Place Baby Names
25 Place names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 25 baby names with a place feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
Place Girl Names
Shahara#9756 in the U.S.Shahara connects to Arabic roots such as sahar, the last darkness before dawn, and shahr, month▶Jersee#10006 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Jersey -- the Channel Island and U.S. state name, and the soft knit fabr▶Irish#10638 in the U.S.The English word Irish, 'of Ireland; the people of Ireland,' used as a given name -- a usage se▶Tunisia#11736 in the U.S.Tunisia is the name of the North African country used as a personal name, its own name drawn fr▶Valetta#12255 in the U.S.Valetta most likely echoes Valletta, the capital of Malta, named for a knight of the sixteenth ▶Britani#13728 in the U.S.A streamlined spelling of Brittany, the region of northwestern France (Bretagne) settled by Bri▶Brooklee#13732 in the U.S.A modern spelling of Brooklyn, the New York borough named for the Dutch town Breukelen (often r▶Calais#13744 in the U.S.From Calais, the French port on the Strait of Dover — a place name of ancient Gaulish root whos▶Cayenne#13774 in the U.S.From cayenne pepper, whose name reaches back through French to a Tupi word for the chili (kyynh▶Celaya#13776 in the U.S.From the Basque surname Zelaia (Spanish Celaya), built on zelai, 'field; meadow' — and the name▶Courtland#13809 in the U.S.From the surname and place name Courtland/Cortland — 'the land by the court or manor,' also tie▶Savhanna#14354 in the U.S.Savhanna is a respelling of Savannah, a word for a broad grassland taken from the Spanish saban▶Azusena#14851 in the U.S.Azusena respells Azucena, the Spanish word for the Madonna lily, borrowed from the Arabic as-su▶Genora#16069 in the U.S.Genora reads as an early-century American coinage, most plausibly echoing Genoa, the Italian po▶Londan#16715 in the U.S.Londan is a spelling variant of London, the name of the British capital, whose ancient origin i▶Haeley#17412 in the U.S.Haeley is a creative spelling of Hailey, which began as an English surname from a place name me▶Cheyane#17893 in the U.S.Cheyane is a simplified spelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains people whose own name came t▶
Place Boy Names
Linville#6860 in the U.S.Linville began as an English surname and American place name, combining a Lin element with the ▶Raiford#9483 in the U.S.Raiford is a surname and Southern place name adopted as a given name, of the kind built from fo▶Frisco#11393 in the U.S.Frisco has two honest routes. It is the colloquial nickname for San Francisco, so it can read a▶Paisley#11928 in the U.S.From the Scottish town of Paisley, which gave its name to the swirling teardrop textile pattern▶Radnor#11959 in the U.S.From the Welsh place-and-surname Radnor (Radnorshire), from Old English read ('red') + ora ('ba▶Denvyr#12722 in the U.S.Denvyr reads as a modern -yr respelling of Denver, itself a place name and English surname ('Da▶Dubai#12775 in the U.S.Dubai is the name of the city and emirate in the UAE, used here as a modern place-name. Its own▶Mihan#13516 in the U.S.Mihan is the Persian word for 'homeland; native land', used as a given name. It carries a sense▶
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Popular Place baby names include Linville, Raiford, Shahara, Jersee, Irish, Frisco. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 25 Place baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.