Nature, Place and Word Names · Unusual, Rare, and Unique Baby Names
Unique Place Names for Babies
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Essex
English place-name and surname
A rarely-used place name (probably because of the last three letters), Essex was the ancient kingdom of the East Saxons and is now a county in England. The singer David Essex used it as his stage…
Ethiopia
English from Greek
"Burnt-face, red-brown"
The place name Ethiopia was derived from the Greek word for an Ethiopian, Aithiops , from the components aithō , "I burn" and ōps "face." As a noun, it takes on the meaning of "Burnt-face," which 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.
Fiji
English
"place name"
One of several fascinating names used in Charlaine Harris's Midnight, Texas books and the NBC adaptation thereof, Fiji is a pleasingly quirky place name that's been little used for babies. Though it…
Florida
Place name and Spanish from Latin
"flowery"
Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.
Fraser
Scottish from French
"strawberry"
Though TV's "Frasier" made the name famous, and Frazier is a well-used variation, Fraser is the original, used mostly in Scotland.
Galway
Place-name
Associated with the poet and novelist Galway Kinnell, this name of an Irish city, county, and bay would make an evocative choice. For further literary cred, writers Liam O'Flaherty and Frank Harris…
Gaya
Hindu, Hebrew, Greek
A multi-cultural name that feels on trend with sister names Maya and Kaya, if you overlook that first syllable. Gaya is both a city in India and an island in Malaysia.
Genoa
Italian place-name
One of the newer geographical site names, it has the advantage of sounding like a real girl's name because of its jen beginning and feminine a ending.
Glasgow
Scottish place-name
An undiscovered place-name with an appealing o-sound ending.
Granada
Spanish place-name
Moorish region and city in Spain that makes a melodic and unusual first name.
Guernsey
Place-name
The name of an island in the English Channel that might make an attractive first name, but would work better for a boy.
Halifax
Place-name
If you want to honor your grandfather Hal but can't work up much enthusiasm for his full name Harold, consider the more stylish (if a bit pretentious) capital of Nova Scotia.
Ibiza
Place-name, Arabic
"land"
Often viewed as a tourist hotspot for those looking for sun, sea, and a buzzing club scene, Ibiza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea, also considered a World Heritage Site, with old…
Indus
Place name
From the name of the river which flows through Pakistan, India, and Tibet.
Ios
Place-name
Named after the mythological Io, the Greek island of Ios is located in the Aegean Sea.
Ischia
Place-name
Ischia is an Italian island thought to be a derivative of the term "insula major", meaning "island par excellence."
Jaffa
Hebrew place-name
"beautiful"
A pleasant and adaptable place name for a part of Tel Aviv.
Jakarta
Place name
Jakarta, the name of the capital and largest city of Indonesia, is located on the island of Java. Both Jakarta and Java could make interesting and unusual choices for a girl.
Tessin
German place name
A German surname, Tessin is drawn from several places in or near the Mecklenburg region of northeastern Germany. This rare first name can work for either sex.