Place Names for Babies

Itziar is the name of a Basque village, notable for its shrine to the Virgin Mary, inside its 8th century temple, The sanctuary of Santa María de Itziar. The name possibly translates to "ancient rock" or "old stone" and is fairly well-used in Spain, ranking in the Top 200 names for girls in the 2010s.

The name of a tidal island off of Loch Creran in Scotland, Eriska means "water spirit or brownie island", the name borrowed from the Scottish Gaelic
Ùruisg
. The island is now privately owned and not to be confused with the similar Eriskay, the name of an island in the Out Hebrides.

The name of a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides and derived from Old Norse, Eriskay could be an interesting way to honor an Erik or an Erika. The island is associated with an old Scottish song about unrequited love called the Eriskay Love Lilt, along with the Eriskay pony and the 1745 Jacobite rising in which Bonnie Prince Charlie temporarily went ashore on the island.

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".

Originally used as a surname for someone from Verlaine in the Liege province of Belgium, its use as a given name was inspired by the 19th century French poet, Paul Verlaine. Predominantly used as a feminine name, sources suggest it could mean "true" or "truth" from the French vrai or the Latin veritas, or from the French laine meaning "wool" in reference to wool production in Liege.

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.

Nebra is the name of a town in Germany, notable for the Nebra Sky Disc, a Bronze Aged disc inlaid with gold symbols of the sun, the moon and stars, significant in revealing the astronomical knowledge of the period.