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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

Milan

Meaning: gracious, dear; union

Origin:Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"
1185
Marbella The meaning of Marbella is 'a place in Spain...
Origin:Spanish place name
3225
Aspen The name Aspen is of American origin. The me...
Origin:Nature and place-name
598
Dallas

Meaning: skilled

Origin:Place-name and Irish
1018
Pomona

Meaning: apple

Origin:Latin
2049
Montgomery

Meaning: man power

Origin:Norman
750
Olympia

Meaning: from Mount Olympus

Origin:Greek
683
Denver

Meaning: from Anvers

Origin:English or French place-name and surname
1302
Sydney

Meaning: Saint Denis

Origin:French
610
Charleston The meaning of Charleston is ‘town of King C...
Origin:American place-name
5053
Salem

Meaning: safe

Origin:Biblical place-name or Arabic
1467
Vienna Vienna is a name with Latin origins, usually...
Origin:Place-name: the capital of Austria
470
Alberta

Meaning: noble, bright

Origin:English, feminine variation of Albert
2466
Philadelphia

Meaning: brotherly love

Origin:Greek place-name
8443
Lourdes

Meaning: craggy slope

Origin:Basque
858
Zaria

Meaning: rose

Origin:Arabic
1150
Cairo The meaning of Cairo is 'victorious one' and...
Origin:Place-name
1889
Reno Reno is commonly a boy's name, and the meani...
Origin:Place-name
1765
London London is a habitational name widely known a...
Origin:English place-name
2397
Raleigh

Meaning: meadow of deer

Origin:English
3346