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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.

Circe

Meaning: bird

Origin:Greek
341
Rosalind

Meaning: supple horse or pretty rose

Origin:Latin
333
Eulalia

Meaning: sweetly speaking

Origin:Greek
460
Millicent

Meaning: strong in work

Origin:German
515
Finlo

Meaning: fair Lugh

Origin:Manx
1686
Origin:Diminutive of James or Jeremiah
1688
Isidore

Meaning: gift of Isis

Origin:Greek
422
Florian

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Latin
473
Grover

Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

Origin:English
888
Fergus

Meaning: man of force

Origin:Scottish and Irish
345
Wilfred

Meaning: desires peace

Origin:English
437
Alfred

Meaning: wise counselor; elf counsel

Origin:English
178
Rasmus

Meaning: beloved, desired

Origin:Finnish and Scandinavian variation of Erasmus
1103
Casimir

Meaning: destroyer of peace

Origin:Polish, Slavic
108
Edmund

Meaning: fortunate protector

Origin:English
280
Pascal

Meaning: of the Passover; Easter

Origin:French; English
1261
Jago

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Spanish and Cornish variation of Jacob
602
Echo

Meaning: echo or sound

Origin:Greek mythology name
639
Polly Traditionally a name of English origin, the ...
Origin:English variation of Molly
474
Henrietta

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:Feminine variation of Henry
482