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Tullulah#13315 in the U.S.Tullulah is a spelling of Tallulah, from the Georgia place name Tallulah Falls, generally traceVarna#13329 in the U.S.From Sanskrit varna, 'color; hue; appearance'. The same word also names the varna system of socVienne#13335 in the U.S.A French place name: Vienne is a town and river in south-central France, and Vienne is also howWithney#13349 in the U.S.A respelling of Whitney, from an English place name and surname meaning 'white island' or 'whitAntalya#13351 in the U.S.Antalya is the name of a sun-soaked resort city on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, founded in antYavi#13377 in the U.S.A short modern name with no settled etymology. Yavi is also a small Andean village in Jujuy proNeyland#13420 in the U.S.A surname and place name (Neyland is a town in Wales; Neyland Stadium in Tennessee honors coachAbeline#13433 in the U.S.Read either as a spelling of Abilene — a biblical region north of Damascus, whose name is linkeAbyssinia#13442 in the U.S.Abyssinia is the historic European name for Ethiopia, reaching English through Latin Abissinia Azania#13443 in the U.S.Azania is an old place name applied to parts of southeastern Africa, revived as a poetic and asBostynn#13478 in the U.S.Bostynn is a modern respelling of Boston, the New England city that itself takes its name from Airlie#13488 in the U.S.Airlie is a Scottish place name in Angus — the seat of the Earls of Airlie — carried into surnaAlanya#13500 in the U.S.Alanya is most often read as a feminine form of Alan (a Celtic name of debated sense, 'handsomeAlexzandria#13514 in the U.S.Alexzandria is a modern respelling of Alexandria, the feminine form built on Alexander (Greek 'Alyn#13532 in the U.S.Alyn is the name of a river in north-east Wales (Afon Alun) and of the district around it; as aArbel#13600 in the U.S.From Mount Arbel, the cliff-topped peak above the Sea of Galilee, and the ancient town beside iArrington#13617 in the U.S.From the English place and surname Arrington (Cambridgeshire), usually read as the settlement (Athens#13630 in the U.S.A place name: Athens, the capital of Greece, whose Greek name Athenai is bound to Athena, goddeAvanti#13641 in the U.S.From Sanskrit: Avanti was one of the great mahajanapadas, an ancient kingdom of central India wBerea#13691 in the U.S.Berea is a place name from the New Testament: the Macedonian city (Greek Beroia) whose people, Bethania#13695 in the U.S.Bethania is the Latin and Spanish form of Bethany — the village near Jerusalem in the Gospels, Beverlee#13696 in the U.S.Beverlee is a mid-century respelling of Beverly, an English place and surname from the Old EnglBrandyn#13708 in the U.S.Brandyn is a modern respelling of Brandon, an English place and surname from Old English brom dBristyl#13727 in the U.S.Bristyl respells Bristol, the English port city whose name comes from Old English Brycgstow, 'pErie#13731 in the U.S.From Erie — a Native American people and one of the Great Lakes; the name is linked to a word fEvora#13748 in the U.S.Variously the Portuguese city of Evora (from a Celtic root linked to 'yew trees'/water) and a mGenova#13785 in the U.S.From Genova, the Italian name of the port city of Genoa; also echoing Geneva and Genevieve; a pCovington#13810 in the U.S.From the English place/surname Covington, 'Cofa's settlement or town.' Usually a surname or boyDalton#13831 in the U.S.From the English place name and surname Dalton, Old English dael + tun, 'valley settlement' or Holden#13841 in the U.S.From an English place/surname — Old English hol, 'hollow; deep', plus denu, 'a valley'; 'the deDiala#13891 in the U.S.Diala is an Arabic girl's name that shares its form with Diyala, the river and province in eastBrittain#13899 in the U.S.A given-name spelling of Britain, the island name (and echoing Brittany, the French region). AsDutchess#13903 in the U.S.Dutchess is a respelling of the title Duchess (Old French duchesse, Latin dux, 'leader'). The sEdessa#13908 in the U.S.A place name: Edessa was an ancient city in upper Mesopotamia (today Sanliurfa, in Turkey) and Eretria#13955 in the U.S.A place name: Eretria was an ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea, a seafaring and coloniEverlei#13967 in the U.S.A