People and Places

Catchy, unique celebrity names. Places the names of which usually appear on peoples' bucket lists. Nations, towns, lakes and rivers--cities(burrows), and so much more!
  1. Berlin
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "borderline"
    • Description:

      Edgy German capital with definite possibilities as a baby name.
  2. Charlize
    • Origin:

      Feminization of Charles
    • Meaning:

      "free man"
    • Description:

      Charlize is a name that owes its very life to a star: elegant blond South African actress Charlize Theron. She was named after her father, whose name was Charles. Charlize jumped onto the popularity lists in 2004, the year the actress won the Oscar for lead actress in Monster.
  3. Dakota
    • Origin:

      Place-name; Sioux
    • Meaning:

      "friendly one"
    • Description:

      An early and still one of the most popular unisex names, also a place name and name of a Native American people in the northern Mississippi valley, which makes it a controversial baby name choice. While the popularity of Dakota is trending downward for both genders, it's one of those rare genuinely gender-neutral names that is used for nearly equal numbers of boys and girls.
  4. Florence
    • Irving
      • Origin:

        Scottish
      • Meaning:

        "green river, sea friend"
      • Description:

        It might be surprising to know that this name originated as a Scottish place and surname name, as in Washington Irving. It became a popular choice for first-generation Jewish-American boys, such as best-selling authors Irving Stone and Irving Wallace, whose parents looked to surnames from the British Isles to confer a measure of assimilation and class.
    • Ireland
      • Irish
        • London
          • Origin:

            English place-name
          • Meaning:

            "Capital city of England"
          • Description:

            The capital of England makes a solid and attractive twenty-first-century choice in the US where it is currently in the Top 1000. Given to nearly 1000 girls and 200 boys each year, it is a unisex option that has been in slow decline since its peak in 2013. Conjuring up images of Big Ben, red phone boxes, and the London Eye for some, but perhaps the rush hour commute and grey skies for others, London is far less popular in the UK and other English-speaking countries.
        • Leonardo DiCaprio
          • Paris
            • Origin:

              French place-name
            • Description:

              Paris, a one-time mythical and Shakespearean boys' name, peaked in 2004 at Number 157 at least in part due to the highly publicized Paris Hilton. Michael Jackson used it for his daughter.
          • Rio
            • Origin:

              Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese
            • Meaning:

              "river or place of the cherry blossoms"
            • Description:

              Rio is a reductive ranchero place-name with an attractive Tex-Mex lilt. No Doubt's Tom Dumont has a son named Rio Atticus.
          • Siene
            • Tennesee
              • Vienna
                • Virginia