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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.

Howard

Meaning: high guardian or brave heart

Origin:German or English
715
Diggory

Meaning: Lost one

Origin:French
2031
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Origin:English place- and word name
4946
Origin:Word name
6137
Meridian

Meaning: midday / pinnacle

Origin:Latin
6582
Tuesday

Meaning: Tiu's Day,

Origin:English
1086
Honora

Meaning: woman of honor

Origin:Latin
851
Elva

Meaning: leader of the elves

Origin:Irish
1093
Mabli

Meaning: lovable

Origin:Welsh
3597
Season

Meaning: time of sowing

Origin:Latin
5635
Selby

Meaning: from the willow farm

Origin:English
8968
Zita

Meaning: little girl; seeker

Origin:Italian or Persian; Greek
1485
Deborah

Meaning: bee

Origin:Hebrew
615
Vesper

Meaning: evening star

Origin:Latin
1948
Petal

Meaning: leaf

Origin:English from Greek
1668
Evadne

Meaning: pleasing one

Origin:Greek
1450
Lupin

Meaning: pertaining to the wolf

Origin:Flower, animal, and literary name, from Latin
1928
Elestren

Meaning: Iris

Origin:Cornish
1998
Joss

Meaning: the merry one

Origin:English diminutive of Jocelin
1793
Rosamond

Meaning: horse protection

Origin:German
3272