respelling of Everly, an English surname from place names built on eofor, 'wild boar', plus lJudaea#13988 in the U.S.From Judaea, the Latin/Greek name of the region of Judah in ancient Israel — 'of Judah; praisedHaddon#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 generaHermosa#14063 in the U.S.The Spanish adjective hermosa, 'beautiful', from Latin formosa ('shapely, beautiful'). Used as Illyria#14093 in the U.S.Illyria was the classical name for a region along the eastern Adriatic, home to the Illyrian peIndiyah#14098 in the U.S.Indiyah is a contemporary respelling of India — a country name that reached English through GreIndyah#14099 in the U.S.Indyah is another contemporary spelling of India, the place name that reached English via GreekKingslee#14111 in the U.S.A spelling of Kingsley — from the Old English, 'the king's meadow/wood' (cyning, 'king', + leahJerusalen#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 origJorgia#14218 in the U.S.Jorgia is a modern respelling of Georgia, the feminine of George — from Greek georgos, 'farmer'Keighly#14316 in the U.S.A spelling that draws on two sources: Keighley, a Yorkshire town whose name means 'Cyhha's cleaKennya#14337 in the U.S.Kennya is a modern spelling of Kenya, taken from the East African country, whose name comes froKenzington#14343 in the U.S.Kenzington is a modern respelling of Kensington, the London district and royal palace. The placKingston#14370 in the U.S.Kingston is an English place name and surname from Old English cyning ('king') and tun ('farmstLaraine#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, usuallyVidisha#14508 in the U.S.From the Sanskrit Vidisha, the name of an ancient city in central India, set between two riversLynzee#14509 in the U.S.A phonetic respelling of Lindsey/Lindsay, an English place name and surname from Lincolnshire, Rhylan#14565 in the U.S.A spelling of Rylan/Ryland — an English place/surname, 'the island meadow; the rye land' (rye +Manhattan#14566 in the U.S.A place name: Manhattan is the New York borough, named from a Lenape word recorded by Dutch colMaui#14596 in the U.S.A place name — the Hawaiian island of Maui — and, in Polynesian tradition across Hawaii, AotearLundy#14607 in the U.S.A surname and place name; Lundy Island off Devon takes its name from Old Norse lundi ('puffin')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 — thManisa#14666 in the U.S.Two honest routes. Manisa is a city in western Turkey, the classical Magnesia ad Sipylum. SeparMystic#14684 in the U.S.Mystic is the English word used outright as a name: 'mystic' means mysterious, hidden, or spiriNaica#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 Namora#14706 in the U.S.Namora is best known as a Marvel comics character — an Atlantean, cousin of Namor. It is also aSonoma#14709 in the U.S.A place-name — Sonoma, in California; variously linked to the Miwok, 'the valley of the moon' aNatanya#14718 in the U.S.Natanya is a Hebrew name meaning 'gift of God', from natan, 'he gave', with the divine element Radleigh#14749 in the U.S.A modern -leigh respelling of Radley, an English place/surname meaning 'red meadow' or 'reed clTorrance#14781 in the U.S.From the Scottish Gaelic torran, 'a little hill; a mound/knoll'; a place-name and surname; morePayzlee#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 Quincie#14821 in the U.S.A feminine-styled spelling of Quincy, from a Norman French place name — Cuinchy, from the RomanWaverlee#14830 in the U.S.A spelling of Waverly — from the Old English, 'a meadow of quivering aspens; a meadow by the waSavilla#14871 in the U.S.A form of Sevilla — the Andalusian city of Seville — used as a given name; also a vintage AmeriScotia#14876 in the U.S.From the Latin Scotia, 'Scotland' — the medieval Latin name for the country, used as a poetic pScotlin#14940 in the U.S.A contemporary American coinage: the place name Scotland ('land of the Scots') trimmed and respSelby#14943 in the U.S.From the Yorkshire town and English surname Selby, generally derived from Old Norse selja ('wilSevilla#14952 in the U.S.From Sevilla, the Spanish name of the Andalusian city known in English as Seville. The city namWellesley#15059 in the U.S.From the English surname and place-name Wellesley, roughly 'clearing by a spring/well' -- famouZelah#15219 