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Name place names

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BatsInHibernation · 29/12/2025 10:56

There are some name place names that I love. I wouldn't use them IRL as I have no connections to those places and that would matter to me.
For example I think Adelaide and Devon are gorgeous. I also love Paris. I wouldn't use it but I do think it's a beautiful name.
Do you or your children have a name place name and do you love or loathe them?

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Mumofgirls2017 · 29/12/2025 15:24

I’d never use them again as no connection but guilty pleasures…

vienna
oslo
cairo
Toronto
orlando
Dakota
sydney
austin
kingston

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 29/12/2025 12:32

My Nephew is Derry. Not named after as such but inspired by Derry Matthews rather than after the Irish City. Incidentally I've just read that my own name Clare is also a place name in Ireland

I love the following place names.

for Girls.... Egypt. Cairo. Italy. Asia. Dakota. India. Albany. Windsor. Cyprus. Italy. Sicily.

Names that are place names but probably recognised as "normal" names before place names.

Georgia. Florence Virginia. Bethany. Shannon.

For boys I quite like ... Hudson. Chester. Kingston.

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