Place Name Girl Names
853 place name girl names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
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Some names are chosen; others are collected. A honeymoon city, the road your grandmother grew up on, the coastline where you finally exhaled — when a place has shaped your family, naming a daughter after it is the most natural thing in the world, and the search that brings parents here is exactly that: place name girl names. The postcard picks are the ones people fall for hardest. London is grand and grey-skied and somehow still soft; Vienna arrives with music attached; Sydney is sunlit and easygoing; and Capri is all blue water and two quick syllables you can call across a beach.
Then there is the homegrown half of the list, and it has a completely different texture — front porches instead of departure boards. Brooklynn and Carolina both feel like family names as much as map points. Dakota and Salem lean quiet and windswept. And a whole tier of English village-and-meadow sounds has crossed over into first-name territory: Oakley, Sutton, Kendall and Leighton all began as places on a map in Britain and now sound thoroughly, effortlessly like little girls.
Every name below opens to its full page — a sourced meaning, the story of the place behind it, its U.S. popularity, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it before you fall for it.
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Brittnay#13839 in the U.S.Brittnay is a spelling of Brittany with the final vowels swapped -- the region name from Latin ▶Breklyn#13884 in the U.S.Breklyn is a modern respelling in the family of Brooklyn and Brecklyn; Brooklyn comes from the ▶Corsica#13888 in the U.S.Corsica is the name of a mountainous Mediterranean island, part of France but Italian in much o▶Diala#13891 in the U.S.Diala is an Arabic girl's name that shares its form with Diyala, the river and province in east▶Brittain#13899 in the U.S.A given-name spelling of Britain, the island name (and echoing Brittany, the French region). As▶Dutchess#13903 in the U.S.Dutchess is a respelling of the title Duchess (Old French duchesse, Latin dux, 'leader'). The s▶Edessa#13908 in the U.S.A place name: Edessa was an ancient city in upper Mesopotamia (today Sanliurfa, in Turkey) and ▶Cortina#13938 in the U.S.Cortina is Italian for 'curtain' and names the Alpine resort Cortina d'Ampezzo and the well-kno▶Eretria#13955 in the U.S.A place name: Eretria was an ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea, a seafaring and coloni▶Chelsee#13956 in the U.S.Chelsee is a double-e spelling of Chelsea, a London district whose name comes from Old English ▶Cherith#13958 in the U.S.Cherith is taken from the brook Cherith in the Hebrew Bible, where the prophet Elijah was fed b▶Everlei#13967 in the U.S.A respelling of Everly, an English surname from place names built on eofor, 'wild boar', plus l▶Annaston#13970 in the U.S.Annaston is a modern American coinage, a respelling of Anniston, the Alabama city and surname, ▶Haddon#14029 in the U.S.From the English place name and surname Haddon, from Old English haeth ('heath, heather') plus ▶Havannah#14046 in the U.S.A respelling of Havana, the capital city of Cuba (Spanish La Habana). The city's name is genera▶Britanni#14058 in the U.S.Britanni is a modern respelling of Brittany, the given name taken from the French region of Bri▶Hermosa#14063 in the U.S.The Spanish adjective hermosa, 'beautiful', from Latin formosa ('shapely, beautiful'). Used as ▶Betzayda#14065 in the U.S.Betzayda is a Spanish given name drawn from Bethsaida, a town by the Sea of Galilee named in th▶Illyria#14093 in the U.S.Illyria was the classical name for a region along the eastern Adriatic, home to the Illyrian pe▶Indiyah#14098 in the U.S.Indiyah is a contemporary respelling of India — a country name that reached English through Gre▶Indyah#14099 in the U.S.Indyah is another contemporary spelling of India, the place name that reached English via Greek▶Cheyeanne#14156 in the U.S.Cheyeanne is a modern respelling of Cheyenne, a name taken from the Cheyenne, a Native American▶Jerusalen#14179 in the U.S.Jerusalen is the Spanish form of Jerusalem, the city sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.