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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..

Salem

Meaning: safe

Origin:Biblical place-name or Arabic
739
Salem

Meaning: safe

Origin:Biblical place-name or Arabic
1467
Vienna Vienna is a name with Latin origins, usually...
Origin:Place-name: the capital of Austria
470
Petra

Meaning: rock, stone

Origin:Greek
371
Alberta

Meaning: noble, bright

Origin:English, feminine variation of Albert
2466
Ithaca The meaning of Ithaca is 'home of Odysseus’....
Origin:Place-name
4862
Abyssinia Abyssinia is a very beautiful name that orig...
Origin:African place-name
5298
Philadelphia

Meaning: brotherly love

Origin:Greek place-name
8443
Indiana

Meaning: land of the Indians

Origin:American place-name
1479
Indiana

Meaning: land of the Indians

Origin:American place-name
2385
Jerusalem

Meaning: city of the ancient god Shalem

Origin:Place name
7680
Jerusalem

Meaning: city of the ancient god Shalem

Origin:Place name
16649
Virginia

Meaning: virginal, pure

Origin: Latin
657
Lorraine

Meaning: from the province of Lorraine

Origin:French
877
Lourdes

Meaning: craggy slope

Origin:Basque
858
Bergen

Meaning: lives on a hill

Origin:Scandinavian
7117
Bergen

Meaning: lives on a hill

Origin:Scandinavian
14449
Zaria

Meaning: rose

Origin:Arabic
1150
Malta Malta is a name given to girls and the meani...
Origin:Place-name
6473
Alhambra The meaning of Alhambra is associated with '...
Origin:Place-name
6767