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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.

Naiara The name Naiara is of Spanish origin and the...
Origin:Basque place name
4429
Belen The meaning of Belen is 'house of bread' and...
Origin:Spanish place name
1475
Kimberly

Meaning: Cyneburga's meadow

Origin:English surname and place name
4182
Anniston

Meaning: Anis' town

Origin:English surname and American place name
2178
Origin:Spelling variation of London, place name
7788
Florida

Meaning: flowery

Origin:Place name and Spanish from Latin
6550
Capri

Meaning: wild boar; goats

Origin:Italian from Greek or Latin
756
Houston

Meaning: Hugh's town

Origin:Scottish
4598
Chester

Meaning: fortress, walled town,

Origin:Latin
198
Ravello

Meaning: place name

Origin:Italian
9404
Ravello

Meaning: place name

Origin:Italian
19767
Origin:Cornish place name
6274
Origin:Cornish place name
7658
Zaire

Meaning: the river that swallows all rivers

Origin:Place name
1245
Meribah

Meaning: quarreling

Origin:Biblical place name, Hebrew
6020
Lathan Lathan is a name generally used for boys. Th...
Origin:English surname or place name
2391
Manila Becoming a parent is believed to be one of t...
Origin:Place name
5815
Tauria The name Tauria is short and easy to pronoun...
Origin:Latin, place name
5941
Detroit A perfect cool name Detroit is a masculine n...
Origin:Place name
5965
Turin Turin is the colloquial name of Torino, a fa...
Origin:Italian place name
6080