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City Names for Babies

City names are a special breed among place names used for babies: hip, sophisticated, street smart. Of course, city-bred kids can be named anything at all, but we collected these downtown-related names to provide inspiration for urban parents in search of names with a city theme.

Along with Madison and Brooklyn, other city names in the Top 1000 include Savannah, Vienna, Denver, Paris, Santiago, London, Kingston, and Trenton. One-of-a-kind city names connected to international locales include Genoa, Kyoto, Quebec, and Tangier.

Many city names — Orlando, Charlotte, Adelaide — started out as person names, so it all gets a bit meta. But the connection is what makes the names of towns and neighborhoods work so well for babies.

City Baby Names

Savannah

Meaning: flat tropical grassland

Origin:Spanish
407
Augusta

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Feminine variation of Augustus
702
Florence

Meaning: flourishing, prosperous

Origin: Latin
74
Adelaide

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:Variant of Adelheidis, German
35
Alexandria

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Variation of Alexandra, Greek
1019
Samara

Meaning: under God's rule, companion in night conversation

Origin:Hebrew, Arabic
755
Atlanta

Meaning: Atlantic Ocean

Origin:Place name
5867
Roma The name Roma is of Latin and Hindu origin. ...
Origin:Italian place-name
1575
Valencia

Meaning: brave, strong

Origin:Spanish
742
Rio

Meaning: river

Origin:Spanish
1096
Austin

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:English, shortened form of Augustine
318
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Greek
1170
Santiago

Meaning: Saint James

Origin:Place-name or Latin
497
Orlando

Meaning: famous throughout the land

Origin:Italian variation of Roland
333
Memphis

Meaning: Enduring and beautiful

Origin:Greek and Coptic place-name
1331
Jackson

Meaning: son of Jack

Origin:English
389
Abilene

Meaning: grass

Origin:English from Hebrew
2515
Grey The name Grey refers to 'gray-haired' and is...
Origin:Color name
347
Rome The name Rome is of Latin origin. This name ...
Origin:Place name
793
Brooklyn Brooklyn is a name derived from an English s...
Origin:Place-name
1379