I want to find more rarely used place names which are usually guilty pleasures and never actually used on real people. Would love to know if there are any I have missed.
I probably wouldn’t end up using these as I have no relation to most of these places but I still like them!
Albany is a really nice choice and so is [name_f]Ireland[/name_f]. If only I had even a slight connection to those names they’d definitely move up to my actual names list
@elanorelle
Fully agree with you on [name_f]India[/name_f]. I would love to use this but I have no link to the place, not even a brief holiday there. Nothing
I actually forgot about [name_u]Holland[/name_u]. That really is such a good choice, also have no links to it unfortunately.
I have noticed a lot of people use place names without have any link to it (totally valid) but I will admit that I have seen names related to my country used by people that have no link to it at all and I’m not offended but I kind of feel they lose a bit of their ‘vibe’ in a way.
I agree, and, for me personally, the place would would have to be pretty significant to me personally for the name to be anything other than a beloved gp. I just wouldn’t really feel right about it otherwise, even if it wouldn’t offend anyone.
[name_u]Holland[/name_u] is one of my favorite girl names but I have been to [name_m]Amsterdam[/name_m] before so that’s my excuse! I don’t really have an issue using place names I’ve never been to… which is odd because I do have an issue with buying a shirt with a place on it that I’ve never been to
[name_f]Seville[/name_f] (I sort of have a connection to this… not the Spanish city but a street in my old hometown)
[name_f]Sevilla[/name_f]
[name_u]Milan[/name_u]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f] (for [name_u]New[/name_u] Orleans)
[name_u]Memphis[/name_u]
[name_f]Arizona[/name_f]
[name_u]Indiana[/name_u]
[name_u]Nevada[/name_u]
[name_u]Brazil[/name_u]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_m]Oslo[/name_m]
[name_f]Alaska[/name_f]
@spookydoll [name_u]Havana[/name_u] is not on my GP because it is on my ‘actual names I would use’ list
@Greyblue [name_u]Memphis[/name_u] is so beautiful, I actually know a boy with this name and he suits it perfectly. It’s definitely on my GP for boys.
@SparkleNinja18 One of my best friends is [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] and I secretly hope I can use [name_u]Holland[/name_u] and say it’s a tribute to said friend, if [name_m]Amsterdam[/name_m] was a shorter word I’d definitely use it.