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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.

Indus The name Indus comes from the land of divers...
Origin:Place name
6545
Origin:Hindi place name
6630
Ellera Ellera is also the name of a hamlet in Italy...
Origin:Italian place name
6668
Origin:Arabic place name
2292
Origin:Indian place name
2894
Origin:Native American place name
7531
Jakarta Jakarta is an Indonesian name that is said t...
Origin:Place name
7760
Origin:Nigerian place name
5084
Prideaux

Meaning: meadow of waters

Origin:Cornish place name
5367
Atlantis Atlantis is a masculine name of Greek origin...
Origin:Place name
9139
Merredin Merredin is a name commonly given to girls. ...
Origin:Indigenous Australian place name
9193
Peru The name Peru is a name that is mainly known...
Origin:Place name
12024
Peru The name Peru is a name that is mainly known...
Origin:Place name
15903
Brasilia A feminine name of Spanish origin, the meani...
Origin:Spanish, place name
16299
Torille Torille is a very versatile and popular name...
Origin:Italian place name
17100
Origin:Basque, place name
17323
Origin:Greek place name
18332
Bardou

Meaning: ax-wolf

Origin:French place name; Old English name
20398
Kerith

Meaning: a cut

Origin:Biblical place name, Hebrew
8885
Dayami

Meaning: hay; place name

Origin:Malay, Cuban; "hay; place name"
18873