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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

Albany The name Albany is of Latin origins and the ...
Origin:Place-name
9118
Irvine Irvine is a boy’s name. The name originated ...
Origin:English
5531
Salvador

Meaning: savior

Origin:Spanish from Latin Salvator
1699
Miami The name Miami is usually used for girls. Th...
Origin:Place-name
6583
Luanda Luanda has a Hawaii origin and is used mainl...
Origin:African place-name
11184
Jakarta Jakarta is an Indonesian name that is said t...
Origin:Place name
7760
Vail

Meaning: valley

Origin:Place-name
4910
Calgary Calgary is a gender-neutral name that is of ...
Origin:Canadian place name
15356
Portland

Meaning: land near the port

Origin:English
7258
Verona The meaning of Verona is 'truth', 'true imag...
Origin:Italian place-name
2081
Palermo Palermo can be ideal if you want a revolutio...
Origin:Place-name
6992
Kyoto The meaning of Kyoto is ‘mirror’. The name K...
Origin:Place-name
8572
Tempe The meaning of Tempe is 'temple'. There are ...
Origin:Greek place name
4566
Glasgow The appealing name Glasgow is of Scottish or...
Origin:Scottish place-name
11775
Tangier Children named Tangier could be named after ...
Origin:Place name
12145
Siena The meaning of Siena is 'reddish brown' and ...
Origin:Italian place-name
1364
Sanaa

Meaning: work of art; shining light

Origin:Swahili; Arabic
1386
Vegas

Meaning: meadows

Origin:Spanish
3278
Osaka Osaka is the second largest city in Japan. H...
Origin:Place-name
7282
Palma A name of Spanish origin, the meaning of Pal...
Origin:Latin place-name
4748