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Place Names for Babies

Place names for babies come from all over the globe and can include city names, state names, country names, even mountain and ocean names.

Place names have become so widely used that popular place names make a category of baby names all on their own. Most place names can be used for either baby girls or baby boys, but are more popular for one than the other.

Along with Top 10 Charlotte, which in fairness was a person name before it was a city name, place names ranking in the US Top 300 for baby girls include Madison, Savannah, Brooklyn, London, Sienna, Dakota, and Aspen. Hudson is the top place name on the boys' side, with Austin, Kingston, Camden, Zion, Israel, and Phoenix also ranking in the Top 300.

Place names are less widely-used for babies in other countries than they are in the US. Florence and Georgia rank in Britain's Top 100, but those place names have both been used as baby names for centuries. In the Netherlands, Milan ranks among the boys' Top 10 But many other European and English-speaking countries don't rank any place names at all among their top names for babies.

Here, the most popular place names used for both girls and boys. For more exotic choices, see our list of Place Names Off The Map..

Savannah

Meaning: flat tropical grassland

Origin:Spanish
407
Paisley

Meaning: church, cemetery

Origin:Scottish
826
Augusta

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Feminine variation of Augustus
702
Nola

Meaning: white shoulder

Origin:Gaelic
274
Florence

Meaning: flourishing, prosperous

Origin: Latin
74
Adelaide

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:Variant of Adelheidis, German
35
Sienna

Meaning: orange red

Origin:Italian color name
44
Origin:Greek place name
813
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Bronte

Meaning: thunder

Origin:Greek
480
Eden

Meaning: place of pleasure, delight

Origin:Hebrew
170
Eden

Meaning: place of pleasure, delight

Origin:Hebrew
828
Cody

Meaning: helpful, pillow

Origin:English
455
Lucia

Meaning: light

Origin:Italian, feminine variation of Lucius, Latin
104
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Emilia

Meaning: rival

Origin:Feminine variation of Emil, Latin
122
Alexandria

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Variation of Alexandra, Greek
1019
Caledonia

Meaning: hard or rocky land

Origin:Latin place-name for Scotland
2690
Madison

Meaning: son of Matthew

Origin:English
2127
Madison

Meaning: son of Matthew

Origin:English
245