Names Categorized "cities"

Kingston is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from an English surname that originally denoted a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English. The name has ancient roots, stemming from the Old English C...

Kobe is a masculine given name directly derived from the Japanese city of Kobe, located in Hyōgo Prefecture. The city's name itself has uncertain origins, but it is often associated with the term kōbe (神戸), meaning "go...

Kyōko is a very common feminine Japanese given name, not to be confused with Kiyoko. The name is typically written in kanji as 京子 (kyō meaning 'capital city' and ko meaning 'child') or 恭子 (kyō meaning 'respectful, po...

Kyung is a Korean unisex given name and uncommon surname. As a given name, it is typically a single-syllable name or an element in two-syllable names, and its meaning depends on the hanja used. It is the revised Romaniza...

Kyung-sook is a Korean feminine given name, an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 경숙 (see Gyeong-suk).EtymologyThe name is composed of two Sino-Korean elements: gyeong (경, 京), meaning "capital city," and su...

Lamia is a feminine given name of uncertain etymology, possibly stemming from the Greek word λαιμός (laimos), meaning "throat." This origin is fitting given the monstrous nature of its mythological namesake.Mythological...

Larisa is a feminine given name with deep roots in ancient Greek mythology and history. The name is possibly derived from the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, Greece, which meant "citadel". In Greek legends, the nymph...

Larissa is a feminine given name used in English, German, Portuguese, and Greek, among other languages. It is a variant of Larisa, which may derive from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, meaning "citade...

León is a Spanish masculine given name that serves as the Spanish form of Leo and Leon. The name ultimately derives from the Latin element leo, meaning "lion," a cognate of the Greek leon. In Spanish, león also means "li...

Lester is an English masculine given name that originated as a surname. It is a locational name, indicating that the original bearer hailed from the city of Leicester in England. The city's name dates back to the Roman p...

Lincoln is a male given name that derives from the English surname Lincoln, which in turn originates from the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The city's name comes from the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia, comb...

Origin and EtymologyLondon is a feminine given name taken directly from London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. The city's name, first recorded as Londinium by the Romans in the 1st century AD, has disputed origi...

Luján is a Spanish given name derived from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Luján (Our Lady of Luján), associated with a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The name originates from a 17th-century st...

Madina is a feminine given name derived from the Arabic المدينة (al-Madīna), meaning "the city". The name ultimately comes from the city of Medina, the Islamic holy site in Saudi Arabia. Madina is most prevalent among Ta...

Madison is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the English surname Madison, which itself comes from a patronymic meaning "son of Matthew" or "son of Maud" (where Maddy is a diminutive of Maud).The rise...

Marceline is the French feminine form of Marcellinus, a Roman family name derived from Marcellus. The root of this name chain is the Roman praenomen Marcus, which is probably related to the name of the Roman god Mars. Ma...

Marietta is a feminine given name and a diminutive of Maria, used in several European languages including German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, and Polish.EtymologyThe name Marietta traces its roots to the Latin Maria, whic...

Medina is a feminine first name used in Kazakh and Bosnian, serving as a local form of Madina. Both names ultimately derive from the Arabic Madīna, meaning "the city," and refer to the holy city of Medina, which is the s...

Medine is the Turkish form of Madina, itself ultimately derived from the Arabic name of the city of Medina (al-Madīna), meaning "the city." In Turkish usage, Medine functions both as a place name for the Islamic holy cit...

Melqart is the name of a principal Phoenician deity, particularly revered as the tutelary god of the city-state of Tyre. His name is derived from the Phoenician words milk, meaning "king," and qart, meaning "city," thus...

Memphis is an English unisex given name originating from one of the most ancient and significant cities of Egypt, or from the city in Tennessee that was named after it. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian word...

Merida is a female given name that gained widespread recognition as the main character of the Disney/Pixar animated film Brave (2012), a medieval Scottish princess who defies tradition. The name's etymology is uncertain;...

Mi-gyeong is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja (Chinese characters) used to write it. A common combination uses 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" with 京 (gyeong) meaning "capital city", thus "beau...

Mi-kyung is a Korean feminine given name. It is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 미경 (see Mi-gyeong).Root name Mi-gyeong is typically derived from Sino-Korean characters: mi (美) meaning "beautiful" combi...

Milan is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, derived from the element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear" (related to Polish miły or Russian милый). It originally emerged as a short form of various Slavic names beginning...

