Place Names for Babies

According to legend -- and, crucially, the Wonder Woman comics and movies -- Themyscira is the home of the Amazons, a mythical race of powerful female warriors. As depicted in the DC comics, Themyscira is a lush utopian island in the middle of a vast ocean. It was also the name of a real town in the Ancient Greek world, on the southern coast of the Black Sea in modern-day Turkey.

Lisa Loeb used this intriguing name as the middle for her son Emet.

One of the most picturesque and enchanting areas of France could become a distinctive baby name.

Ephratah appears in the bible as both the name of a woman--she was the second wife of Caleb and grandmother of one of the spies sent by Moses to Canaan to gather information about the Promised Land--and as that of two places. Ephratah is where Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin and is also the ancient name of Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born.

If you're tired of Olivia, you could be the first on your block to introduce this unique sound-related place-name with Latin flair.

Montego Bay is a beach resort in Jamaica.

Has much too strong of a Brooklyn accent.

The name America is given to around 100 baby girls each year, mostly within the Hispanic and Latin American communities. The national charts do not record diacritical marks like accents, but at least some of those baby girls spell their names with one. Model América González is among them.

Attractive but somewhat unwieldy place-name name.

Mesa is the term for a flat-topped mountain, derived from the Spanish word for "table".

A city and river in Scotland; this is upbeat and cheery, but doesn't seem that appropriate as a name.

Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.

Valletta is the capital city of Malta. It takes on an air of attractiveness via model Amber Valletta and could make an appealing alternative to the somewhat dated Valerie.

Bardou is a holiday destination in France, known for its pictureque village nestled in mountains. It is also a region of Guinea. As a name, it is more commonly known from its English derivation, meaning axe-wielding wolf.

Brittany is firmly a mom name today, but Britain could easily be her daughter. The Britton spelling variation is more common for both genders.

The sidekick in a John Wayne western.

Ibiza — a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea — stems from the Arabic word Yabisah, meaning "land".

Variant of Kendall

This name of an old Armenian city, might sound a little too masculine for use here. Variations include the more feminine Garine and Karine.

Provo is the name of a conservative Utah city that's unlikely to be among the most fashionable place-names. You'd do better with Utah.