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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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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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lulu25 · 07/02/2008 19:01

india

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3andnomore · 07/02/2008 19:03

KNow a girl that is called Savannah (do actually like that name very much)

Someone mentioned Ettienne...I was under the impression that that is the french version of Steven/Stephanie?

Also, know a little Vienna.

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lulu25 · 07/02/2008 19:05

i know someone who claims her niece nearly got christened Isla White until someone had a word.

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lljkk · 07/02/2008 19:06

There was a woman online named Georgia (this is 8 years ago, see link) who named her 6 children after towns in the US state of Georgia.

Savannah Nichole
Atlanta Marie
Cherokee Augusta
Sierra Rene
Cheyenne Rose
Dakota James

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lulu25 · 07/02/2008 19:06

there are lots of places called St Etienne in France but yes the places are named after the person not vice versa

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 19:32

how is cheyenne pronounced?

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PortAndLemon · 07/02/2008 19:33

Alexandria
Athena
Austin
Caspian
Cleveland
Dallas
Darwin
Gary
Geneva
Kimberly
Lincoln
London (really -- seems quite popular with Americans at the moment)
Memphis
Milan
Nancy
Petra
Trent
Troy

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PortAndLemon · 07/02/2008 19:37

Shy-enn, I believe

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mandylifeboats · 07/02/2008 19:39

Accrington Stanley for a boy!

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Bensonbluebird · 07/02/2008 19:49

Met a little boy called Malo recently, which I thought was lovely. Lewis and Harris also good for boys. I'd be tempted by Leith for a boy if we didn't live there.

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ninedragons · 07/02/2008 19:49

Orinoco.

Great Uncle Bulgaria.

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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.

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nappyaddict · 07/02/2008 20:00

is it izz- lay?

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StripeyMamaSpanx · 07/02/2008 20:04

Tara
Avalon
Kerry

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whoops · 07/02/2008 20:05

My friends ds is called Nairn

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hatrick · 07/02/2008 20:07

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skay · 07/02/2008 20:09

I like the name Cheyenne.

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IdrisTheDragon · 07/02/2008 20:10

Tomsk
Omsk
Wellington

(Wombles)

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

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yorkshirepudding · 07/02/2008 20:11

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yorkshirepudding · 07/02/2008 20:12

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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.

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dizzydixies · 07/02/2008 20:16

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

all a bit scottish - ooohhh, Scott!

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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.