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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

Cali The meaning of Cali is 'beautiful' and it is...
Origin:Diminutive of any Cal- name
2712
Venezia Everyone is aware of the city of Venice, kno...
Origin:Italian place-name
4329
Chelsea The name Chelsea is of English origin which ...
Origin:London and New York place-name
1326
Sevilla The name Sevilla comes from a Spanish extrac...
Origin:Spanish place-name
6373
Odessa The meaning of Odessa is ‘long journey’ and ...
Origin:Ukrainian place-name
631
Genoa Genoa has Italian origin and is considered t...
Origin:Italian place-name
6810
Quebec Quebec is a name that is most often used for...
Origin:Place-name
4752
Quito The meaning of Quito is ‘fifth’. It is a nam...
Origin:Spanish, Place-name
4998
Thane

Meaning: clan chieftain

Origin:Scottish
1701
Kingston

Meaning: king's town

Origin:English
1691
Macon The meaning of Macon is ‘mason, to make’ and...
Origin:French place-name
6758
Bronx The meaning of Bronx as an American origin n...
Origin:Place name
1717
Devon The name Devon has Celtic origins and the me...
Origin:English place-name
1433
Trenton

Meaning: Trent's town

Origin:English, place-name
1883
Richmond

Meaning: powerful protector

Origin:German
2199
Chicago

Meaning: wild garlic

Origin:American place name, Algonquin
4514
Oslo Oslo is predominantly a gender-neutral name ...
Origin:Norwegian place name
622
Cleveland

Meaning: hilly land, from the cliff

Origin:English
5504
Dover Dover is a beautiful name that is commonly g...
Origin:British place-name
5509
Mesa

Meaning: table

Origin:Spanish
4208