▶Jerzey#14195 in the U.S.Jerzey is a modern respelling of Jersey — the Channel Island whose name is likely Norse in orig▶Jorgia#14218 in the U.S.Jorgia is a modern respelling of Georgia, the feminine of George — from Greek georgos, 'farmer'▶Chelsa#14238 in the U.S.Chelsa is a trimmed spelling of Chelsea, the London district whose name comes from Old English ▶Lorrain#14275 in the U.S.Lorrain is a shortened spelling of Lorraine, the French region whose name comes through Lothari▶Arabia#14316 in the U.S.Arabia is a place name, the Arabian Peninsula, used as a girl's given name. The word comes thro▶Keighly#14316 in the U.S.A spelling that draws on two sources: Keighley, a Yorkshire town whose name means 'Cyhha's clea▶Kanyah#14328 in the U.S.Kanyah is a modern American name, read either as a respelling of Kenya, the East African countr▶Kennya#14337 in the U.S.Kennya is a modern spelling of Kenya, taken from the East African country, whose name comes fro▶Kenzington#14343 in the U.S.Kenzington is a modern respelling of Kensington, the London district and royal palace. The plac▶Kingston#14370 in the U.S.Kingston is an English place name and surname from Old English cyning ('king') and tun ('farmst▶Londin#14415 in the U.S.Londin is a modern respelling of London, the capital city of England, whose own name origin is ▶Laraine#14424 in the U.S.A variant spelling of Lorraine, the name of a region in eastern France, from Latin Lotharingia,▶Linsey#14475 in the U.S.A variant of Lindsey, from an English place name and surname — an area of Lincolnshire, usually▶Brittainy#14476 in the U.S.Brittainy is an elaborated respelling of Brittany, the name of the northwestern French region s▶Indiah#14476 in the U.S.Indiah is a respelling of India, the country and place-name that comes ultimately from the rive▶Vidisha#14508 in the U.S.From the Sanskrit Vidisha, the name of an ancient city in central India, set between two rivers▶Lynzee#14509 in the U.S.A phonetic respelling of Lindsey/Lindsay, an English place name and surname from Lincolnshire, ▶Whittney#14515 in the U.S.Whittney is a double-t spelling of Whitney, an English place and surname from hwit, 'white', an▶Afrika#14541 in the U.S.Afrika is the name of the continent Africa written with a K, the spelling favored in Kiswahili ▶Chelsye#14543 in the U.S.Chelsye is an inventive spelling of Chelsea or Chelsey, a name taken from the London district o▶Manhattan#14566 in the U.S.A place name: Manhattan is the New York borough, named from a Lenape word recorded by Dutch col▶Savannha#14582 in the U.S.Savannha is a variant spelling of Savannah, the word for a broad, grassy plain, from the Spanis▶Maui#14596 in the U.S.A place name — the Hawaiian island of Maui — and, in Polynesian tradition across Hawaii, Aotear▶Lundy#14607 in the U.S.A surname and place name; Lundy Island off Devon takes its name from Old Norse lundi ('puffin')▶Neenah#14620 in the U.S.Neenah is a place name from Wisconsin, taken from a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) word meaning 'water' o▶Memphys#14625 in the U.S.A respelling of Memphis, the Tennessee city named for the ancient Egyptian capital — the Greek ▶Miami#14637 in the U.S.A place name: the Florida city of Miami, whose name comes down from a Native American name — th▶Manisa#14666 in the U.S.Two honest routes. Manisa is a city in western Turkey, the classical Magnesia ad Sipylum. Separ▶Mystic#14684 in the U.S.Mystic is the English word used outright as a name: 'mystic' means mysterious, hidden, or spiri▶Naica#14690 in the U.S.Naica reads as a modern coinage on the Nai-/Naya sound. It is also a place name: Naica, in the ▶Montzerrat#14705 in the U.S.Montzerrat is a respelling of Montserrat, a Catalan name meaning 'serrated mountain,' from mont▶Namora#14706 in the U.S.Namora is best known as a Marvel comics character — an Atlantean, cousin of Namor. It is also a▶Natanya#14718 in the U.S.Natanya is a Hebrew name meaning 'gift of God', from natan, 'he gave', with the divine element ▶Ashlye#14721 in the U.S.Ashlye is a swapped-vowel spelling of Ashley, an English surname and place name from the Old En▶Radleigh#14749 in the U.S.A modern -leigh respelling of Radley, an English place/surname meaning 'red meadow' or 'reed cl▶Lorane#14765 in the U.S.Lorane is a trimmed spelling of Lorraine, the French region whose name comes through Latin Loth▶Ashlei#14802 in the U.S.Ashlei is a variant spelling of Ashley, an Old English surname and place name from aesc ('ash t▶Payzlee#14806 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Paisley, the