Unique Place Names
Place names are a hot category for baby names right now, with choices like Savannah, Brooklyn, and Austin all making the Top 100. But if you look a bit further down the map, you’ll find plenty of uncharted baby names.
Certain unique place names — including Chicago, Essex, and Morocco — have been familiarized by their use on celebrity babies but haven’t caught on with the general public. You may be interested in a unique place name that bears resemblance to a currently fashionable name, such as Bolivia, Cyprus, Juneau, and Zennor. Or you could choose a name that is virtually unused, including Amalfi, Genoa, Kauai, and Ravello.
These 100 unique place names were given to 25 or fewer babies last year, meaning your child is practically guaranteed to be the only Quebec or Louisiana in his or her Kindergarten class. Consult our complete collection below.
Unique Place Names
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Aberdeen
This undiscovered Scottish port city name has a nice, upbeat feel and lots of good nickname possibilities. Read More
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Africa
Most Africas today would be named for the continent, but the name actually existed in Scotland in medieval times, where there was a Celtic queen named Affrica. Africa has also been a Spanish name... Read More
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Alabama
Alabama is a hot southern place-name, picking up from Georgia and Savannah. This is not a geographical name come lately, though--there have been girls named Alabama dating back well over a... Read More
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Albany
A capital place-name possibility. Read More
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Amalfi
This name, from the picturesque town on the Italian Riviera, borrows a bit from Amelia and a bit from Emily.Read More
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Amsterdam
City name less mellifluous than Paris, London, or even Trenton. It was the name of the character portrayed by Leonardo di Caprio in "Gangs of New York."Read More
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Andorra
Andorra is the pretty name of a pocket-sized princedom in the Pyrenees, noted for its skiing. Read More
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Antarctica
Ed Sheeran put this continental place name on the map when he used it as the middle name for his daughter Lyra, born in 2020.Read More
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Atlanta
Georgia and Savannah are already popular, but Atlanta is just entering the baby-name map. Atalanta takes it mythological.Read More
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Baltimore
With place-names extending their range, this is an unmapped possibility, though a bit stiff. Read More