Place Names for Babies

  1. Kilby
    • Origin:

      English place name and surname
    • Meaning:

      "children's settlement"
    • Description:

      A quirky habitational surname, Kilby is a town in Leicestershire in England. Derived from Old English and Old Norse, it could mean "child's settlement" from the elements cilda and by. Though it is rare as a given name, it has been borne by ice hockey player Kilby MacDonald and by folk musician Kilby Snow.
  2. Lausanne
    • Origin:

      Place name, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "slab"
    • Description:

      An unusual place, Lausanne is a hilly city on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Its name comes from the Latin Lausanna, ultimately from a Proto Celtic word meaning "slab" though other sources suggest it could mean "place where one dines".