Names Categorized "place names"

Abigail is a Hebrew name meaning "my father is joy," derived from the roots ʾav (father) and gil (joy). In the Old Testament, Abigail was the wife of Nabal who, after his death, became the third wife of King David. Abbey...

Abilene is a feminine given name derived from a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. The biblical Abilene is a region mentioned in the Gospel of Luke (3:1) as the tetrarchy of Lysanias, located in the Anti-...

Achaicus is a Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀχαϊκός (Achaikos), which referred to the region in Greece called Ἀχαΐα (Achaia), situated on the northern coast of the Peloponnese. In the New Testament this is the name of...

Ada is a feminine Turkish given name meaning "island" in Turkish. The name directly derives from the Turkish vocabulary word ada for an island, evoking connotations of serenity, beauty, and separation from the mainland....

Ada is a feminine given name that originated as a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element adal meaning "noble," such as Adelaide or Adelina.The name has a long history of use across Europe. A 7th-century...

Adelaide is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, meaning "nobleness, nobility." It derives from the Old High German name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type." The...

Africa 2 is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Aifric. While visually identical to the continent name, this distinct feminine Irish name derives from a separate etymological tradition, rooted in early medieval Gaelic c...

Africa 1 is a feminine given name used primarily within African American communities. It derives from the continent of Africa, a name whose origin is believed to be Latin, possibly referring to the Afri, an ancient peopl...

Ailsa is a feminine given name of Scottish origin, derived from Ailsa Craig, a rocky island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde. The island's name itself is of uncertain derivation, though it is thought...

Ainhoa is a Basque female given name that originates from the name of a town in the southwestern France, in the historic Basque region of Labourd (now Pyrénées-Atlantiques). The town of Ainhoa is renowned for its sanctua...

Ainoa is a Spanish form of Ainhoa, a Basque name derived from the town of Ainhoa in the French Basque Country, site of a famous Marian sanctuary. The name ultimately traces back to the Hebrew Miryam, the root of Mary, me...

Ainsley is a unisex given name of English and Scottish origin, derived from a surname that itself came from a place name. The place names in question are either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The...

Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name derived from the Sierra de Aitana, a mountain range in the province of Alicante, Valencia, eastern Spain. The name was first used as a personal name by the Spanish poet Rafael Albe...

Aki 2 is a Japanese feminine given name with multiple possible origins and meanings, depending on the kanji characters used to write it. One common reading stems from the character 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", or...

Etymology and Meaning Alberta is the feminine form of Albert, which itself derives from the Germanic name Adalbert, meaning "noble and bright" (from elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"). The name was popularized in...

Alesia is a modern English feminine given name, likely a variant of Alicia. While it is often heard as a personal name today, its origins are also rooted in ancient history: Alesia was the name of a Gallic hillfort capit...

Alexander is a masculine given name of Greek origin, Latinized from the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which means "defending men" or "protector of men." It is composed of the Greek elements ἀλέξω (alexo), meaning "...

Alexandria is a feminine name derived from the masculine Alexander. The name was given to several cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great during his military campaigns, most notably Alexandria in Egypt, establis...

Alice is a feminine given name with a rich history spanning multiple European languages. It originated from the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, which itself derived from the Germanic name Adelheidis (mode...

Alta is a feminine given name and occasional nickname. Its origins are debated, but it is likely derived from Latin altus or Italian/Spanish alto, meaning "high".The name Alta may have emerged as a descriptor for someone...

Alton (pronounced AWL-tən, also UK OL-tən) is an English masculine given name. Historically, it originated as a surname derived from a place name meaning 'town at the source of the river' in Old English. The first elemen...

Amaia is a Basque name that can also be spelled Amaya in Spanish and English. It derives from the Basque word amaia, meaning "the end." This etymology is supported by another hypothesis that connects the name to the vill...

Amalie is a feminine given name used primarily in Danish, Norwegian, and German. It is a variant of Amalia, which itself is a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element conveys meanings su...

Amelia is a feminine given name used in English, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and other languages. It is a variant of Amalia, which itself derives from the Germanic element amal, meaning “vigorous, active, work.” However, A...

America is a feminine given name in the English-speaking world, predominantly referencing the United States of America. The name is derived from Amerigo, the medieval Italian form of the Germanic name Emmerich. The explo...

Anatolia is the feminine form of the masculine name Anatolius, ultimately derived from the Greek Ἀνατολή (anatole), meaning "sunrise" or "east." This name was borne by a 3rd-century Italian saint and martyr, Saint Anatol...

Ángeles is a Spanish female given name meaning "angels", derived from the devotion to the Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (Our Lady the Queen of the Angels). The name is a reference to...

Ani is a feminine Armenian name derived from the ancient city of Ani, now located in modern-day eastern Turkey. The city's name has an unknown etymology, but it rose to prominence in the 10th and 11th centuries as the ca...

Aran is a Catalan toponymic first name derived from the Val d'Aran, a mountainous region in the north of Catalonia (Spain) where the Occitan language is spoken. The name ultimately comes from the Basque word haran, meani...

Ararat is a masculine given name of Armenian origin, derived directly from the name of a majestic mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of historical Armenia). According to the Old Testament, Mount Ararat is the trad...

