Name Your Baby After a Place
Place names are becoming a more popular trend in recent times. The most famous person named after a place has to be Paris Hilton. Michael Jackson's daugter also shares her name. Paris is a popular unisex name. Other place names are gaining popularity, like Orlando (Orlando Bloom).
Using place names for baby names benefits boys more. One reason for this is that place names have been turned into surnames and the practice of giving surnames as first-names has traditionally benefited boys. However, country names are more traditionally given to girls as they appear more feminine, such as Asia or India.
Place names can be very exotic and really make a person stand out. They give an added beauty to a person just through their name. You could name your child after the place they were concieved for the place they were born to give their name extra significance, as long as the name is apporpriate of course.
Jordan is common unisex name but is rarely considered a place name, despite it being one.
A
Albany
Antarctica
Arabia
Argentina
Arizona
Asia
Aspen
Astoria
Atlanta
Avalon
B
Boise
Bridger
Brighton
Brittania / Britannia
Brookings
C
Cairo
Caledonia
California
Camden
Canaan
Canton
Carolina
Catalina
Ceylon
Chehalis
China
Cincinatti
Colorado
Columbia
Cornwall
Cuba
D
Dallas
Denmark
Denver
E
Everest
F
Florida
France
G
Geneva
H
Haiti
Havana
Holland
Housten
Hudson
I
India
Indiana
Ireland
Israel
J
Jamaica
Jersey
Jordan
Judea
K
Kansas
Kenya
Kingston
Korea
L
Lakeland
Laramie
Lexington
London
Louisiana
M
Macon
Memphis
Miami
Michigan
Montego
N
Nevada
Nyssa
O
Odessa
Olympia
Orlando
P
Paris
Pendleton
Persia
Phoenix
Portland
Q
Quebec
S
Salem
Samaria
Scotland
Sedona
Siam
Sicily
Sonora
T
Taiwan
Tifton
Tokio
Toronto
V
Valencia
Venice
Veneta
Verona
Vienna
There are endless possibilities on place names. All you need to do is get an atlas or a map and you can scan through searching out any place name that jumps out at you. Names of natural features can also be used as baby names, such as Cliff and Glen. Names of rivers and mountains can be used as well. Some natural features can be made into exotic sounding names by using foreign languages, such as Sierra for mountian. Feature names are more suited for male names.
Celebrities Who Have Named Their Children After Places
Perhaps the most famous is Brooklyn, the son of Victoria & David Beckham.
Casey Affleck named his son Indiana in 2004.
Kim Basinger gave birth to daughter Ireland in 1995.
Published by Robyn Lines
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