Names Categorized "place names"

Lennox is a unisex English given name derived from a Scottish surname. The surname itself originates from a district in Scotland called Leamhnachd in Gaelic, which likely means "place of elms." This name has steadily ris...

Les is a common English diminutive, typically short for Leslie or Lester. As a shortened form, it has been in use primarily as a masculine name, though its longer counterparts have sometimes been used for both genders—Le...

Leslie is a unisex given name and surname of Scottish origin, derived from the name of a place in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The place name likely comes from the Gaelic leas celyn, meaning "garden of holly." It is also the...

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...

Liberia is a feminine given name of Medieval Latin origin. It is the feminine form of the Latin name Liberius, which is derived from the Latin word liber meaning "free".Etymology and HistoryThe root name Liberius was bor...

Lindsay is a given name of English and Scottish origin, derived from the surname Lindsay. The surname itself comes from the toponym Lindsey, an eastern English region once part of the Kingdom of Lindsey. The name Lindsey...

Linford is an English surname transferred to given name use. Surnames, coined as 'lin' for flax or linden, with 'ford' meaning river crossing, synthesize either 'flax ford' or 'linden tree ford', common agricultural land...

Linton is an English given name derived from a surname, which itself originated from various places named Linton in England and Scotland. The place name has two possible Old English roots: līn meaning "flax" combined wit...

Linwood is an English masculine given name derived from a surname, which itself originated as a place name. The toponymic surname Linwood referred to a wooded area near a stream, meaning stream forest from the Old Englis...

Logan is a unisex given name of Scottish origin, originally derived from a surname that itself came from a place name in Ayrshire, Scotland. The place name is thought to refer to a location near Auchinleck, and its etymo...

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...

Loreto is a name of Italian and Spanish origin, derived from a town in Italy called Loreto. The town's name comes from the Latin Lauretum, meaning "laurel grove." According to legend, in the 13th century, the house of th...

Lorne is a masculine given name, most commonly found in English-speaking countries, particularly in Canada. It originated as a title-related name, drawn from the Marquis of Lorne, a title associated with the Scottish reg...

Lorraine is a feminine given name derived from the name of a historic region in eastern France. The region's name originates from the medieval kingdom of Lotharingia, which in turn comes from the personal name of Lothar—...

Lourdes is a feminine given name derived from the name of a French town in the Pyrenees. The town's name, Lourdes, originates from its ancient Roman name Lourdes (later Lorda in Occitan). Before the 19th century, Lourdes...

Lowell is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from an English surname that itself originated as a Norman French nickname. The name comes from Old French lou meaning "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix,...

Lucan is a historical first name derived from the Roman cognomen Lucanus, which originated from the name of the city of Luca in Tuscany (modern Lucca). The name is most famously associated with Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (AD...

Etymology Luke is the English form of the Latin name Lucas, which itself derives from the Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukas). The name is likely a shortened form of Λουκανός (Loukanos), meaning "from Lucania"—Lucania being a region i...

Lydia is a feminine given name with roots in Greek antiquity. It means "from Lydia" — the name of an ancient kingdom in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). The region was said to be named after the semi-legendary king Lydos,...

Macarena is a Spanish feminine name derived from a barrio (district) in Seville, Andalusia. The district's name is believed to originate from a temple dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which itself may have been named after...

Macy is a female given name derived from an English surname of French origin. It traces back to place names like Massy in northern France, which themselves come from a Gallo-Roman personal name Latinized as Maccius, mean...

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...

Majella is a feminine given name of Irish usage, derived from the surname of the Italian saint Gerard Majella (1726–1755), also known in Italian as Gerardo Maiella. The surname originates from the saint's association wit...

Malaysia is a feminine first name derived from the country of the same name in Southeast Asia. The ethnic name "Malay" is of uncertain origin, though it is possibly from the name of a river, itself derived from Malay mel...

Maldwyn is a Welsh place-name adopted as a given name, primarily used for females. It originates from the old Welsh county of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn in Welsh), whose name was mistakenly reinterpreted as "town of...

Margaux is a French feminine given name that originated as a variant of Margot, influenced by the name of the wine-producing town of Margaux in southwestern France. The name's connection to the prestigious wine region, h...

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...

Marlowe is a given name that originated as a surname. As a surname, it is derived from a place name in Old English, meaning "remnants of a lake," from words referring to an old lake bed or marshy land. The name has been...

Marwa is an Arabic female given name, derived from the Arabic word marū or maruw (مرو), meaning "pebbles, flint," or a type of hard stone such as quartz. The name is also associated with a fragrant plant species (Maerua...