Arcadia is a Spanish feminine name derived from Arcadius, the Latinized form of the ancient Greek name Arkadios, which means "of Arcadia." The name ultimately comes from the region of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese o...

Arden is a unisex given name and an English surname of locational origin. It is derived from three places called Arden in the United Kingdom: in Yorkshire North Riding, Cheshire, and the Forest of Arden in Warwickshire....

Arizona is a feminine given name derived from the name of the U.S. state of Arizona. The state's name itself has uncertain origins, with two leading theories. One traces it to the O'odham phrase alĭ ṣon, meaning "small s...

Arkadi is an alternate transcription of Russian Аркадий (see Arkadiy), a given name that has been popular in Russia and other Slavic countries. The name ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek Arkadios (Αρκάδιος), mean...

Arkadios is an Ancient Greek name meaning "of Arcadia". Arcadia, a region in the central Peloponnese of Greece, derives its name from ἄρκτος (arktos), the Greek word for "bear." The name thus carries a pastoral, rustic c...

Arkadiusz is a masculine Polish given name, derived as the Polish form of Arkadios. The name traces back to the Greek name Arcadius, which originates from the ancient Greek meaning “of Arcadia,” a region in the Peloponne...

Arkadiy is a Russian masculine given name, the Russian form of Arkadios, which itself derives from the ancient Greek name Arkadios, meaning "of Arcadia." Arcadia, a region in Greece, is often associated with pastoral sim...

Arkady is an alternate transcription of the Russian name Аркадий (see Arkadiy). It is a Slavic masculine given name, ultimately derived from the Greek name Arkadios, meaning "of Arcadia." The name's root, Arkadios, comes...

EtymologyArlie is a diminutive of Arline and other names beginning with Arl. The name Arline is of unknown meaning, possibly invented by Michael William Balfe for the main character in his opera The Bohemian Girl (1843)....

Arlo is an English given name of uncertain origin. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the 1590 poem The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. In the poem, Arlo Hill is the setting where the god...

Arran is a Scottish masculine given name derived from the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde. The island's name, Arran, itself comes from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultima...

Ashton is a given name of English origin, derived from the English surname Ashton, which itself comes from a place name meaning "ash tree town" in Old English. The name combines the elements æsc (ash tree) and tūn (enclo...

Aspen is a feminine given name of English origin, directly taken from the common name for several tree species of the genus Populus, such as quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula). The w...

Aston is a unisex given name of English origin, derived from a surname that itself comes from either a place name or a personal name. As a place name, Aston combines the Old English elements ēast "east" and tūn "town, se...

Asunción is a Spanish feminine name meaning "assumption."It is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, a dogma of the Catholic Church celebrated on August 15. The name thus belongs to the wid...

Athol is a masculine given name derived from Atholl, a district in the Scottish Highlands. The name Atholl itself is Scottish Gaelic in origin, possibly from Ath Fhotla, meaning "new Ireland" (ath "new" + Fhotla, an anci...

Atticus is a masculine given name of Greek origin, Latinized from Ἀττικός (Attikos), meaning "from Attica" — the region surrounding ancient Athens. Originally a Roman cognomen used by families of Greek heritage or those...

Austin is an English masculine given name, a medieval contraction of the Latin name Augustine, itself derived from the Roman name Augustus meaning 'great' or 'venerable'. The name evolved in Old French as Aostin (later A...

Avalon is a feminine given name derived from the legendary island of the same name from Arthurian legend, a mysterious paradise to which King Arthur was taken after his mortal wound at the Battle of Camlann. The name of...

Avanti is a feminine given name of Indian origin, derived from the name of an ancient kingdom in central India. This kingdom, known as Avanti, was a powerful and influential realm during the early historic period, corres...

Avelino is a Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name used in honor of the 16th-century Italian saint Andrea Avellino, whose surname is often spelled Avelino in Spanish and Portuguese contexts. The name ultimately der...

Etymology and Origins Avila is a feminine name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old German element awi, the meaning of which is unfortunately unknown. This element also gives rise to other related names such as Ava a...

Avonlea is a feminine first name created by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery as the setting for her 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. The fictional village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island became iconic through the lite...

EtymologyAzel is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, meaning "reserved" or "set apart." It appears in the Old Testament in two contexts: as a person and as a location. The name derives from the Hebrew root אָצַל (ʼāṣal),...

EtymologyBabylas is a name derived from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. The name is associated with Saint Babylas, a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch who was martyred during the Decian persecution. In the Easte...

Balfour is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a Scottish surname that originated as a locational name. The surname is derived from various places in Scotland called Balfour, which themselves come from...

Beckham is an English given name that originated as a transfer of the surname Beckham. The surname itself is derived from a place name meaning "Becca's homestead", combining the Old English personal name Becca — which se...

Belén is the Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born. The name originates from the Hebrew בֵּית־לֶחֶם (Beṯ-leḥem), meaning “house of bread,” and entered Spanish via O...

Bentley is a masculine given name that originated as a surname derived from several places in England called Bentley. The place name comes from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing", meaning "clea...

Benton is an English masculine given name that originated as a surname. The surname Benton is derived from a place name, with its roots in Old English elements: either beonet meaning "bent grass" or bēan meaning "bean",...