Some berries might know that I live in [name_f]Louisiana[/name_f], but I’m not sure if you know about the great names that can be found here! I did a bit of Googling (not to mention used some of my in-state travelling experience) to come up with this list of guilty pleasure names I may or may not use in the future.
Parishes
*some of these actually have [name_m]Saint[/name_m] or [name_f]East[/name_f]/[name_u]West[/name_u] in front of them
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_f]Feliciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Acadia[/name_f]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
These definitely aren’t all, just the ones I especially like. I don’t think I would use any that I’ve lived in or close to. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you ladies find any of the city/place names from your home lands useable, likeable, or interesting?
I just wikipedia-ed a list of place names from my home county and man, most of them just made me laugh out loud imagining a person called that. English place names can be ridiculous. We do a good line in double-worded villages, and I enjoyed these. They sound like characters from a fantasy novel or something.
All real towns, villages or hamlets in the noble county of Somerset The ‘real’ names to be found in amongst them are (although most of these are in the Somethington St. [name_m]Person[/name_m] format):
I grew up in Hampshire in the UK:
Winchester
Hampshire
[name_u]Abbot[/name_u]- Abbotswood, Abbots [name_m]Worthy[/name_m], Abbots [name_f]Ann[/name_f] Down
Andover
Beaulieu/ Beauworth- said like [name_m]Beau[/name_m] in Beautiful not like the name
Eling- E-ling
Romsey
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
Lymington
Lyndhurst
Havant
Eastleigh
Tourist/Landmark inspired:
Hamble- river
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]- old football stadium
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]- St [name_f]Mary[/name_f]'s neighbourhood and new football stadium
[name_f]Ria[/name_f]- taken from the the geography
Mayflower
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] Bowl- cricket ground
Ok now let me try [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], Australia:
[name_m]Melbourne[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]- [name_m]Phillip[/name_m] Island and [name_u]Bay[/name_u]
Mildura
Hotham- Mt Hotham
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
Yarra- river
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]- state name and famous [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_u]Vic[/name_u] Market
[name_f]Brighton[/name_f]
Frankston
Altona
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]- [name_m]Albert[/name_m] [name_m]Park[/name_m] lake, where Australian F1 takes place
[name_m]Bourke[/name_m], Swanston, Lonsdale, [name_u]Spencer[/name_u], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_m]William[/name_m]- [name_m]Street[/name_m] names in the CBD
AFL Team Inspired for [name_u]VIC[/name_u], AUS
[name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m]
Collingwood
Essendon
[name_m]Carlton[/name_m]
[name_m]Richmond[/name_m]
Geelong
Oh, definitely! I grew up in [name_u]Nevada[/name_u], and [name_f]Arizona[/name_f] is where I currently live now, so there’re plenty of location-based names around here.
To name a few:
[name_f]Sedona[/name_f] - city in [name_f]Arizona[/name_f], famous for its beautiful canyons and rock formations
[name_m]Henderson[/name_m] - name of a city right outside of Las [name_f]Vegas[/name_f]; people who live in the area know it as the suburb of Vegas
[name_u]Sierra[/name_u] - as in the [name_u]Sierra[/name_u] [name_u]Nevada[/name_u] Mountains
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] - [name_f]Arizona[/name_f]'s capital
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] - cuz [name_u]Nevada[/name_u]'s national plant is the sagebrush
[name_u]Carson[/name_u] - as in [name_u]Nevada[/name_u]'s capital, [name_u]Carson[/name_u] City
The ‘real’ names to be found in amongst them are (although most of these are in the Somethington St. [name_m]Person[/name_m] format):