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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..

Shamir

Meaning: a sharp thorn, flint

Origin:Aramaic
5345
Ono The name Ono has its roots in Japanese origi...
Origin:Japanese surname
5363
Samaria Samaria is another elegant name best suited ...
Origin:Place-name, ancient Palestinian city in present-day Jordan
5928
Meribah

Meaning: quarreling

Origin:Biblical place name, Hebrew
6020
Zelah Zelah is commonly used as a feminine name of...
Origin:Biblical place-name
6629
Origin:Biblical place-name
6690
Lystra The meaning of Lystra is 'destroyer', 'dispe...
Origin:Biblical place-name
7109
Zebulun The meaning of Zebulun is 'Dwelling' in the ...
Origin:Biblical place-name
8389
Lydda Lydda is of Hebrew origin. The meaning of Ly...
Origin:Biblical place-name
9725
Origin:Biblical place-name
11106
Uz The meaning of the name UZ is 'counsel', 'wo...
Origin:Biblical place-name
11487
Origin:Hebrew, variation of Judah
0
Burgundy Burgundy is of French origin. The meaning of...
Origin:French place-name; also color name
7523
Sequoia

Meaning: sparrow

Origin:Native American, Cherokee
2188
Sequoia The name Sequoia, suitable for all genders, ...
Origin:Native American
8050
Solomon

Meaning: peace

Origin:Hebrew
320
Preston

Meaning: priest's estate

Origin:English
341
Keith

Meaning: wood

Origin:Scottish
358
Eugene

Meaning: wellborn, noble

Origin:Greek
360
Manila Becoming a parent is believed to be one of t...
Origin:Place name
5815