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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..

Origin:Biblical place name
1191
Beulah

Meaning: married

Origin:Hebrew
1325
Ariel

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Hebrew
1358
Ariel

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Hebrew
841
Moriah

Meaning: the Lord is my teacher

Origin:Biblical place name; Hebrew
2170
Carmel

Meaning: garden

Origin:Hebrew
2376
Sheba

Meaning: daughter of an oath

Origin:Hebrew, short variation of Bathsheba
2507
Abilene

Meaning: grass

Origin:English from Hebrew
11542
Abilene

Meaning: grass

Origin:English from Hebrew
2515
Bethel

Meaning: house of God

Origin:Hebrew
2842
Zair Zair is a masculine name of Islamic and Bibl...
Origin:Biblical place-name
3319
Ephron

Meaning: fawn-like

Origin:Hebrew
3500
Origin:Bibical place-name
3680
Zorah The meaning of Zorah is ‘sunshine’, ‘dawn’ o...
Origin:Biblical place-name
4636
Nancy The meaning of Nancy is 'grace'. Nancy was o...
Origin:English diminutive of Ann
268
Rome The name Rome is of Latin origin. This name ...
Origin:Place name
4958
Rome The name Rome is of Latin origin. This name ...
Origin:Place name
793
Sierra

Meaning: saw

Origin:Spanish
868
Dakota

Meaning: friendly one

Origin:Place-name; Sioux
1926
Dakota

Meaning: friendly one

Origin:Native American tribe and place name; Sioux
1112