Country And Capital Names

Samoa

Place-name

Evocative of the beautiful South Pacific islands, Samoa has very occasionally been used as a given name in American Samoa, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil. Also used as a surname, Samoa could…

Saudi

Senegal

African place-name

Unlikely to take over Kenya's spot as the dominant African place-name.

Seoul

Korean

"capital"

This place-name is more unique and offbeat than London or Milan. The name Seoul just debuted on the US charts in 2022.

Sweden

Place-name

"Swede, one's own tribe"

You may be surprised to learn 73 girls have been named Sweden since the 2000s. Appearing sporadically in the US name stats over the last twenty years, the name derives from the Old Norse Svíar which…