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names that are also places ..

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 18:48

i have heard of washington, china, india, paris, america, london and of course brooklyn. any more you can think of?

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Squirtle · 08/02/2008 14:59

Mercedes was the name of the daughter of the man who was behind the car, it was was named after a real person

bluefox · 08/02/2008 14:50

Sorry but Chelsea is awful - imagine it on a 60 year old!

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nappyaddict · 08/02/2008 14:43

i like chelsey but not chelsea cos chelsea reminds me of the football team. i like mercedes. it is spanish and it means mercy. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes, meaning "Mary of Mercies"

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scorpio1 · 08/02/2008 10:10

Around here:

Morvah [girl]
Lamorna [girl]
Sennen [boy]

lollipopmother · 08/02/2008 10:09

Everton is a place I think.

I used to know a Kent, although she wasn't English so it might have just been the first thing her parents saw when they came to England so they gave her an 'English' sounding name, as quite a lot of the oriental people do when they come over.

I personally dislike the idea of giving your child a place-name or a car name, Chelsea and Mercedes makes me cringe (no offence).

NoBiggy · 07/02/2008 22:37

Is Everton a place or just a football team? Knew an Everton once.

BoysAreLikeDogs · 07/02/2008 22:33

Hamilton
Kyle
Angus

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 22:28

i've been reading it as eye - dris for all these years!!

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NutterlyUts · 07/02/2008 22:27

Kingston, Preston,

Blandmum · 07/02/2008 22:24

Id (as in Idiot) Ris (as in risk)

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 22:23

actually how is idris pronounced? it is welsh isn't it?

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fin54 · 07/02/2008 21:10

Erin

Yorky · 07/02/2008 21:02

They pronounce Islay = Eye la

msappropriate · 07/02/2008 20:18

I read that Florence Nightingale was named that because her parents spent their honeymoon there. Then the name became popular when she became famous. She was the Brooklyn Beckham of her day.

dizzydixies · 07/02/2008 20:16

Iona
Isla/Islay
Irvine
Aaron
Corrie (as in northern!)

all a bit scottish - ooohhh, Scott!

msappropriate · 07/02/2008 20:15

All the wombles were named by putting a pin in an atlas.

America the continent was named after a person though; Amerigo Vespucci.

yorkshirepudding · 07/02/2008 20:12

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yorkshirepudding · 07/02/2008 20:11

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IdrisTheDragon · 07/02/2008 20:10

Tomsk
Omsk
Wellington

(Wombles)

Katherine (in Australia I think)
Elizabeth (in New Jersey)

skay · 07/02/2008 20:09

I like the name Cheyenne.

hatrick · 07/02/2008 20:07

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whoops · 07/02/2008 20:05

My friends ds is called Nairn

StripeyMamaSpanx · 07/02/2008 20:04

Tara
Avalon
Kerry

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 20:00

is it izz- lay?

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Yorky · 07/02/2008 19:57

My brother's SIL has 3DCs: Arran, Islay, Iona
She fancies having twins Harris and Lewis next!
As long as she stops short of Eigg and Rhum I think they're nice names - we wanted Iona for our DS but there are only 3 months between them.