Mauritius is the Medieval Latin form of Maurice. It is a delicate name meaning, “dark-skinned,” derived from the Latin element Maurus, meaning “Moor” or “dark.” The name is often associated with Saint Mauritius, a 3rd-ce...

Maylis is a French feminine given name with two plausible linguistic origins, both rooted in the geographical and cultural landscape of southern France. The primary derivation is from the name of a commune in the Landes...

Meirion is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from the name of the historical Welsh county of Meirionnydd, formerly a territory within the kingdom of Gwynedd. The name Meirionnydd itself likely originates from the Rom...

EtymologyMelchior is traditionally assigned to one of the Magi (the wise men or three kings) who visited the infant Jesus, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. The name is of Hebrew origin, possibly from the elements מֶ...

Melville is an English given name derived from the Scottish surname of the same origin. The surname Melville itself has two distinct etymological roots: a Norman French place name and an Irish Gaelic patronymic. The Scot...

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...

Mercia is a Latinate form of Mercy. This feminine given name also coincides with an old Anglo-Saxon kingdom, though the two have different etymological origins. As a given name, Mercia derives from the English virtue wor...

Meritxell is a Catalan feminine name derived from a village in Andorra that is home to a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The name of the village itself may come from Latin meridies meaning "midday," though some e...

Merritt is a unisex given name of British origin, derived from an English surname that originally denoted a place name meaning "boundary gate" in Old English. The name traces back to the Old English elements mǣre (bounda...

Merton is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that itself originated as a place name. The place name comes from Old English elements meaning "town on a lake", combining "mere" (lake) and "tun...

Mervi is a Finnish feminine given name derived from the name of a Finnish village, now part of the municipality of Hattula in the region of Kanta-Häme. The name's origin reflects a tradition of using place names as perso...

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...

Milani is a feminine given name in English usage, drawing its inspiration from the Italian city of Milan. It gained modern recognition through the American cosmetics company Milani, founded in 2002, which popularized the...

Milburn is an English masculine given name that originated as a transferred use of the surname Milburn, which itself derives from a British place name composed of the Old English elements mylen meaning "mill" and burna m...

Milford is an English masculine given name, originating as a surname that derived from various place names across England. These place names, such as those in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, and Hampshire, ultimately come from...

Milton is an English given name derived from an English surname, which itself originates from a place name meaning "mill town" in Old English. The name combines the Old English elements mylen (mill) and tūn (enclosure, s...

Miron is a Hebrew masculine name derived from Mount Meron, the highest peak in Israel, located in the Upper Galilee region. The name is also associated with the village of Meron on the mountain's slopes, which is traditi...

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...

Moema is a Brazilian female given name of Old Tupi origin. The name means "lies" in Tupí, and it was first recorded in the epic poem Caramuru (1781) by the Portuguese-born Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão. In the poem, Mo...

Monica is a female given name of uncertain etymology, most likely of Berber or Phoenician origin. Its earliest known bearer is Saint Monica (c. 332–387), the mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo, a North African saint who...

Montana is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the name of the American state of Montana, which itself comes from the Spanish word montaña (mountain) or Latin montanus meaning "mountainous." The state's...

Montserrat is a Catalan name taken from the name of a famous mountain near Barcelona, which derives from Latin mons serratus meaning "jagged mountain". The mountain is the site of a medieval Benedictine monastery, the Ab...

Etymology and OriginMoray is a Scottish given name that derives from the name of the historic region of Moray in north-east Scotland or from the associated surname Moray. The name Moray itself is deeply rooted in Scottis...

Mortimer is an English masculine given name and surname, derived from the Norman French place name Mortemer (Mort meaning “dead” and mer meaning “pond” or “water”). The meaning of Mortimer is thus interpreted as "dead wa...

Morven is a Scottish feminine given name derived from the region of Morvern (or A' Mhorbhairne in Gaelic) in western Scotland. The place name is thought to mean "the big gap" or "the sea gap," reflecting the area's geogr...

Mostyn is a masculine given name derived from a place name in northern Wales. The village of Mostyn in Flintshire lies on the estuary of the River Dee, near the town of Holywell, and its name probably comes from Old Engl...

Muir is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived primarily from the Scots word muir meaning "moor, fen," referring to a type of wetland or heathland. It may also draw inspiration from Scottish Gaelic muir, mean...

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...

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...

Naruto is a Japanese name of uncertain origin, most famously borne by the protagonist of the manga and anime series Naruto, which began serialization in 1999. The name is likely derived from the Naruto Strait in Tokushim...