City Names for Babies
Updated Sat Dec 16 2023
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City names are a special breed among place names used for babies: hip, sophisticated, street smart. Of course, city-bred kids can be named anything at all, but we collected these downtown-related names to provide inspiration for urban parents in search of names with a city theme.
Along with Madison and Brooklyn, other city names in the Top 1000 include Savannah, Vienna, Denver, Paris, Santiago, London, Kingston, and Trenton. One-of-a-kind city names connected to international locales include Genoa, Kyoto, Quebec, and Tangier.
Many city names — Orlando, Charlotte, Adelaide — started out as person names, so it all gets a bit meta. But the connection is what makes the names of towns and neighborhoods work so well for babies.
Here, city names that have become baby names, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Abilene
Origin:
English from HebrewMeaning:
"grass"
- Adelaide
Origin:
Variant of Adelheidis, GermanMeaning:
"noble, nobility"
- Albany
Origin:
Place-name
- Alberta
Origin:
English, feminine variation of AlbertMeaning:
"noble, bright"
- Alexandria
Origin:
Variation of Alexandra, GreekMeaning:
"defending men"
- Aspen
Origin:
Nature and place-name
- Atlanta
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"Atlantic Ocean"
- Augusta
Origin:
Feminine variation of AugustusMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Austin
Origin:
English, shortened form of Augustine, LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Berlin
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"borderline"
- Boston
Origin:
Place-name
- Bristol
Origin:
Place-name
- Bronx
Origin:
Place name
- Brooklyn
Origin:
Place-name from DutchMeaning:
"marshland"
- Cairo
Origin:
Egyptian place-name, ArabicMeaning:
"the conquerer"
- Calgary
Origin:
Canadian place name
- Cali
Origin:
Diminutive of any Cal- name
- Camden
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"winding valley"
- Charleston
Origin:
American place-name
- Charlotte
Origin:
French, feminine diminutive of CharlesMeaning:
"free man"
- Chelsea
Origin:
London and New York place-name
- Cheyenne
Origin:
SiouxMeaning:
"people of a different language"
- Chicago
Origin:
American place name, AlgonquinMeaning:
"wild garlic"
- Cleveland
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hilly land, from the cliff"
- Dallas
Origin:
Place-name in Scotland and Texas, and IrishMeaning:
"skilled"
- Denver
Origin:
English or French place-name and surnameMeaning:
"from Anvers"
- Devon
Origin:
English place-name
- Dover
Origin:
British place-name
- Dublin
Origin:
Irish place-name
- Florence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flourishing, prosperous"
- Galway
Origin:
Place-name
- Geneva
Origin:
Swiss place-name or FrenchMeaning:
"juniper tree"
- Genoa
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Glasgow
Origin:
Scottish place-name
- Grey
Origin:
Color name
- Havana
Origin:
Cuban place-name
- Houston
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"Hugh's town"
- Irvine
- Jackson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jack"
- Jakarta
Origin:
Place name
- Juneau
Origin:
Place-name
- Kingston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"king's town"
- Kobe
Origin:
SwahiliMeaning:
"tortoise"
- Kyoto
Origin:
Place-name
- Lexington
Origin:
English place name
- London
Origin:
English place-name
- Lourdes
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"craggy slope"
- Luanda
Origin:
African place-name
- Lyon
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"lion"
- Macon
Origin:
French place-name
- Manila
Origin:
Place name
- Marbella
Origin:
Spanish place name
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"
- Mesa
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"table"
- Miami
Origin:
Place-name
- Milan
Origin:
Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"Meaning:
"gracious, dear; union"
- Montgomery
Origin:
NormanMeaning:
"man power"
- Nairobi
Origin:
African place name
- Odessa
Origin:
Ukrainian place-name
- Olympia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"from Mount Olympus"
- Orlando
Origin:
Italian variation of RolandMeaning:
"famous throughout the land"
- Osaka
Origin:
Place-name
- Oslo
Origin:
Norwegian place name, Old NorseMeaning:
"meadow at the foot of a hill"
- Palermo
Origin:
Place-name
- Palma
Origin:
Latin place-name
- Paris
Origin:
French place-name
- Philadelphia
Origin:
Greek place-nameMeaning:
"brotherly love"
- Phoenix
Origin:
Arizona place name and GreekMeaning:
"dark red"
- Pomona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"apple"
- Portland
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"land near the port"
- Princeton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"princely town"
- Puebla
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"the town"
- Quebec
Origin:
Place-name
- Quito
Origin:
Spanish, Place-name
- Raleigh
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of deer"
- Reno
Origin:
Place-name
- Richmond
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"powerful protector"
- Rio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"river"
- Roma
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Rome
Origin:
Place name
- Salem
Origin:
Biblical place-name or ArabicMeaning:
"safe"
- Salvador
Origin:
Spanish from Latin SalvatorMeaning:
"savior"
- Samara
Origin:
Hebrew, ArabicMeaning:
"under God's rule, companion in night conversation"
- Sanaa
Origin:
Swahili; ArabicMeaning:
"work of art; shining light"
- Santiago
Origin:
Place-name or LatinMeaning:
"Saint James"
- Savannah
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"flat tropical grassland"
- Sevilla
Origin:
Spanish place-name
- Siena
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Sofia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wisdom"
- Sydney
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Saint Denis"
- Tangier
Origin:
Place name
- Tempe
Origin:
Greek place name
- Thane
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"clan chieftain"
- Trenton
Origin:
English, place-nameMeaning:
"Trent's town"
- Tulsa
Origin:
CreekMeaning:
"old town"
- Vail
Origin:
Place-nameMeaning:
"valley"
- Valencia
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"brave, strong"
- Vegas
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"meadows"
- Venezia
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Venice
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Verona
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Vienna
Origin:
Place-name: the capital of Austria
- York
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the yew estate"
- Zaria
Origin:
African place-name and ArabicMeaning:
"rose"