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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.

Margalo

Meaning: pearl

Origin:Greek variation of Margaret
5538
Wilbert Wilbert is considered to be a masculine name...
Origin:German
6278
Agnes

Meaning: pure, virginal

Origin:Greek
187
Helen

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Greek
328
Ralph

Meaning: wolf-counsel

Origin:English from German
147