Place Names

Names taken from somewhere on a map. The place usually got its own name from a person, a landscape feature or a language nobody there speaks any more, so the meaning is two removes away.

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106 names, most popular first in the United States

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Covington Covington is an English surname used occasionally as a first name for boys and girls.
Unisex English #13,825 in US
Gaëtan Gaëtan names an Italian coastal town, and it reaches French through a saint rather than through Italy — Cajetan of Thiene founded an order in the sixteenth century, and the name followed the order into France.
Boy French 54,390 births
Ailsa Ailsa is a girl's name from Ailsa Craig, the volcanic island in the Firth of Clyde that supplies the granite for nearly every curling stone in the world.
Girl Scottish 3,110 births
Innes Innes is a boy's name from a Moray place name meaning "island," and in Scotland it has been used for both sexes.
Boy Scottish 1,750 births
Struan Struan is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "stream," taken from a Perthshire estate that is the seat of Clan Donnachaidh.
Boy Scottish 1,665 births
Eireann Eireann is a girl's name taken from Ireland's own name — and specifically from its genitive case, so it means "of Ireland" rather than Ireland.
Girl Irish 613 births
Eirinn Eirinn is a girl's name taken from the dative case of Ireland's Irish name, so grammatically it means "to Ireland" rather than Ireland itself.
Girl Irish 595 births
Mattingly Mattingly is an English surname used occasionally as a first name, mainly for American girls.
Unisex English 362 births
Laragh Laragh is an Irish girl's name taken from a place name, most famously the village of Laragh in County Wicklow.
Girl Irish 200 births
Lerryn Lerryn is a rare girl's name from Cornwall, taken from the River Lerryn and the village beside it.
Girl Cornish 58 births

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