Scottish town near Glasgow whose weavers made the swirling ▶Pella#14808 in the U.S.Pella is the name of the ancient capital of Macedon, birthplace of Alexander the Great, and of ▶Portland#14812 in the U.S.A place name used as a given name: Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine, both ultimately named ▶Kenosha#14819 in the U.S.Kenosha is a place-name borrowing from the Wisconsin city of Kenosha, whose name comes from a P▶Quincie#14821 in the U.S.A feminine-styled spelling of Quincy, from a Norman French place name — Cuinchy, from the Roman▶Brittny#14830 in the U.S.Brittny is a vowel-dropped spelling of Brittany, the French region of the Celtic Britons. The c▶Ashlea#14832 in the U.S.Ashlea is a respelling of Ashley, from the Old English 'aesc' ('ash tree') plus 'leah' ('wood, ▶Savilla#14871 in the U.S.A form of Sevilla — the Andalusian city of Seville — used as a given name; also a vintage Ameri▶Scotia#14876 in the U.S.From the Latin Scotia, 'Scotland' — the medieval Latin name for the country, used as a poetic p▶Neosha#14896 in the U.S.Neosha is best read as a respelling of Neosho, a river and town name from the American Midwest ▶Britnee#14902 in the U.S.Britnee is an -ee spelling of Brittany, the historic region of northwestern France named for th▶Burgundy#14910 in the U.S.Burgundy is a word-name from the deep red color, which takes its name from the French wine regi▶Sienne#14917 in the U.S.A sleek French-styled spelling of Sienna, from the Tuscan city Siena and the warm reddish-brown▶Scotlin#14940 in the U.S.A contemporary American coinage: the place name Scotland ('land of the Scots') trimmed and resp▶Selby#14943 in the U.S.From the Yorkshire town and English surname Selby, generally derived from Old Norse selja ('wil▶Brittania#14945 in the U.S.Brittania is a spelling of Britannia, the Latin name for Britain and its long-standing female p▶Brittnee#14947 in the U.S.Brittnee is a phonetic respelling of Brittany, the place name for the Celtic peninsula of north▶Sevilla#14952 in the U.S.From Sevilla, the Spanish name of the Andalusian city known in English as Seville. The city nam▶Tenaya#15034 in the U.S.Tenaya is best known from Lake Tenaya in Yosemite, named for Chief Tenaya of the Ahwahnechee pe▶Kenora#15048 in the U.S.Kenora reads as Ken- joined to the soft -ora ending shared by names like Lenora. It is also a r▶Kenyia#15049 in the U.S.Kenyia is a variant spelling of Kenya, the girls' name taken from the East African nation. The ▶Wellesley#15059 in the U.S.From the English surname and place-name Wellesley, roughly 'clearing by a spring/well' -- famou▶Tapanga#15063 in the U.S.Tapanga is a respelling of Topanga, the name of a canyon and community in Southern California d▶Yarra#15101 in the U.S.A place name: the Yarra River flows through Melbourne, Australia. The name is often traced to a▶Yuma#15176 in the U.S.A short name with several routes: it is a city in Arizona (from the Quechan people), and a Japa▶Ajia#15181 in the U.S.Ajia is a phonetic respelling of Asia, the continent name that became a fashionable girl's name▶Zelah#15219 in the U.S.A place-name in the Bible (Zela, a town in Benjamin) and, separately, a name used in Cornwall (▶Lyndsie#15222 in the U.S.Lyndsie is one of the many creative spellings of Lindsay, an English surname from a place name ▶Beesan#15259 in the U.S.From Beesan (Baysan), an ancient town also known as Beit She'an; a Palestinian place-name carri▶Tijuana#15264 in the U.S.Tijuana is a place-name used as a given name, taken from the Mexican border city of Tijuana. As▶Alessandria#15280 in the U.S.Alessandria is an Italian-flavoured elaboration of Alessandra/Alexandra, from Greek Alexandros ▶Africa#15287 in the U.S.Both the continent name and a genuine old Spanish/Catalan given name (Africa/Africa), tied to N▶Britaney#15287 in the U.S.Britaney is a variant spelling of Brittany, a name taken from the northwestern French region Br▶Alyeska#15304 in the U.S.From the Aleut alaxsxaq (often given as 'the great land' or 'the mainland') — the source of the▶Britanya#15424 in the U.S.Britanya is a modern respelling of Brittany, the given name taken from the French region of Bri▶Britini#15425 in the U.S.Britini is a phonetic respelling of Brittany, the place name given to the Celtic region of nort▶Anisten#15432 in the U.S.Anisten is a respelling of Anniston or Aniston, at once the Alabama city, an English surname, a▶Amerika#15451 in the U.S.A respelling of America. The continent name comes from the Latin form of the explorer Amerigo V▶Annesley#15485 in the U.S.From the English place and surname Annesley/Ansley, likely 'Aethelnoth's woodland clearing' (an▶Shelbye#15507 in the U.S.Shelbye is a modern respelling of Shelby, an English surname and place name from Old Norse and ▶Chelcea#15517 in the U.S.Chelcea is a spelling variant of Chelsea, an English place name from the Old English cealc, 'ch▶Chellsea#15533 in the U.S.Chellsea is a respelling of Chelsea, originally a place name for a district of London. It comes▶Atlanta#15539 in the U.S.Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, named in the 1840s from the Western and Atlantic Railroad. T▶Tyne#15541 in the U.S.Tyne is a short, crisp name with two plausible sources. It reads as a clipped form of Tina, its▶Aften#15544 in the U.S.Aften is a spelling variant of Afton, an English place name best known from the River Afton in ▶Avantika#15563 in the U.S.Sanskrit. Avantika is an ancient name for Ujjain, one of India's seven holy cities, and it also▶Asiana#15584 in the U.S.Asiana extends the girl's name Asia with a Latin-style -ana ending, giving a sense of 'belongin▶Bristyn#15592 in the U.S.Bristyn is a coined girl's name that echoes the English place-name Bristol and swaps in the tre▶Attalia#15597 in the U.S.From Attalia, an ancient port on Turkey's coast named after King Attalos and mentioned in Acts ▶Lenzi#15600 in the U.S.Lenzi is a trimmed, zippy spelling of Lindsay or Lindsey, echoing the Scottish place Lenzie as ▶Moncerrat#15634 in the U.S.Moncerrat is a phonetic spelling of Montserrat, the Catalan mountain near Barcelona whose name ▶Brazos#15639 in the U.S.From the Brazos River in Texas — its full Spanish name Los Brazos de Dios ('the arms of God'), ▶Towanda#15653 in the U.S.Most often an elaboration of Wanda, a Slavic name read as 'wanderer' or tied to the Wends. It i▶Britny#15658 in the U.S.A respelling of Britney, itself from Brittany - the region of Brittany in northwest France, hom▶Brittani#15659 in the U.S.Brittani is one of many respellings of Brittany, the name of the French region Bretagne, settle▶Brooklen#15661 in the U.S.Brooklen is a spelling variant of Brooklyn, the New York borough taken up as a girl's name; the▶Dallys#15669 in the U.S.Dallys is a modern respelling of Dallas, a Scottish surname and place name from Old English ele▶California#15674 in the U.S.California is a place-name used as a given name, taken from the U.S. Pacific-coast state. The s▶Chyann#15678 in the U.S.Chyann is a modern respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Native American people and of a Wyomin▶Chyenne#15679 in the U.S.Chyenne is a shortened respelling of Cheyenne, a name taken from the Cheyenne people of the Gre▶Capria#15684 in the U.S.Capria is a modern girl's name most naturally read as an elaboration of Capri, the famed Italia▶Corinthia#15745 in the U.S.Corinthia derives from Corinth, the ancient Greek city, and reads as 'of Corinth' or 'woman of ▶Brittiney#15749 in the U.S.Brittiney is one of many respellings of Brittany, the name of the Celtic region of northwest Fr▶Linzee#15756 in the U.S.Linzee is a phonetic respelling of Lindsey, originally an English place name and surname meanin▶Cyrine#15759 in the U.S.Cyrine can be read a few ways: as a form tied to Cyrene, the ancient Greek city in North Africa▶Dacia#15761 in the U.S.Dacia takes the name of the ancient Roman province of Dacia, roughly modern Romania; it also re▶Denvyr#15777 in the U.S.Denvyr is a modern respelling of Denver — an English surname and place name, and the Colorado c▶Cheyann#15798 in the U.S.A respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Native American (Plains) people and of a Wyoming city; ▶Chynna#15808 in the U.S.Chynna is a decorative respelling of China, the country name used as a girl's name. It carries ▶Delancy#15824 in the U.S.A modern spelling of Delancey, a Huguenot family surname of French origin (de Lancey) carried t▶Britnie#15829 in the U.S.Britnie is one of the many respellings of Brittany, a name taken from the French region Bretagn▶Brittini#15832 in the U.S.Brittini is one of the many respellings of Brittany, a name from the French region Bretagne, it▶Elanora#15906 in the U.S.Elanora is most simply read as a variant of Eleanor/Elanor. It also matches Elanora, a place na▶Fira#15959 in the U.S.A short