Place Names

If you're looking for a really untouristed place name, Aquitaine could be it. Aquitaine is a region of France that includes both Bordeaux and Biarritz and is famous for such food and drink as its pates and cassoulets, Armagnac brandy and Bordeaux wines.

Also a dog breed

Variant of Lindus

This delicate Umbrian place name would make a unique path to Ellie.

Britain is an attractive place that is used nearly equally for boys and girls. But spelling it Britton makes it considerably more popular for both genders.

Lindus or Lindos was one of the most important towns in ancient Rhodes. Lindus also was the native place of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece.

St. Keverne is a town on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula and also the name of an ancient saint. While the name is virtually unused for children in the modern world, it could be a Kevin update and has contemporary possibilities.

The name of a number of towns across America, most notably the fifth-largest town in Oklahoma, and a handful of historical figures.

This name of the capital of an ancient Egyptian dynasty makes Lois X-rated.

A version of the island name Capri that has started to see a little use for boys. Possible influences are the late Kobe Bryant's youngest daughter Capri, and the rapper Kodak Black, legal name Bill K. Kapri.

Unexplored Moroccan place name, conjuring up images of camels and palm trees and domed minarets.

Despite its rakish western charm, still remains a cowboy (or girl) costume without a real persona inside. Emily Robison used it as the middle name for her daughter Julianna.

An obscurity, though with the popularity of Abigail and the rise of all names that start with A, may make an attractive choice.

Name taken from a hermitage dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Aitzpea was the name of Basque actress and director Aitzpea Goenaga.

A pretty private park in Manhattan, doesn't quite make it as a baby name.

Mythical wonderland makes strong, evocative first name for either gender.

The name of the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, which is thought to come from a Kansa word meaning "good place to grow potatoes".

Pilgrimage site in Italy.