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Pamela Redmond

By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026

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Disney
French surname
"from Isigny"
Disney will forever be associated with The Walt Disney Company, bringing to mind classic animated movies, Mickey Mouse, the Disneyland castle, Disney Channel, theme parks, and the likes of Frozen,…
Dover
British place-name
Two-syllable place-names are stylish, and this one is attached to a British city noted for its white chalk cliffs, but there are a couple of minuses: associated with the fish, Dover sole, and also…
Durango
Spanish place-name
The name of cities in Mexico and Colorado, Durango is a pleasant, fresh option from the atlas.
Ellerbe
English surname
"Aelfweard's land or farmstead; settlement of the elf guardian"
The name of a town in North Carolina, Ellerbe is derived from the Old English surname Elwordebi, meaning "Aelfweard's farmstead". Contracted and altered overtime, it appears in various forms,…
Ellerbe
English surname
"Aelfweard's land or farmstead; settlement of the elf guardian"
The name of a town in North Carolina, Ellerbe is derived from the Old English surname Elwordebi, meaning "Aelfweard's farmstead". Altered overtime, it appears in various forms such as Elleby,…
Fairbanks
English
"bank along the pathway"
Alaska's second most populous city makes a baby name with a preppy, even aristocratic, flavor.
Fargo
Place-name
This name of the North Dakota city has been used for at least one female (we know, because she wrote to us) but it doesn't meet the Social Security's five-baby threshold to ever make it onto the…
Fargo
Place-name
Fargo as a baby name? Though we haven't heard of any babies named for this frigid North Dakota city, it's certainly on the map of possibilities.
Florida
Place name and Spanish from Latin
"flowery"
Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.
Graceland
English
"land of grace"
More distinctive than Grace and more creative than Presley, Graceland is a contemporary name that could catch on with parents searching for a unique honorific. Graceland is famously the name of Elvis…
Gramercy
Place name
A pretty private park in Manhattan, doesn't quite make it as a baby name.
Hanalei
Hawaiian
"crescent bay or garland valley"
An appealing Hawaiian name which belongs to a town, river and bay on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii. The two possible meanings of the name, "crescent bay" or "garland (lei) valley" both describe the beauty…
Hawaii
Proto-Polynesian place name
"place of the gods"
Evocative of the lush islands, Hawaii is a place name that will transport you — at least in spirit.
Hawaii
Place-name
An actual Hawaiian first name would convey the aura of the islands more originally and effectively.
Iowa
Dakota
"sleepy ones"
American place and tribe name, derived via French from the Dakota word ayúxba "sleepy ones".
Iowa
Dakota
"sleepy ones"
American place and tribe name, derived via French from the Dakota word ayúxba "sleepy ones". It does have a cool sound, reminiscent of Ira or Owain, but has only ever made the US charts for girls,…
Joliet
French
"little pretty one"
Juliet sound-alike Joliet actually derives from the name Jolie, and was historically a term of endearment, later a surname. It's an attractive alternative to Juliet names and could work to honor a…
Kauai
Hawaiian place-name
Visitors to Hawaii's Garden Isle may want to commemorate the island's beauty with this place-name.
Kauai
Hawaiian place-name
Kauai is known as the Garden Isle of Hawaii. Ironically, it qualifies as a baby name based on spelling variation and homonym Kawhi, as in basketball star Kawhi Leonard.
Lancaster
English place-name
British place-name unlikely to evoke much passion in any baby namer.