modern coinage; separately the name of Fira, the clifftop capital of Santorini. As a gi▶Brittanie#15962 in the U.S.Brittanie is an -ie spelling of Brittany, the French region named for the Celtic Britons who se▶Brityn#15966 in the U.S.Brityn is an invented spelling that echoes both the surname Britton and the popular name Britta▶Genesee#15982 in the U.S.Genesee is a North American place name - the Genesee River and valley of New York - from a Sene▶Devonia#16004 in the U.S.Devonia extends the place name Devon with a Latin-style -ia ending. Devon, the English county, ▶Geneve#16067 in the U.S.Geneve is the French spelling of Geneva, the Swiss city on the lake, and also serves as a short▶Bethanny#16076 in the U.S.Bethanny is a respelling of Bethany, the name of a village near Jerusalem in the Bible, an Aram▶Haely#16087 in the U.S.Haely is one of the many respellings of Hailey, a name from an Old English place name joining '▶Iyona#16124 in the U.S.Iyona is an expanded spelling of Iona, the name of the small, historically Christian island off▶Lezlee#16132 in the U.S.Lezlee is a phonetic respelling of Leslie or Lesley, a Scottish surname and place name usually ▶Hollan#16140 in the U.S.A spelling of Holland, used as a surname and place name. The Dutch place name is usually explai▶Argentina#16147 in the U.S.Argentina comes from the Latin argentum, 'silver', giving a sense of 'silvery'. It is best know▶Ibiza#16227 in the U.S.From Ibiza, the Balearic island of Spain, whose ancient name traces to the Phoenician for an is▶Jamaica#16233 in the U.S.Jamaica is the name of the Caribbean island nation used as a given name. The island's name come▶Indyia#16244 in the U.S.A modern respelling of India, the country name, from the Indus River (ultimately Sanskrit sindh▶Italie#16261 in the U.S.The French name for Italy, used as a given name - a bright place name evoking the country and i▶Shyane#16266 in the U.S.Shyane is a phonetic respelling of Cheyenne, borrowed from the name of the Cheyenne people of t▶Jerusalem#16285 in the U.S.From Jerusalem, the ancient holy city sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam — its Hebrew na▶Jerusalema#16286 in the U.S.A given-name use of Jerusalem, the holy city sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hebrew▶Brittanya#16313 in the U.S.Brittanya is a decorative respelling of Brittany with an added -a ending. Brittany comes from t▶Kemberly#16327 in the U.S.Kemberly is a variant of Kimberly, an English place-and-surname name from Cyneburh's -leah ('me▶Kasai#16340 in the U.S.Two genuine and unrelated routes. The Kasai is a major tributary of the Congo River, flowing th▶Haillie#16396 in the U.S.Haillie is a variant spelling of Hailey, from an English place-name and surname meaning 'hay me▶Keltie#16425 in the U.S.A Scottish name from the place name Keltie (near Callander and elsewhere in Perthshire), broadl▶Kenai#16432 in the U.S.A place name from Alaska -- the Kenai Peninsula and River -- from the Dena'ina people (the Kena▶Lyndsee#16443 in the U.S.Lyndsee is a creative respelling of Lindsey, an English surname drawn from a place name that li▶Kealia#16455 in the U.S.From Hawaiian kealia, 'salt bed' or 'salt encrustation' - a natural salt flat left where seawat▶Kenyana#16496 in the U.S.Kenyana lifts the place name Kenya, the East African nation, into a given name and adds the gra▶Seychelle#16529 in the U.S.Most often read from the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean island nation (named for a French finance▶Leire#16558 in the U.S.A Basque name taken from the monastery of San Salvador de Leyre in Navarre, an ancient royal ab▶Bethenny#16648 in the U.S.Bethenny is a variant spelling of Bethany, the name of a village near Jerusalem in the New Test▶Lyncoln#16651 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Lincoln, an English place/surname meaning 'lake colony' (Roman Lindum Co▶Maryland#16665 in the U.S.Maryland is the U.S. state name used as a given name. The state was named 'Mary's land' for Que▶Kimberle#16706 in the U.S.Kimberle is a spelling variant of Kimberly, an English place-name that means the meadow or wood▶Magenta#16707 in the U.S.From the color magenta, a vivid pinkish-purple dye named in 1859 after the Battle of Magenta (a▶Lorayne#16718 in the U.S.Lorayne is a phonetic respelling of Lorraine, the name of a region in northeastern France. Lorr▶Caldonia#16721 in the U.S.Caldonia is a