Modesto is the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Modestus, a Late Latin name ultimately derived from the word modestus, meaning "moderate, restrained" or "modest." The name carries a virtue-based quality, reflecti...

Naiara is a feminine given name of Basque origin, taken from the name of a town in the La Rioja region of Spain. The Basque name of that town is Naiara, but its official Castilian name is Nájera. The town's name is thoug...

Nairobi is a female given name of African-American origin, directly derived from the capital city of Kenya. The city's name itself comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which literally translates to "cold water" o...

Origins and Etymology Nancy is a feminine given name primarily used in English and Spanish. It originated as a medieval English diminutive of Annis, a vernacular form of the name Agnes. The phonological shift from 'Mine...

EtymologyNapier is an English male given name derived from a Scottish surname. The surname originated as an occupational name for someone who sold table linen or was responsible for the linen in a great household. It com...

Napoleon is a masculine first name most famously borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), Emperor of the French. The name derives from the old Italian name Napoleone, whose etymology is uncertain. It may be connected to...

Odessa is a feminine given name of contemporary origin, derived from the Ukrainian port city of Odesa on the Black Sea. The city's ancient Greek predecessor, Ὀδησσός (Odessos), has a name of uncertain meaning. Odessa als...

Olinda is a feminine given name best known as the name of a princess of Norway in the medieval Spanish tales of the knight Amadis of Gaul. The name's etymology is uncertain, but it may be related to the Greek word ὀλύνθη...

Olindo is a masculine given name of Italian origin, best known from literature. The name was used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for the lover of Sophronia in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). In the poem, Ol...

Olympia is a feminine given name used in Greek and Slovak traditions. It is the feminine form of Olympos, a Greek personal name derived from Mount Olympus, the legendary home of the twelve Olympian gods in Greek mytholog...

Orlando is the Italian form of Roland, an epic hero whose Christian name means “fame of the land” (from the Frankish stems hrōð “fame” and land). The name was immortalized in the Carolingian cycle of chivalric romances,...

Ravenna is a feminine name with dual origins, deriving either from the name of the raven or from the historic Italian city of Ravenna. As an elaboration of Raven, it carries the symbolic weight of that bird—associated in...

Rome is an English given name derived directly from the name of the city of Rome, the capital of Italy.Etymology and OriginThe city's name, Roma in Italian, has ancient origins. According to tradition, it is linked to Ro...

Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly for both boys and girls since the 1970s. It derives from a common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó R...

Santiago is a Spanish and Portuguese given name meaning "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Yago, an old Spanish form of James. As the patron saint of Spain, James (Santiago in Spanish) holds...

Etymology and Origin Siena is a variant of Sienna, with the spelling perhaps influenced by the name of the Italian city Siena. The English word sienna refers to an orange-red pigment, which itself takes its name from the...

Sterling is a given name of Scottish and English origin. Primarily used in English-speaking countries, it functions as a masculine name derived either from a surname associated with the city of Stirling in Scotland, or d...

Sydney is a feminine given name derived from the English surname Sidney. The surname itself has Norman roots, believed to originate from the place name Saint-Denis in France, and was brought to England after the Norman C...

Terrell is a given name of English and African American origin, ultimately derived from an English surname. The surname Terrell most likely originated from the Norman French nickname tirel, meaning "to pull," which was u...

Etymology and OriginTrent is an English masculine given name and surname, derived from the River Trent in Britain. The river's name likely means "the flooder" or "trespasser," a reference to its tendency to flood. The su...

Troy is a masculine given name of English usage, originally derived from a surname indicating a person from the city of Troyes in France. However, in modern times, the name is overwhelmingly associated with the legendary...

Tyler is a given name that originates from an English surname, derived from the Old French tieuleor or tieulier for a tile maker or a tiler of roofs, which itself comes from the Old English word tigele meaning "tile". Th...

Valencia is a female given name derived from the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both of which ultimately come from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour".Etymology and HistoryThe name originates from the Latin...

Verona is a feminine given name derived from the name of the city in northern Italy. The city's name has uncertain origins; it may come from the Celtic roots *wernā meaning "alder" and *magos meaning "field" or "plain."...

Washington is a given name derived from the English surname of the same name. The name Washington originally referred to an English town, specifically Washington in Tyne and Wear, and means "settlement belonging to Wassa...

EventSuper Bowl LVIII was the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2023 season. It was played on February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the...

York is a masculine given name derived from the English surname, which itself originates from the historic city of York in northern England. The city's name has a rich linguistic history: it began as Eboracum during the...