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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.

Cameo A common name for both boys and girls, the m...
Origin:Word name
3713
Marais

Meaning: marsh

Origin:French
5816
Florin

Meaning: flower; flourishing

Origin:French and Romanian
1151
Pascoe

Meaning: Easter

Origin:Cornish variation of Pascal
4438
Basie Basie is a Scottish-origin name mainly used ...
Origin:Scottish surname, meaning unknown
4802
Stanley

Meaning: near the stony clearing

Origin:English
589
Harold

Meaning: army ruler

Origin:Scandinavian
610
Hubert

Meaning: bright, shining intellect

Origin:German
1210
Clancy

Meaning: red-haired warrior

Origin:Irish
5316
Duarte

Meaning: wealthy guardian

Origin:Portuguese variation of Edward, English
4822
Osmo

Meaning: young man

Origin:Finnish
4272
Gilbert

Meaning: shining pledge

Origin:German
503
Tor

Meaning: Turtledove

Origin:Variation of Thor, also Hebrew for "Turtledove"
3117
Saro Indians frequently use the name Saro, which ...
Origin:English
6499
Baez The meaning of Baez is 'son of Pelayo', and ...
Origin:Spanish surname
6858
Magenta The meaning of Magenta is 'purplish-red colo...
Origin:Color name
2810
Thomasin Thomasin is a beautiful name in the English ...
Origin:English, feminine variation of Thomas
1576
Thisbe The meaning of Thisbe is ‘lover, where the d...
Origin:Greek mythological name, meaning unknown
1240
Bridie According to its Irish origin, the meaning o...
Origin:Irish, strength or exalted one
3588
Quitterie

Meaning: the red one

Origin:French
3644