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City/place names for boys

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Workawayxx · 03/07/2023 21:02

Ds who is 11 just said he’d like to name a girl a flower name (lilac is his preference) and a boy a city/place name as his is. I can only think of DS’s name and Paris and Brooklyn. I’m sure there are more though?!

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louderthan · 04/07/2023 19:01

Brixton
Peckham
(Brix and Peck for short...)

louderthan · 04/07/2023 19:00

York
Kent
Paisley
Berne
Paris
Troy
Fife
Berwick
Wight
Tobermory
Dudley
Devon
Bristol

SabrinaThwaite · 04/07/2023 18:56

Thinking big (countries / territories rather than cities)

Chad
Kashmir
Israel
Jordan
Cuba
Solomon (Islands)
Marshall (Islands)
Dominic(a)
Tristan (da Cunha)

Lots of island groups prefixed with Saint - Barthelemy, Vincent, Maarten, Martin, Pierre, Eustatius.

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 18:44

Barry (Island)
Bardsey
Ramsey
Bunbury

Newnamenewname109870 · 04/07/2023 18:39

Durham

DemBonesDemBones · 04/07/2023 18:32

Sterling
Henley
Marlow/e

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 18:28

Penistone?

AdaColeman · 04/07/2023 18:27

Somerset
Nelson

Though Scunthorpe is my favourite! Wink Wink

fairydust11 · 04/07/2023 18:19

I’ve met a Shanghai and Santiago aswell as a few more listed on here.

1HughJass · 04/07/2023 18:11

Not all strictly place names but same vibe:
Cyprus
Phoenix
Atlanta
Oslo
Chad
Aiden
Eden
Nile
Cairo
Rome
Nevada
Issac (port Isaac 😂)

FawnDrench · 04/07/2023 18:03

Ross
Leon
Troy
Dallas
Dudley
Stamford
Stanford
Henley
Cody
Kingston
Mason
Austin
Aspen
Israel
Phoenix
Stirling

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 17:46

Stirling

mathanxiety · 04/07/2023 16:49

Rio
Jackson
Montgomery
Raleigh
Arran
Derry
Eugene
Dakota
Denali
Nashua
Provo
Tennessee
Ontario
Hudson (river)
Santiago
Cuba
Everest
Nazareth
Salem
Fargo
Reno
Ham
Jordan

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 04/07/2023 16:37

I knew 3 brothers named Kyle, Dale and Heath...

romdowa · 04/07/2023 16:35

Derry or Tyrone

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 16:35

You could use a saint's name like Mawgan, Austell, Alban..
Nevin has a nice sound and is a place name and a surname

foreverbasil · 04/07/2023 16:30

There's a village in Wales called Trevor/Trefor

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 16:30

Aston
Ashton
Stafford

KentuckyFriedChicken83 · 04/07/2023 16:27

Dakota
Diego
Franklin

KirstenBlest · 04/07/2023 16:23

Bradley
Rudyard
Eden
Royston
Kenton

Newnamenewname109870 · 04/07/2023 13:17

Normally you want a bit of meaning to it. What places are meaningful to you? Because any place can work.

BonnieGlasses · 04/07/2023 13:05

Can't believe no-one's said Keith. 😉

purpleglitterglue · 04/07/2023 13:04

Milan
Orlando
London
Austin
Kent
Harlow

BlueChampagne · 04/07/2023 12:55

Sterling (nearly)?

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Workawayxx · 04/07/2023 09:50

Thanks everyone, some great ones here! So many I hadn't thought of.

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