Names after cities / countries

[millzcrawf]

Just a fun thread! what's your favourite name after a country or city?

mine would most likely be Florence, Dallas, Dakota or Adelaide for a little girl 💕

or..

Mason, Hudson, Orlando or Phoenix for a little boy 💙

@bigginswiggins

But which came first place name or person name?

E.g. Orlando was a person name first (was in Shakespeare).
Ditto Adelaide.

Names after places: Frances/Francis/Francesca.

Even older than Shakespeare, it's the Italian version of Roland.

Quintana Roo. Joan Didion's daughter.

My dd is Florence. When she was 7, her table at school was her, Georgia, Paris and Devon.

@gracelessladyhottramp

Topanga

Oh I learnt something new cos Topanga only ever meant Topange Lawrence to me!

@RuthW

My dd is Florence. When she was 7, her table at school was her, Georgia, Paris and Devon.

I know a Devon. Her parents claim they named all their children after where they were conceived.

Thus ruining the names for the poor children for ever.

Devon is a lovely name though IMO.

My BF has an Indiana. It really suits her.

Indiana is lovely

Shiloh and Zahara, Angelina Jolie’s kids.

Also Zaire

Qikiqtarjuaq

Uruguay (for a boy).
I see what you did there!

Nairobi, Tokyo, Berlin, Denver, Helsinki, Moscow, Stockholm, Rio, Lisbon, Bogotá, Palermo, Cincinnati — hello, fellow Money Heist fans.

Adelaide is an actual female name. Along with some of the others mentioned on this thread, I have also heard of Tokyo as a place/male name.

I like Scunthorpe for a boy, Scun would be a smashing nickname!

Preston

@AdaColeman, not the first abbreviation I thought of.