From the time when India Hicks was named in honour of the country loved by her grandmother, Lady Mountbatten, to the recent naming of Beckhams’ son Brooklyn after the city where he was conceived, place names are a popular choice as first names.
Whether you are an expatriate who wants to commemorate your homeland, a traveller who has fond memories of a particular place or it’s just that you like the sound of a place name, here’s a list of popular places used as first names, to inspire your baby naming:
Name | Gender |
Aberdeen | Girl or Boy |
Albany | Girl or Boy |
Alton | Boy |
Africa | Girl |
America | Girl |
Andorra | Girl |
Arabia | Girl |
Aragon | Boy |
Ashton | Boy |
Asia | Girl |
Aspen | Girl |
Atlanta | Girl |
Bali | Girl |
Beaumont | Boy |
Berlin | Girl or Boy |
Bexley | Boy |
Blair | Girl or Boy |
Bolivia | Girl |
Boston | Boy |
Bonn | Boy |
Boston | Boy |
Bradford | Boy |
Bradley | Boy |
Brasilia | Boy |
Brent | Boy |
Bristol | Boy |
Brittany | Girl |
Brooke | Girl |
Brooklyn | Boy |
Cairo | Girl |
Caledonia | Girl |
Camden | Girl |
Carson | Boy |
Caspian | Girl |
Catalina | Girl |
Cayman | Boy |
Charleston | Boy |
Chelsea | Girl |
China | Girl |
Colombia | Girl |
Connemara | Girl |
Corsica | Girl |
Cumbria | Girl |
Cuba | Boy |
Cyprus | Girl |
Dallas | Girl |
Delphi | Girl |
Denver | Boy |
Devon | Boy |
Dublin | Boy |
Douglas | Boy |
Elba | Girl |
Florence | Girl or Boy |
Francisco | Boy |
Galway | Boy |
Georgia | Girl |
Gordon | Boy |
Havana | Boy |
Holland | Boy |
Houston | Boy |
Hudson | Boy |
India | Girl |
Indiana | Boy |
Ireland | Girl |
Jamaica | Boy |
Jordan | Girl or Boy |
Kansas | Girl or Boy |
Kent | Boy |
Kenya | Girl |
Kingston | Boy |
Kyoto | Boy |
Lansing | Boy |
Lincoln | Boy |
Logan | Boy |
Louisiana | Girl |
Lourdes | Girl |
Memphis | Girl or Boy |
Miami | Girl |
Milan | Girl or Boy |
Montana | Girl |
Nile | Boy |
Odessa | Girl |
Orlando | Boy |
Palermo | Girl or Boy |
Panama | Girl |
Paris | Girl |
Persia | Girl |
Peru | Girl or Boy |
Rio | Girl or Boy |
Roma | Girl |
Sahara | Girl |
Samara | Girl |
Sevilla | Girl |
Siena | Girl |
Savannah | Girl |
Shelby | Girl |
Skye | Girl |
Tahiti | Girl |
Tangier | Boy |
Texas | Girl or Boy |
Trenton | Boy |
Umbria | Girl |
Valencia | Girl |
Venice | Girl |
Vienna | Girl |
York | Boy |
Zion | Boy |