in the U.S.A place-name in the Bible (Zela, a town in Benjamin) and, separately, a name used in Cornwall (Beesan#15259 in the U.S.From Beesan (Baysan), an ancient town also known as Beit She'an; a Palestinian place-name carriAlessandria#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 NAlyeska#15304 in the U.S.From the Aleut alaxsxaq (often given as 'the great land' or 'the mainland') — the source of theBetsaida#15310 in the U.S.From the Hebrew/Aramaic Bethsaida, 'house of fishing; house of the hunter' — a town by the Sea Cashmere#15379 in the U.S.From the English word cashmere, 'the fine soft wool' — named for the Kashmir region where the gAmerika#15451 in the U.S.A respelling of America. The continent name comes from the Latin form of the explorer Amerigo VAnnesley#15485 in the U.S.From the English place and surname Annesley/Ansley, likely 'Aethelnoth's woodland clearing' (anAtlanta#15539 in the U.S.Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, named in the 1840s from the Western and Atlantic Railroad. TAvantika#15563 in the U.S.Sanskrit. Avantika is an ancient name for Ujjain, one of India's seven holy cities, and it alsoAttalia#15597 in the U.S.From Attalia, an ancient port on Turkey's coast named after King Attalos and mentioned in Acts Ephrata#15622 in the U.S.From the Hebrew Ephrath, 'fruitful; fertile' — an ancient name for Bethlehem in the Bible; we nBrazos#15639 in the U.S.From the Brazos River in Texas — its full Spanish name Los Brazos de Dios ('the arms of God'), Britny#15658 in the U.S.A respelling of Britney, itself from Brittany - the region of Brittany in northwest France, homChyann#15678 in the U.S.Chyann is a modern respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Native American people and of a WyominDenvyr#15777 in the U.S.Denvyr is a modern respelling of Denver — an English surname and place name, and the Colorado cCheyann#15798 in the U.S.A respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Native American (Plains) people and of a Wyoming city; Delancy#15824 in the U.S.A modern spelling of Delancey, a Huguenot family surname of French origin (de Lancey) carried tElanora#15906 in the U.S.Elanora is most simply read as a variant of Eleanor/Elanor. It also matches Elanora, a place naFira#15959 in the U.S.A short modern coinage; separately the name of Fira, the clifftop capital of Santorini. As a giHollan#16140 in the U.S.A spelling of Holland, used as a surname and place name. The Dutch place name is usually explaiKenzlei#16142 in the U.S.A spelling of Kinsley/Kenzley — from the Old English, 'the king's meadow/clearing' (cyning, 'kiIbiza#16227 in the U.S.From Ibiza, the Balearic island of Spain, whose ancient name traces to the Phoenician for an isKynzlie#16227 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Kinsley — an English place/surname, 'the king's meadow/wood' (cyning, 'kIndyia#16244 in the U.S.A modern respelling of India, the country name, from the Indus River (ultimately Sanskrit sindhItalie#16261 in the U.S.The French name for Italy, used as a given name - a bright place name evoking the country and iJerusalem#16285 in the U.S.From Jerusalem, the ancient holy city sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam — its Hebrew naJerusalema#16286 in the U.S.A given-name use of Jerusalem, the holy city sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (HebrewKasai#16340 in the U.S.Two genuine and unrelated routes. The Kasai is a major tributary of the Congo River, flowing thKeltie#16425 in the U.S.A Scottish name from the place name Keltie (near Callander and elsewhere in Perthshire), broadlKenai#16432 in the U.S.A place name from Alaska -- the Kenai Peninsula and River -- from the Dena'ina people (the KenaKealia#16455 in the U.S.From Hawaiian kealia, 'salt bed' or 'salt encrustation' - a natural salt flat left where seawatMonzerrat#16519 in the U.S.A respelling of Montserrat, the Catalan 'jagged mountain,' named for the mountain and Marian shMorelia#16522 in the U.S.From the Spanish place Morelia (a Mexican city, named for Jose Maria Morelos); also linked to mNairoby#16551 in the U.S.A spelling of Nairobi — the capital of Kenya, from the Maasai Enkare Nyrobi, 'a place of cool/cLeire#16558 in the U.S.A Basque name taken from the monastery of