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.
Lazuli
The meaning of Lazuli is 'a blue precious st...
Origin:Persian place name
6956
Lazuli
The meaning of Lazuli is 'a blue precious st...
Origin:Persian place name
4606
Africa
The meaning of Africa is ‘native of Africa’....
Origin:Place name, various meanings
1979
Thessaly
The meaning of Thessaly is ‘from Thessaly’. ...
Origin:Greek, place name
3698
Umbria
Umbria is an Italian name usually used for g...
Origin:Italian place name, from the Umbri, one of the chief tribes settling the Italian nation
6623
Olivet
The name Olivet is primarily used as a girl'...
Origin:Place name
2655
Ainhoa
Ainhoa is a feminine name for the Basque cou...
Origin:Basque place name
2709
Triana
Triana is a feminine name of Roman origin. T...
Origin:Spanish place name
3053
Leire
Leire is of Basque origin. The meaning of Le...
Origin:Basque place name
3860
Elsinore
Elsinore is a very unique name and is more c...
