Names Categorized "place names"

Berlin is a feminine first name derived from the name of the capital city of Germany, Berlin. The city's name is of uncertain origin, but it is widely believed to come from an Old Polabian (West Slavic) word such as berl...

Bethany is a feminine given name derived from a biblical town mentioned in the New Testament. The name comes from the Greek Βηθανία (Bethania), which itself is likely of Aramaic or Hebrew origin, possibly meaning "house...

Bethel is a feminine given name derived from an Old Testament place name. The word itself comes from the Hebrew Beit-El, meaning "house of God" or "house of El." This ancient Israelite city, located north of Jerusalem, i...

Bharat is the modern form of Bharata, a name of great importance in Indian mythology and culture. The root name Bharata means "being maintained" in Sanskrit and is one of the many names of Agni, the Hindu god of fire. In...

Boone is an English masculine given name, derived from an English surname with two possible origins — either from the Old French bon meaning "good" or as a toponymic surname from the town of Bohon in France. The name gai...

Brandon is a masculine given name that originated as a transferred use of an English surname. The surname itself was derived from a place name, combining the Old English elements brōm, meaning "broom" or "gorse," and dūn...

Braxton is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that originally comes from a place name meaning "Bracca's town" in Old English. The name also has a secondary folk etymology linking it to the w...

Brent is an English masculine given name derived from an Old English surname, which in turn originated as a place name. The place name Brent may come from Celtic words: in the case of the River Brent, it possibly means "...

Brielle is primarily a feminine given name in English-speaking countries, originating as a short form of Gabrielle. Gabrielle itself is the French feminine form of Gabriel, a name derived from the Hebrew Ḡavriʾel, meanin...

Bristol is a feminine given name that draws inspiration from the city of Bristol in southwestern England. The name of the city itself, recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Brycgstow around 1030, comes from Old Englis...

Britannia is an English given name derived directly from the Latin name of the island of Britain, which has been in occasional use since the 18th century. This name is also the accustomed designation for the Roman female...

Brittany is a feminine given name derived from the name of the region of Brittany in northwest France, known in French as Bretagne. The region itself was named for the Britons, Celtic people who migrated from Great Brita...

Britton is an English given name that originated as a transferred use of the British surname Britton. The surname itself derives from the Middle English term Bretun, meaning "a Briton"—referring to a member of the Celtic...

Brody is a masculine first name of English origin, derived from a Scottish surname. This surname originally came from a place called Brody in Moray, Scotland. The place name likely means "ditch" or "mire" in Gaelic, refe...

Brooklyn is a feminine given name derived from the name of the most populous borough of New York City. Originally a surname and place name, Brooklyn comes from the name of a Dutch colonial settlement called Breukelen, wh...

Burgundy is a given name, primarily used for girls in English-speaking contexts, that draws its meaning from three interconnected sources: the historical region of Burgundy in France, the wine produced there, and the dee...

Byron is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that originally referred to a place name meaning "place of the cow sheds" in Old English. The surname itself is locative, indicating someone who l...

Cairo is a masculine given name derived from the city of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The city's name comes from the Arabic al-Qāhira (القاهرة), meaning "the victorious". This name was chosen by the Fatimid Caliph al-Mu'...

Cambria is a Latinized form of Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales. The name ultimately derives from cymry, meaning "the people" or "fellow countrymen." While it has ancient roots as a geographical term, Cambr...

Camden is a masculine given name of modern English usage, derived from an English surname. The surname is habitational, originating from a place name that likely means "enclosed valley" in Old English, from campas ("encl...

Canaan is a biblical name derived from the Hebrew כְּנַעַן (Kena'an), the ancient name for the region of Canaan — the Promised Land of the Old Testament. The name likely comes from a Semitic root meaning "low" or "humble...

Capri is a feminine given name derived from the name of the picturesque Italian island of Capri in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island’s name most likely comes from Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar", though alternativ...

Caprina is a feminine first name derived from the name of the Italian island of Capri, known for its stunning coastal beauty and dramatic limestone cliffs. The name evokes the romantic and picturesque essence of the Medi...

Carmel is a feminine given name of English usage, ultimately derived from Mount Carmel in Israel, a mountain range mentioned in the Old Testament. The name is closely associated with the Virgin Mary through the title Our...

Carolina is a Latinate feminine form of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles. The name has roots in the Germanic word karl meaning "free man", derived from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (free man), though another theory links it...

Caron is a feminine Welsh name derived from place names near the town of Tregaron in Ceredigion, Wales. The element caron itself likely stems from a Welsh word for "love" or "dear one," though its exact etymological root...

Caspian is a given name most famously used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his Chronicles of Narnia series, first appearing in the 1951 book Prince Caspian. In the story, Prince Caspian is the rightful king of N...

Catalina is a Spanish and Corsican feminine given name, deriving ultimately from Latin Catherīna, the Latin form of Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterine). It is equivalent to Katherine in English and has cognates throughout many...

Catarina is the Portuguese, Galician, and Occitan form of Katherine. The name ultimately derives from the Greek Aikaterine, whose etymology is debated: it may stem from the name of the goddess Hecate, from Greek aikia me...

