We want our kids to grow up and know the world, be worldly, and be explorers -- both literally and figuratively. And some of us want a name that reflects that. Maybe it's a state we love or a country we wish to visit or even a planet that represents that our child can soar to the greatest heights.
Some of these names that are places are also "common" names, but knowing there is a spot on the globe with the same moniker as your child does add some flair to the choice.
Take a look at this list of 100 baby names that are also places. I purposely didn't separate by gender since so many of them are unisex. See which ones you like for your baby boy or girl.
- Brooklyn
- Bronx
- Chelsea
- Montgomery
- Virginia
- Alexandria
- Logan
- Easton
- California
- Diego
- Cheyenne
- Tennessee
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Mitchell
- Aurora
- Lafayette
- Jennings
- Juneau
- Mason
- Cody
- Trenton
- Lawrence
- Indiana
- Boston
- Carolina
- Charlotte
- Nola (short for New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Texas
- Abilene
- Dallas
- Austin
- Montana
- Helena
- Dakota
- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Aspen
- Cheyenne
- Sedona
- Florida
- Orlando
- Dayton
- Jersey
- Odessa
- Peyton
- Bristol
- Rio
- Vegas
- Washington
- Madison
- Savannah
- Kent
- America
- Israel
- Zaire
- Africa
- Catalina
- Argentina
- Canada
- Chad
- Panama
- Peru
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Kingston
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- France
- Grenada
- Arran
- Egypt
- Ireland
- London
- Holland
- Asia
- India
- Kashmir
- Florence
- Paris
- Sydney
- Havana
- Berlin
- Morocco
- Vienna
- Verona
- Mexico
- Quintana
- Jordan
- Cairo
- China
- Sahara
- Kenya
- Valencia
- Jupiter
- Neptune
- Venus
- Earth
Would you or have you named your baby after a place on a map?
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actually, i had considered it for my first daughter. but, it wasn't one place on the map - it was two. i was looking around at a map and saw Kiev, and then glanced over and saw Vienna. my mind put the two of them together - Kievienna - and i loooooved it. it's unusual, still feminine, not *totally* crazy on the spelling scale (there were variations that could be easier to spell and less attributed to the formal names of the places) but i couldn't convince my husband of the same. lol of course, my daughter still got her "K" middle name, but i still wish i'd been able to use that one somewhere.. maybe i'll get a puppy. lol ;)
My daughters name is Sierra.
@kaerae - judge much? i couldn't be ANY less of a pageant mom, and my children are not objects that i project my own insecurities onto. but thanks!
Not my thing to give my kids geographical names. Knowing too many kids named "Dakota" when I was growing up kind of turned me off to it.
this list sucks.