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Place Names for Babies

Place names for babies come from all over the globe and can include city names, state names, country names, even mountain and ocean names.

Place names have become so widely used that popular place names make a category of baby names all on their own. Most place names can be used for either baby girls or baby boys, but are more popular for one than the other.

Along with Top 10 Charlotte, which in fairness was a person name before it was a city name, place names ranking in the US Top 300 for baby girls include Madison, Savannah, Brooklyn, London, Sienna, Dakota, and Aspen. Hudson is the top place name on the boys' side, with Austin, Kingston, Camden, Zion, Israel, and Phoenix also ranking in the Top 300.

Place names are less widely-used for babies in other countries than they are in the US. Florence and Georgia rank in Britain's Top 100, but those place names have both been used as baby names for centuries. In the Netherlands, Milan ranks among the boys' Top 10 But many other European and English-speaking countries don't rank any place names at all among their top names for babies.

Here, the most popular place names used for both girls and boys. For more exotic choices, see our list of Place Names Off The Map..

Gustav

Meaning: staff of the Goths

Origin:Teutonic
1586
Edmond

Meaning: wealthy protector

Origin:English
1424
Ivey

Meaning: son of Ive; person from Ivoy; ivy plant

Origin:Surname name, variation of Ivy
3129
Origin:English
8612
Zena The meaning of Zena is ‘born of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin:Greek variation of Xena
1993
Zetta

Meaning: olive

Origin:Hebrew
2514
Luck Number: 4
13416
Alvina

Meaning: elf-friend

Origin:English
3472
Fleming

Meaning: man from Flanders

Origin:English
4831
Chauncy

Meaning: gamble, fortune

Origin:French
3931
Cleora

Meaning: glory

Origin:Greek
4186
Elza

Meaning: God is my joy

Origin:Hebrew
2609
Elbert Elbert's origin is Old English and Germanic,...
Origin:English variation of Albert
7396
Annis

Meaning: pure, virginal

Origin:Variation of Agnes
3838
Blanchard

Meaning: white deer

Origin:French surname
7354
Lem

Meaning: devoted to God

Origin:Diminutive of Lemuel, Hebrew
3753
Adolph

Meaning: noble wolf

Origin:German
2245
Benton

Meaning: bent grass enclosure

Origin:English surname and place name
2029
Emelia Emelía is the English equivalent of the Lati...
Origin:Variation of Emilia or Amelia
1740
Guss The name Guss is commonly a male given name ...
Origin:Latin
12567