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Place Names for Babies

Place names for babies come from all over the globe and can include city names, state names, country names, even mountain and ocean names.

Place names have become so widely used that popular place names make a category of baby names all on their own. Most place names can be used for either baby girls or baby boys, but are more popular for one than the other.

Along with Top 10 Charlotte, which in fairness was a person name before it was a city name, place names ranking in the US Top 300 for baby girls include Madison, Savannah, Brooklyn, London, Sienna, Dakota, and Aspen. Hudson is the top place name on the boys' side, with Austin, Kingston, Camden, Zion, Israel, and Phoenix also ranking in the Top 300.

Place names are less widely-used for babies in other countries than they are in the US. Florence and Georgia rank in Britain's Top 100, but those place names have both been used as baby names for centuries. In the Netherlands, Milan ranks among the boys' Top 10 But many other European and English-speaking countries don't rank any place names at all among their top names for babies.

Here, the most popular place names used for both girls and boys. For more exotic choices, see our list of Place Names Off The Map..

Augusta

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Feminine variation of Augustus
702
Junia

Meaning: born in June

Origin:Latin, Feminine variation of Junius
1109
May May is of English origin, and the meaning of...
Origin:Diminutive of Margaret and Mary; month name
415
Beatrix

Meaning: she who brings happiness; blessed

Origin:Latin
112
Elodie

Meaning: foreign riches

Origin:French, variation of Alodia, German
26
Adelaide

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:Variant of Adelheidis, German
35
Bee

Meaning: she who brings happiness

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Beatrice
581
Lydia

Meaning: woman from Lydia

Origin:Greek
66
Johanna

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Hebrew
852
Maud

Meaning: battle-mighty

Origin:English and French diminutive of Matilda, German
1041
Arthur

Meaning: bear

Origin:Celtic
32
Orson

Meaning: bear cub

Origin:Latin and English
152
Addison

Meaning: son of Adam

Origin:English
2728
Perry

Meaning: pear tree

Origin:English
3457
Minnie

Meaning: of the mind, intellect

Origin:Diminutive of Minerva
355
Origin:Estonian, diminutive of Matilda
1789
Montgomery

Meaning: man power

Origin:Norman
750
Estella

Meaning: star

Origin:Latinate form of Estelle
658
Lotta A name with Italian origins, the meaning of ...
Origin:Short form of Charlotta or Carlotta
3861
Marianita

Meaning: of the sea

Origin:Spanish diminutive of Mariana
10410