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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.

Cassia

Meaning: cinnamon

Origin: Feminine form of Cassius or Greek
206
Antonia

Meaning: from Antium

Origin:Latin
697
Augusta

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Feminine variation of Augustus
702
Keziah

Meaning: cassia tree

Origin:Hebrew
180
Lavinia The name Lavinia is of Latin origin. The mea...
Origin:Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
185
Lavender

Meaning: purple flower

Origin:English
207
Origin:Greek place name
813
Aphra

Meaning: dust

Origin:Hebrew, variation of Aphrah
1301
Ottoline

Meaning: prospers in battle

Origin:French and English, diminutive of Ottolie
1309
Eluned

Meaning: idol, image

Origin:Welsh
1339
Cosima

Meaning: order, beauty, universe

Origin:Italian feminine variation of Cosmo, Greek
282
Enid

Meaning: life, spirit

Origin:Welsh
291
Suki

Meaning: loved one

Origin:Japanese
331
Pandora

Meaning: all gifted

Origin:Greek
339
Winifred

Meaning: blessed peacemaking

Origin:Welsh
161
Xanthe

Meaning: golden, yellow

Origin:Greek
218
Fenna

Meaning: peace

Origin:Dutch and Frisian
956
Maud

Meaning: battle-mighty

Origin:English and French diminutive of Matilda, German
1041
Harriet

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:English variation of French Henriette
175
Lois

Meaning: most desirable

Origin:Greek
538