Unique Location Baby Names
- Melbourne
Origin:
English, place nameMeaning:
"mill stream"Description:
Best associated with the Australian city, Melbourne is occasionally used as a given name. The city itself was named after the British Prime Minister, William Lamb, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Melbourne also being a market town in Derbyshire.
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"Description:
A place name with so much history, from Ancient Egypt, where so many pyramids were built, to the US blues southern city. The name also has a great meaning. Although it's being given to babies of both genders, Memphis (unlike most place names) is much more common for boys than girls.
- Mendoza
Origin:
Basque surnameMeaning:
"cold mountain"Description:
Mendoza has great potential to move from a surname to a first name for either sex. It is derived from the Basque words mendi, meaning "mountain," and hotz, "cold."
- Milan
Origin:
Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"Meaning:
"gracious, dear; union"Description:
As Mila rises for girls, so Milan is becoming a more popular option for boys, especially after singer Shakira chose it for her son. After a 55-year hiatus, it reentered the Top 1000 in 2013 and is heading dramatically upward.
- Madrid
- Mercedes
- Munich
- Nazareth
Origin:
Hebrew place nameDescription:
Nazareth, an important place in the New Testament as the hometown of Jesus, is on the rise as a name for both girls and boys. It's one of a handful of Biblical place names, along with Galilee and Jericho, stylish among contemporary Christians.
- Osaka
Origin:
Place-nameDescription:
With so many other places translating to first names, why not this major Japanese city -- especially if it holds some personal significance.
- Olavarría
- Orlando
- Portland
- Prague
- Rhodes
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"where roses grow"Description:
A Greek island and a prestigious scholarship make an upper-crusty first name with the uber-stylish S ending. Rhodes was recently chosen by actress Emma Roberts for her son, born in 2020, but it has also started to be given to a small number of girls each year too.
- Rio
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"place of the cherry blossoms"Description:
Rio is one of Japan's most popular girls names, constantly sitting in that country's Top 10. Of course, Rio may also stem from the Portuguese and Spanish word for river, and the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. A truly international name for a cosmopolitan baby!
- Sydney
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Saint Denis"Description:
Sydney was a hot girls' name in the 1990s, but she's arguably still cool. One of the original old man names adopted for baby girls, Sydney's popularity may be down but she's not out.
- Taipei
- Tuscany
- Venice
Origin:
Italian place-nameDescription:
This name of one of the most romantic cities in the world could easily find its way onto an American baby girl's birth certificate.
- Vienna
Origin:
Place-name: the capital of AustriaDescription:
Vienna is one of the more popular of the European place-names, with a particularly pleasant sound, evoking elegant images of the Blue Danube, of castles and cafes, sweets and sausages and Strauss waltzes—and Sigmund Freud. It could be a possible substitute for the popular Sienna.