsh or place name
"hawk of summer; heap of witness"
The son of Lancelot and Elaine in Arthurian legend, Galahad is the purest and most chivalrous of the Knights of the Round Table, and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail. The derivation of…
Percy
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
Percy is a traditional boys' name that could be cute and unexpected for a girl – perhaps as a short form for Persephone or Persis. Adventurous and literary Percy could follow in the footsteps of…
Monaco
Place name
With its trendy -o ending and connotations of luxury, we think the name of one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world has rich baby name potential.
Gamora
Fictional name, probably from Biblical place name Gomorrah
"sheaf"
A green-skinned superhero from the Marvel universe, played by Vanessa Marshall and Zoe Saldana, among others.
Florida
Place name and Spanish from Latin
"flowery"
Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.
Montserrat
Catalan
"serrated mountain"
Montserrat is a Catalan name meaning ‘serrated mountain’. That may not be the most appealing meaning, but the exceptional beauty of the Montserrat mountain range near Barcelona, Spain might change…
Kensington
Place name
A posh area of London, as well as being a section of Brooklyn, Kensington would make an overly formal, butlerish boy's name. There are several preferable paths to the nickname Ken, including KENYON,…
Nineveh
Biblical place name from Akkadian or Babylonian
"house of fish"
An ancient city in Assyria, where Jonah was sent to spread the word of God.
Rome
Place name, Latin, Greek
"to flow or hurry; strength"
The name of this historic European city is more distinct than Paris and London but sounds similar enough to the rising Romy and well-established Ramona and Rosemary that it doesn't feel totally out…
Tex
Place name, nickname for state of Texas resident
Despite its rakish western charm, still remains a cowboy (or girl) costume without a real persona inside. Emily Robison used it as the middle name for her daughter Julianna.
Ravello
Italian place name
Ravello is an Italian town on the Amalfi Coast. It's a popular travel destination and was a favorite spot for many notable creatives, including Virginia Woolf, Greta Garbo, and Tennessee Williams.…
Kimberly
English surname and place name
"Cyneburga's meadow"
Kimberly is a variation of the South African (and Australian) place name Kimberley, named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. The name comes from a Norfolk earldom (first spelled…
Ravello
Italian
"place name"
Ravello is an Italian town on the Amalfi Coast. It's a popular travel destination and was a favorite spot for many notable creatives, including Virginia Woolf, Greta Garbo, and Tennessee Williams.…
Kuli
Iranian Place Name
Lisa Loeb used this intriguing name as the middle for her son Emet.
Bari
Italian place name
A city in Italy, or simply an alternative spelling of Barry.
Loreto
Italian place name
Pilgrimage site in Italy.
Chicago
American place name, Algonquin
"wild garlic"
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have done it again for their third child: Chosen a name that feels iconic yet strangely inevitable. They named North and Saint's younger sister Chicago, after Kanye's…
Tokyo
Japanese place name
"Eastern capital"
Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, was given as a first name to two dozen girls and a handful of boys in 2022, popularized by a character in the popular Spanish Netflix crime drama La casa de papel /…
Jombe
Place Name
The name of a rural communal area in Zimbabwe. Thandiwe Newton used it as a middle name for her son Booker.