trimmed form of Caledonia, the Latin name the Romans gave to the northern part of▶Tiajuana#16727 in the U.S.Tiajuana reads as a blend of the Spanish Tia, 'aunt', and Juana, the feminine of Juan from Hebr▶Monserath#16822 in the U.S.Monserath is a phonetic respelling of Montserrat, the name of a striking saw-toothed mountain i▶Monserratt#16824 in the U.S.Monserratt is a spelling of Montserrat, the Catalan mountain whose name means 'serrated' or 'sa▶Martinique#16843 in the U.S.Martinique is a place name — the French Caribbean island of Martinique — adopted as a girl's na▶Betheny#16866 in the U.S.Betheny is a variant spelling of Bethany, the New Testament village near Jerusalem where Mary, ▶Najd#16891 in the U.S.From the Arabic Najd, 'highland; the central plateau of Arabia' (from a root, 'elevated ground'▶Brittaney#16921 in the U.S.Brittaney is an -ey spelling of Brittany, the French region named for the Celtic Britons. It bl▶Shian#16979 in the U.S.Shian is a simplified phonetic spelling that mainly reflects Cheyenne - the Native American peo▶Odesza#16993 in the U.S.Odesza reads as a respelling of Odessa, the great Black Sea port of Ukraine, whose name was giv▶Paisely#16995 in the U.S.A respelling of Paisley, a town in Scotland that gave its name to the teardrop swirl pattern; t▶Pariss#17001 in the U.S.Pariss is a respelling of Paris with a doubled final s, a name that points both to the French c▶Payslie#17004 in the U.S.Payslie is a creative respelling of Paisley, the Scottish town whose name (from a Brittonic wor▶Chealsey#17022 in the U.S.Chealsey is a decorative respelling of Chelsea, a London district name built from Old English r▶Paislei#17022 in the U.S.A respelling of Paisley, a town near Glasgow (its name possibly from a word for 'church' or 'ba▶Paisly#17025 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Paisley, the name of a Scottish town and of the swirling teardrop textil▶Radwa#17038 in the U.S.From the Arabic Radwa, the name of a mountain near Medina held in reverence — borne by the accl▶Courtenay#17072 in the U.S.Courtenay is the older, aristocratic spelling of Courtney, from a Norman-French surname taken f▶Aftin#17075 in the U.S.Aftin is a respelling of Afton, a name from the River Afton in Ayrshire, Scotland, made famous ▶Chelsei#17107 in the U.S.Chelsei is a respelling of Chelsea, taken from the London district whose Old English name means▶Jamacia#17195 in the U.S.Jamacia is a respelling of Jamaica, the Caribbean island, used as a given name. The island's na▶Scottlynd#17205 in the U.S.A modern coinage from Scotland (or the surname Scott, 'a Scot') fitted with a -lynd ending. A p▶Seoul#17214 in the U.S.From Seoul, the capital of South Korea; the city's name derives from a Korean word for 'capital▶Devona#17244 in the U.S.Devona is a feminine elaboration of Devon, the English county whose name comes from the ancient▶Shenandoah#17268 in the U.S.Shenandoah is drawn from the Shenandoah River and Valley of Virginia, a name of Native American▶Shiloah#17271 in the U.S.From the Hebrew Shiloah, the pool and channel in Jerusalem also called Siloam, tied to the sens▶Siloe#17287 in the U.S.Siloe is a form of Siloam (Hebrew Shiloah), the pool fed by a spring in Jerusalem. In the Gospe▶Sumer#17318 in the U.S.The name of Sumer, the ancient civilisation of southern Mesopotamia — one of the world's first ▶Chantilly#17320 in the U.S.Chantilly is the name of a town north of Paris, celebrated for its fine bobbin lace and for Cha▶Stratton#17327 in the U.S.An English surname and place name, from Old English for a 'settlement on a Roman road' (straet,▶Asjah#17340 in the U.S.Asjah is a stylized respelling of Asia, the continent name (Greek Asia, from an ancient term fo▶
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What are popular place names for girls?
Oakley, Sutton, London and Brooklynn are among the most-used place names for girls in the U.S., with Dakota and Sydney long-running favorites.
What is a pretty city name for a baby girl?
Vienna, Capri and Sydney are the softest of the city names — each one sounds like a first name first and a destination second.
Is it strange to name a baby after a place?
Not at all — place names are one of the oldest naming traditions there is, and many surnames that became first names started as villages. What matters is that the place means something to you, and that the name still sounds right shouted across a park.