Shenandoah has been a guilty pleasure of mine for a while, I don’t think I’d ever end up using it but i love the connection to the national park and the song
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I love place names. * Names on my girls’ list.
[name_u]Cairo[/name_u] *
[name_u]Juneau[/name_u] *
[name_u]Berlin[/name_u] *
Antigua
[name_u]Zaire[/name_u]
[name_u]London[/name_u]
Sumatra
[name_u]Milan[/name_u]
[name_f]Manila[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
Kinshasa
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] *
[name_u]Memphis[/name_u]
[name_u]Denali[/name_u]
Olivet. Apparently it’s the name of a mountain? It actually has a really pretty origin. I think it makes a great alternative to the oh so popular [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Olive[/name_f].
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I had never thought of Ankara as a baby name, but you are right it very much sounds like a name!
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I love place names as baby names. I would use as middle name.
[name_f]My[/name_f] most guilty pleasure place name 100% is Tenneesse. But I wouldn’t use it.
The most different ones and that I really would use because I like and there is a meaning to me:
[name_m]Vik[/name_m] (a beach in Iceland)
[name_u]Bergen[/name_u] (city in Norway)
[name_u]Camden[/name_u] (neighbourhood in [name_u]London[/name_u])
[name_m]Blas[/name_m] (an [name_u]Island[/name_u] in the Caribbean)
The common names that we forget are place names and I love:
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_u]Chelsea[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
Other names:
[name_u]Rio[/name_u]
[name_m]Maui[/name_m]
[name_u]Kauai[/name_u]
[name_m]Francisco[/name_m]
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_u]Cali[/name_u] (as [name_u]California[/name_u] or [name_u]Cali[/name_u] - [name_f]Colombia[/name_f])
[name_f]Baja[/name_f]
[name_m]Andres[/name_m] (island in the Caribbean)
Malmo ([name_u]Sweden[/name_u])
Geneve (Switzerland)
Zagreb (Croatia)
[name_m]Croix[/name_m] ([name_f]France[/name_f])
[name_m]Trenton[/name_m] (NJ)
One day many years ago I had a dream a had a baby boy named Manchester, I have never seen it as a name but i think it would be a very strong and peculiar middle name.
I have [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] and [name_u]Milan[/name_u] on my own guilty pleasure list.
Other place names that I love:
Florence
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] ([name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]Island[/name_u], province in [name_f]Canada[/name_f])
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (towns in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and USA)
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Venice[/name_f]
When I was younger I wanted twins named [name_f]Sahara[/name_f] and [name_u]Havana[/name_u] nn [name_f]Sara[/name_f] & [name_f]Hana[/name_f]
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Zihuatanejo and Abegweit!
Sedona
[name_f]Connemara[/name_f] (the nickname possibilities are endless and so good 
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[name_f]Alaska[/name_f]
Lille
Tullamore
Ulster
Connacht
Amqui
Gaspé
Narita
These ones are on my GP list
[name_u]Maine[/name_u]
Zimbabwe
[name_u]Havana[/name_u]
Malibu
[name_f]India[/name_f]
Verona
Place names are some of my favorites but…I could never use them for my own children!
Vienna
[name_f]Venice[/name_f]
[name_u]London[/name_u]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
France
Just stumbled on the name [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f], like the Greek city with a massive library in [name_f]Antiquity[/name_f]. I love it so much!
Capri
Vienna
Geneve
Venetia
Sedona
Sienna
Cheyenne
Aurora
Austin
Marin
Harlow
Athena (Athens)
Skye
Isla
Romy (Rome)
Cody
Orlando
Denton
Caroline/Carolina
George/Georgia
Helena
Augusta
Juno/Juneau
Leonne
Catalina
Arizona
Avalon