San Salvador de Leyre in Navarre, an ancient royal abLyncoln#16651 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Lincoln, an English place/surname meaning 'lake colony' (Roman Lindum CoMagenta#16707 in the U.S.From the color magenta, a vivid pinkish-purple dye named in 1859 after the Battle of Magenta (aNajd#16891 in the U.S.From the Arabic Najd, 'highland; the central plateau of Arabia' (from a root, 'elevated ground'Shasta#16904 in the U.S.A modern name, echoing Mount Shasta (a California peak, whose name is of Native American originOdesza#16993 in the U.S.Odesza reads as a respelling of Odessa, the great Black Sea port of Ukraine, whose name was givPaisely#16995 in the U.S.A respelling of Paisley, a town in Scotland that gave its name to the teardrop swirl pattern; tPaislei#17022 in the U.S.A respelling of Paisley, a town near Glasgow (its name possibly from a word for 'church' or 'baPaisly#17025 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Paisley, the name of a Scottish town and of the swirling teardrop textilRadwa#17038 in the U.S.From the Arabic Radwa, the name of a mountain near Medina held in reverence — borne by the acclWilloughby#17134 in the U.S.From the Old Norse/English, 'a farm/settlement by the willow trees' (welig, 'willow', + by, 'a Scottlynd#17205 in the U.S.A modern coinage from Scotland (or the surname Scott, 'a Scot') fitted with a -lynd ending. A pSeoul#17214 in the U.S.From Seoul, the capital of South Korea; the city's name derives from a Korean word for 'capitalSiloe#17287 in the U.S.Siloe is a form of Siloam (Hebrew Shiloah), the pool fed by a spring in Jerusalem. In the GospeSumer#17318 in the U.S.The name of Sumer, the ancient civilisation of southern Mesopotamia — one of the world's first Stratton#17327 in the U.S.An English surname and place name, from Old English for a 'settlement on a Roman road' (straet,Emmaus#17360 in the U.S.From Emmaus, the village near Jerusalem where, in the Gospel of Luke, the risen Jesus appeared Taline#17364 in the U.S.Taline (also Talin, Taleen) is an Armenian girls' name taken from Talin, a town in the AragatsoVarenna#17462 in the U.S.Varenna is best known as a village on the eastern shore of Lake Como in northern Italy. As a giZeila#17614 in the U.S.A modern name that echoes Sheila and Zela, and also matches Zeila, a historic port town on the Lakeland#18606 in the U.S.Lakeland is an English place-name meaning 'land of lakes' — most famously England's Lake DistriAlteaAltea is a seaside town on Spain's Costa Blanca, and the name also reads as a Spanish-shaped foBegoñaOur Lady of Begoña, a Basque Marian title (place name)BlakeleiA modern spelling of Blakely, an English surname from a place name. The Old English elements arCalgaryFrom the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada — named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull, ScotlandMoroccoThe name of the North African country Morocco, used as a bold place-name. The country's EnglishNessA one-syllable name reading as a short form of Vanessa or Agnes ('pure; holy'), or as the ScottValinorFrom J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth: Valinor is the land of the Valar, the 'Undying Lands' acrosWyndhamFrom an English surname and place name, generally read as 'windy village/home' or 'Wyman's home
Place-name Boy Names
Kingstynn#13307 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Kingston, an English place name and surname from Old English cyning ('kiKiowa#13310 in the U.S.Kiowa is the English name of the Kiowa Tribe, a Native American nation of the Southern Plains, Nashua#13313 in the U.S.A place name from the Nashua River and the New Hampshire city, of Algonquian origin often read Klayten#13318 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Clayton, an English place name and surname from Old English claeg ('clayNevo#13329 in the U.S.From the Hebrew Nevo, 'a height; the elevated place' (Mount Nebo, where Moses saw the Promised Oxford#13386 in the U.S.From the English place-name Oxford — from the Old English oxa, 'ox', + ford, 'a river crossing'Lorien#13409 in the U.S.Lorien comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's invented Elvish: Lorien is the shortened name of Lothlorien,Loudon#13411 in the U.S.Loudon is a Scottish surname from