Place Names for Girls!
- Tribeca
Origin:
American place-nameDescription:
Tribeca was the term created for New York City's TRIangle BElow CAnal Street. Stangely enough--that aside--it almost does sound like a plausible girls' name, nicknamed Becca.
- 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.
- Verona
Origin:
Italian place-nameDescription:
Verona is a scenic place-name with the added attraction of a Shakespearean connection, as in Two Gentlemen of....
- Vienna
Origin:
Place-name: the capital of AustriaMeaning:
"forest stream; white foundation"Description:
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, although Vienna has been climbing the charts herself. Vienna was one of the fastest rising girl names in 2023.
- Virginia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"virginal, pure"Description:
Virginia is a lovely place name starting with the fashionable V and having deep historical roots, yet, unlike some other other girls' classics, has been sorely neglected in recent years.