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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..

Seoul

Meaning: capital

Origin:Korean
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Belize

Meaning: muddy waters

Origin:Place-name
0
Origin:Place-name
0
Aruba

Meaning: well-situated island

Origin:Caiquetio
0
Hartford

Meaning: deer ford

Origin:English surname
0
Hartford

Meaning: deer ford

Origin:English surname
2414
Origin:Greek, place-name
0
Kitts

Meaning: bearer of Christ

Origin:Diminutive of Christopher
0
Origin:Place-name
0
Havana The meaning of Havana is ‘port’. It is a gen...
Origin:Place-name
6927
Havana The meaning of Havana is ‘port’. It is a gen...
Origin:Cuban place-name
4466
Lazuli The meaning of Lazuli is 'a blue precious st...
Origin:Persian place name
6956
Lazuli The meaning of Lazuli is 'a blue precious st...
Origin:Persian place name
4606
Dublin A unisex name of Irish origin, the meaning o...
Origin:Irish place-name
8468
America America is a habitual name, named after the ...
Origin:Place-name
3206
Tulsa

Meaning: old town

Origin:Creek
9878
Tulsa

Meaning: old town

Origin:Creek
6157
Cimarron

Meaning: wild, untamed

Origin:Spanish, English
6312
Juneau The name Juneau is a gender-neutral name of ...
Origin:Place-name
7092
Origin:Place-name
4117