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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..

Mecca The name Mecca is of Arabic origin. The mean...
Origin:Arabic, meaning unknown
8412
Mecca The name Mecca is of Arabic origin. The mean...
Origin:Arabic, meaning unknown
3681
Holland

Meaning: wooded land

Origin:Dutch place name
809
Holland Holland is a habitual name from Holland, The...
Origin:Dutch place-name
2019
Trinidad

Meaning: trinity

Origin:Spanish
13019
Trinidad

Meaning: holy trinity

Origin:Spanish
5204
Sevilla The name Sevilla comes from a Spanish extrac...
Origin:Spanish place-name
6373
Bali

Meaning: strength

Origin:Place-name and Sanskrit
2587
Montserrat

Meaning: serrated mountain

Origin:Catalan
2091
Odessa The meaning of Odessa is ‘long journey’ and ...
Origin:Ukrainian place-name
631
China The meaning of China is ‘from China’. The na...
Origin:Place-name
2957
Bethlehem

Meaning: house of bread

Origin:Hebrew
6784
Genoa Genoa has Italian origin and is considered t...
Origin:Italian place-name
6810
Ibiza

Meaning: land

Origin:Place-name, Arabic
0
Calais The meaning of Calais is 'changing of color'...
Origin:French place-name
2590
Origin:Place name
6949
Origin:Place name
5334
Yuma

Meaning: son of a chief

Origin:North American Indian
3374
Tex A name of American origin, the meaning of Te...
Origin:Place-name, nickname for state of Texas resident
3773
Yosemite

Meaning: those who kill

Origin:Native American tribal name
4216