Loudoun in Ayrshire — a place-name usually read as 'beacon hiLucchese#13412 in the U.S.Lucchese is the Italian word for a person from Lucca, the walled Tuscan city — a surname of oriLunden#13415 in the U.S.Lunden reads chiefly as a respelling of London, the great city whose ancient name, Londinium, hMarsden#13464 in the U.S.Marsden is an English surname from places of that name in Yorkshire and Lancashire, from Old EnMasis#13469 in the U.S.Masis is the Armenian name for Mount Ararat, the great twin-peaked mountain that stands as a naRhode#13471 in the U.S.From the Greek Rhode — variously 'a rose' and linked to the island of Rhodes; also read as an EMaxfield#13487 in the U.S.Maxfield is an English surname from the Cheshire place-name Macclesfield, understood as 'Macca'Milani#13521 in the U.S.Milani is an Italian surname meaning 'from Milan', used as a given name. In the U.S. it is far Ness#13598 in the U.S.From the Scottish and northern English 'ness', a headland or promontory (from Old Norse nes) — Siam#13607 in the U.S.From Siam — the former name of Thailand (possibly from Sanskrit shyama, 'dark; brown'); a placeTakota#13666 in the U.S.A form/spelling linked to Dakota/Lakota — from the Sioux, 'a friend; an ally' (also the name ofOwsley#13673 in the U.S.From an English place name and surname ending in Old English -leah, 'wood; clearing.' The firstRocklin#13752 in the U.S.An English surname and place name (a city in California), read as 'rock' plus a -lin/-ling endiRoyalton#13801 in the U.S.Royalton reads as Royal plus the English place-name ending -ton ('town; settlement') — so 'royaRoyden#13802 in the U.S.From an English surname and place name, usually explained as Old English ryge ('rye') plus dun Sitka#13899 in the U.S.A place-name from Tlingit Sheetka, the Alaskan town on Baranof Island, and the Sitka spruce namSlaton#13904 in the U.S.An English surname and place-name, generally read as 'slate town' or from Old English slaed-tunTrentyn#14022 in the U.S.Trentyn is a modern respelling of Trenton — an English place name, from the River Trent, later Tyndale#14046 in the U.S.Tyndale is an English surname from Tynedale, the valley of the River Tyne in Northumberland. ItStaten#14053 in the U.S.Staten is used as a modern American given name drawn from Staten Island in New York, itself namTacoma#14070 in the U.S.A place name — the Washington city Tacoma, from a Coast Salish (Lushootseed) word tied to MountVenicio#14070 in the U.S.An Italian and Spanish name usually read as 'of Venice; Venetian', from Latin Venetius, the namZanoah#14070 in the U.S.A biblical place name in the Book of Joshua, a town in the hill country of Judah; the Hebrew isWoodford#14084 in the U.S.From English place names meaning 'the ford by the wood' — a river crossing beside woodland — foVinton#14087 in the U.S.An English surname from a place-name, most likely 'Vinna's farmstead' or 'the settlement by theWaco#14097 in the U.S.A place-name from Waco, Texas, which takes its name from the Waco (Hueco) people, a Wichita-affWaverly#14106 in the U.S.From the English place-name Waverley, usually read as 'meadow of quivering aspens' — from Old EWick#14114 in the U.S.From Old English wic, 'dwelling; village; farm' (from Latin vicus) — the element behind hundredWilford#14116 in the U.S.An English surname from a place-name, usually read as 'the willow ford' — the river crossing byWilloughby#14119 in the U.S.From English place-names in Lincolnshire and elsewhere, combining Old English 'willow' with theZiion#14226 in the U.S.Ziion is a modern respelling of Zion, from the Hebrew Tsiyon, the name of the hill in JerusalemStatton#14326 in the U.S.A double-t spelling of the English surname Staton, from a place-name whose -ton is Old English EphesianFrom Ephesian, 'of Ephesus' — the ancient Greek city, and the Epistle to the Ephesians in the NPenuelFrom the Hebrew Penuel (Peniel), 'face of God' — in Genesis, the place where Jacob wrestled thrShamiFrom the Arabic Shami, 'of Sham' — Sham being the historic name for Damascus and the wider Leva
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Popular Place-name baby names include Kingstynn, Kiowa, Nashua, Tullulah, Klayten, Nevo. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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