Cavan is an anglicized given name that derives either from the name of an Irish county or directly from the Irish surname Cavan. When used as a given name, it is principally English in usage and masculine. The county pla...

Chad is an English masculine given name derived from the Old English name Ceadda, which is of unknown meaning. It may be based on the Old Welsh element cat meaning "battle." The name was borne by a 7th-century English sa...

Chadwick is an English masculine given name that originated as a surname. Derived from place names in England, the meaning is "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English. The name combines Chad, a personal name of unce...

Chantal is a feminine given name of French origin, ultimately derived from a French surname that itself came from a place name meaning "stony." The etymology traces back to the Old Occitan word cantal, meaning "stone." T...

Charlotta is a Swedish variant of Charlotte, the French feminine diminutive of Charles. Though primarily associated with Sweden, the name also appears in Danish and Finnish usage, reflecting a broader Nordic adoption of...

Charlotte is a French feminine given name, a diminutive form of Charles. It means "free man" or "petite" and dates back to at least the 14th century. The name was introduced to Britain in the 17th century and gained prom...

Chelsea is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the name of a district in London. The place name Chelsea comes from Old English ċealc hȳð, meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone," referring to a l...

Cheyenne is a unisex given name derived from the endonym of the Cheyenne people, a Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The origin of the name traces back to the Lakota word šahiyena, which means "red speakers." Th...

China is a feminine given name of modern English origin, taken directly from the name of the Asian country China. The country's name is believed to derive from Qin (pronounced like “chin”), the name of a dynasty that fir...

Clare is a given name, the medieval English form of Clara. Derived from the Latin *clārus* meaning "bright, clear, famous," it shares its root with the masculine Clair (traditionally male) and the more common modern Fren...

Clayton is an English masculine given name and surname. It originated as a surname derived from various English place names, all meaning "clay settlement" in Old English (from clæg 'clay' and tūn 'enclosure, settlement')...

Clinton is an English given name derived from a surname of toponymic origin. The surname itself traces back to several English place names, particularly Glinton in Cambridgeshire and Glympton in Oxfordshire. The meaning...

Colby is an English given name that originated as a surname, itself derived from various place names in England. The place name Colby comes from the Old Norse personal name Koli, a byname meaning "coal" or "dark," combin...

Cora is a feminine given name with multiple origins, most commonly viewed as a Latinized form of Kore, an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone meaning "maiden" or "daughter." It was popularized in the English-speaking...

Courtney is a unisex given name of English origin, derived from the aristocratic English surname Courtney, which itself has multiple possible etymologies. The surname may come from the French place name Courtenay (from t...

Covadonga is a Spanish female given name derived from the name of a village in Asturias, Spain. Called Cuadonga in Asturian, the toponym likely means "cave of the spring" (from Latin cova "cave" and a pre-Roman element f...

Crofton is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that itself comes from several place names in England. The place name Crofton is composed of the Old English elements croft (“enclosure” or “sma...

Cyprian is a masculine given name derived from the Roman family name Cyprianus, meaning "from Cyprus." The name is most famously associated with Saint Cyprian, a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage who was martyred under the...

Dakota is a unisex given name originating from the Native American Dakota people, whose name in the Dakota language means "allies, friends". The name was adopted as a place name for the U.S. states of North and South Dak...

Dallas is a unisex given name derived from a surname. The surname itself has multiple possible origins. It could be of Old English origin, meaning "valley house" (from dæl "valley" + hūs "house"), or of Scottish Gaelic o...

Dalton is an English masculine given name, derived from an English surname that originated as a place name. The surname itself traces back to Old English elements dæl meaning "valley" and tūn meaning "town" or "settlemen...

Darby is an English unisex given name and surname with roots in both Norse and Irish traditions. As a surname, Darby is locational, originating from the city of Derby in England. The name Derby itself is derived from Old...

Darden is a masculine first name derived from an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly locative in origin. The surname Darden is thought by some to be a variant of Dardon, which may come from a place name in Engla...

Darrell is a given name derived from an English surname, which itself originated from the Norman-French d'Airelle, meaning "from Airelle." The name denoted someone who came from Airelle, a place in France. While no commu...

Etymology and OriginDawson is a masculine given name derived from an English surname meaning "son of David." The surname itself originated as a patronymic, a common practice in medieval England where surnames were formed...

Dax is a modern English male first name, ultimately derived from a surname. The surname itself has two possible origins: it may be locational, referring to the town of Dax in the Landes department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine,...

Dederick is an older form of the name Derek, originating in English usage. Ultimately, it is derived from the Gothic name *Þiudareiks, meaning "ruler of the people," from elements þiuda "people" and reiks "ruler, king."...

Delano is a given name that originates as a transfer of a surname. As a first name, it has been especially popularized in honor of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), whose middle name came from his...

Delia is a feminine given name used in English, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, and Greek. It means "of Delos" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, given because she and her twin brother Apollo were bo...

Delta is a feminine given name of English usage, derived from the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ). The name also evokes the geographical term for an island formed at the mouth of a river, called a delta due to it...

Demelza is a Cornish place name that has been adopted as a feminine given name, primarily in English-speaking countries. The name derives from the Cornish "Dinmelsa," meaning "fort of Melsa" (or "fort of Maeldaf"), refer...