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.
Mosley
Meaning: peat bog, mouse clearing
Origin: English place name and surname
Asbury
Asbury was known mostly as a surname in the ...
Origin: Place name
Lamorna
Lamorna is dominantly a girl's name, which b...
Origin: Cornish place name
Tempe
The meaning of Tempe is 'temple'. There are ...
Origin: Greek place name
Origin: Iranian Place Name
Cathay
Cathay is a unique name for a female child. ...
Origin: Anglicized version of Italian Catai; place name
Kimberley
Meaning: Cyneburga's meadow
Origin: English surname
Origin: Irish place name; poetic form
Davos
The name Davos is primarily used as a boy's ...
Origin: Literary name and place name
Origin: English place name
Nineveh
Meaning: house of fish
Origin: Biblical place name from Akkadian or Babylonian
Majorca
The name Majorca alone may evoke pleasant me...
Origin: Spanish place name
Origin: Armenian place name
Kiska
The meaning of Kiska is 'pure,' which is pre...
Origin: Aleutian place name
Gramercy
Gramercy is a rare name primarily used for b...
Origin: Place name
Russia
The meaning of Russia is 'the men who row' a...
Origin: Russian place name
Origin: Armenian place name
Lupita
The name Lupita is of Spanish origin and the...
Origin: Spanish, “little wolf”
Finnick
Finnick is of American origin. It is traditi...
Origin: English place name and surname