Nature, Place and Word Names · Unisex Baby Names
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Italian place name
A city in Italy, or simply an alternative spelling of Barry.
Irish
"fair-headed"
Barra is a Gaelic-speaking island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, that's been inhabited since the Neolithic era. A male nickname for Finbarr in Ireland, as well as a stand-alone name, Barra was used…
African place-name
This name of Angola's capital city has occasionally been used for baby girls.
Welsh place name
"open plain or burial place"
The meaning of the place name Berian, in Pembrokeshire, is not known, but it may mean "plain" or "burial place". It would make an interesting -ian ending option for lovers of names like Julian and…
French place-name
Louisiana is a geographic spin on the Louise theme. Pretty, if a bit of a syllable overload. Short form Lou or Lulu lightens it.
Pilgrimage site in Italy.
Spanish place name and surname
The haunting Lorca is a place name from the Spanish province of Navarre, but far more famous as the surname of the eminent Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, who was the direct…
Place name
Maybe if you spent your honeymoon there. We did say maybe. Bermuda was used in the 17th century, such as Bermuda Rolfe.
Hebrew
"house of mercy"
Unlike other place names, this one might be tied too tightly to a single locale -- the Maryland suburb of D. C. -- to work as a first name.
Greek
"Ancient Greek place name"
Lindus or Lindos was one of the most important towns in ancient Rhodes. Lindus also was the native place of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
Place-name
Name of a tiny Bahamian island that's better suited to a girl.
Spanish place name, English word name
"Boii home"
More a concept than a place — or a name. The place name Bohemia ultimately derives from the tribe name Boii with the German heim , meaning "home".
A place name that became a heady way of life, and a rarely-if-ever-used baby name.
Boise as a masculine name takes inspiration from the city of Boise, Idaho, which itself derives from the French word "boisé" meaning "wooded." This place name has occasionally been adopted as a…
Spanish place name
"land of Bolivar; land of the windmill valley"
If you're tired of Olivia, you could be the first on your block to introduce this unique sound-related place name with Latin flair. The country of Bolivia was named after the revolutionary Simón…
Indian place-name
The real city is now known as Mumbai, but the original name is far more evocative.
Irish place name; poetic form
A limerick is an often humorous form of poetry with five lines (the last of which is the punchline). Limerick could be a fun choice for families with Irish heritage or a good sense of humor.
Biblical place-name
A city in southern Jordan that some believe will be the site of the Second Coming.
Brasil is an unusual masculine name derived directly from the country of Brazil (though using the Portuguese spelling). This geographic name choice reflects heritage connections to the South American…
Portuguese place name
"land of brazilwood; ember-colored land"
The name of the 20th-century-created capital of Brazil has a good measure of Latin rhythm and could make a possible female choice, while Brazil might work for a boy.
