Country And Capital Names

Egypt

Place name, English from Egyptian

"the house of the soul of Ptah"

Place names like Memphis, Harlem, Cairo, Vienna, Milan, and Astoria are right on trend at the moment, and Egypt could fit in, thanks to its similarity in sound to the likes of Edith and Eden. Alicia…

Eritrea

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…

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…

Germany

Country name

"genuine"

Germany doesn't seem to have the same possibilities as a first name as other countries and continents do. It's unlikely to become another Asia or Africa, India or Ireland. But it is used for small…

Grenada

Grenada functions as a feminine name borrowed from geography, referring to the Caribbean island nation. While primarily recognized as a place name, it occasionally appears as a given name,…