1. Home
  2. TAGS

Place Names

Place names for babies is an ever-expanding category, as some place names — Savannah, Dakota, London — become popular and parents look to adopt undiscovered locales as names for their babies.

Here are some of the more unusual new choices of place names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Lavinia The name Lavinia is of Latin origin. The mea...
Origin:Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
185
Origin:Greek place name
813
Catalina

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spanish variation of Catherine
660
Hudson

Meaning: Hugh's son

Origin:English
135
Caspian

Meaning: white

Origin:Place name
10
Aragon Aragon is commonly used as a masculine name ...
Origin:Spanish place name
1886
Wells

Meaning: spring

Origin:Surname from place name
139
Percy A typically masculine name of French origin,...
Origin:French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
296
Percy A typically masculine name of French origin,...
Origin:French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
1912
Bethany

Meaning: house of figs

Origin:Biblical place name and Hebrew
357
Origin:Biblical place name
1191
Moriah

Meaning: the Lord is my teacher

Origin:Biblical place name; Hebrew
2170
Rome The name Rome is of Latin origin. This name ...
Origin:Place name
4958
Rome The name Rome is of Latin origin. This name ...
Origin:Place name
793
Brooklynn Brooklynn is a unique and beautiful name wit...
Origin:Spelling variation of Brooklyn, place name
9326
Marbella The meaning of Marbella is 'a place in Spain...
Origin:Spanish place name
3225
Origin:Place name
3070
Tiree

Meaning: Land of corn

Origin:Place name
10891
Nara

Meaning: happy

Origin:Japanese place name or Celtic
611
Astoria The meaning of Astoria is theorized to mean ...
Origin:Place name
704