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Place names for girls

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  1. CharlotteFrench feminine diminutive of Charles, from Old Germanic 'Karl' meaning 'free man'#3 · slipping
  2. VictoriaFrom Latin 'victoria', meaning 'victory'#71 · slipping
  3. PaisleyFrom the Scottish town of Paisley#73 · slipping
  4. JordanTo flow down or descend #255 · slipping
  5. SiennaFrom the Italian city of Siena#91 · rising
  6. GeorgiaFeminine form of George, from Greek Georgios meaning 'farmer, earthworker'#120 · rising
  7. CatalinaSpanish form of Katherine, from Greek 'aikaterine'#98 · rising
  8. ShilohHebrew: tranquil, peaceful, or 'his gift'#297 · rising
  9. BrooklynFrom the New York borough, itself from Dutch 'Breukelen', meaning 'broken land' or 'marshland'#110 · slipping
  10. SavannahA flat, treeless grassland#140 · slipping
  11. DakotaFrom the Dakota Sioux language, meaning 'friend' or 'ally'#304 · slipping
  12. DallasFrom a Scottish surname and place name, possibly from Gaelic 'dail ghlas' meaning 'meadow dwelling'#668 · slipping
  13. MilanFrom Old Slavic 'mil' meaning 'gracious' or 'dear'#715 · slipping
  14. PhoenixFrom Greek 'phoinix' meaning 'dark red' or 'crimson'#487 · slipping
  15. AspenFrom Old English 'aespe', the aspen tree#238 · rising
  16. SalemFrom Semitic 'shalom/salam' meaning 'peace'#439 · rising
  17. AdelaideFrom Germanic 'Adalheidis': adal (noble) + heid (kind, sort)#309 · slipping
  18. FatimaFrom Arabic 'fatama' meaning 'to abstain'#318 · slipping
  19. DenverFrom an English surname derived from a place name meaning 'Dane ford' in Old English#770 · rising
  20. SydneyFrom a surname that is a variant of Sidney, originally from Old English meaning 'wide island'#332 · slipping
  21. JordynFeminine spelling variant of Jordan, from Hebrew 'Yarden' meaning 'flow down' or 'descend', the name of the river#255 · slipping
  22. LondynPhonetic respelling of London#220 · slipping
  23. FlorenceFrom Latin Florentia meaning 'flourishing' or 'blooming'#405 · rising
  24. CarolinaFeminine form of Carolus (Charles)#348 · rising
  25. KatalinaSpanish variant of Catalina, from Katherine, from Greek 'Aikaterine'#98 · rising
  26. LondonFrom the name of London, the capital of the United Kingdom, whose meaning is uncertain#220 · slipping
  27. ViennaFrom the name of Vienna, the capital of Austria, of uncertain meaning: possibly Celtic vedunia (forest stream) or from the earlier Roman settlement Vindobona#418 · rising
  28. MaddisonVariant of Madison#25 · slipping
  29. HollandFrom the Dutch region name, from Old Dutch holt (forest) + lant (land)#531 · rising
  30. RioSpanish and Portuguese word meaning 'river'#1,457 · rising
  31. AlexandriaFeminine form of Alexander, from Greek 'Alexandros', meaning 'defender of men'#174 · slipping
  32. BrooklynnElaborated spelling of Brooklyn, from Dutch 'Breukelen' (broken land)#110 · slipping
  33. MemphisFrom ancient Egyptian 'Men-nefer' (enduring and beautiful) via Greek#1,200 · slipping
  34. VirginiaFrom Latin 'virginius' meaning 'virgin, maiden'#511 · rising
  35. SkyeFrom the Isle of Skye in Scotland#357 · slipping
  36. CapriItalian island in the Bay of Naples#444 · rising
  37. CaliShort form of Calista (Greek 'kalliste', most beautiful) or a California reference#242 · slipping
  38. ParisFrom the Trojan prince of Greek myth, or the Parisii tribe who named the French city#578 · slipping
  39. SienaFrom the Italian city of Siena#91 · rising
  40. SierraSpanish word for a jagged mountain range#539 · slipping
  41. GalileaFeminine given name derived from Galilee (region of Israel)#624 · rising
  42. PaisleeAlternate spelling of Paisley, a Scottish town name#73 · slipping
  43. EverestFrom the English surname Everest#1,574 · rising
  44. MckinleyScottish/Irish surname meaning 'son of Finlay' (Gaelic 'Mac Fionnlaigh'), used as a given name#609 · slipping
  45. HarlemFrom the NYC neighborhood#930 · rising
  46. BristolFrom the English city#645 · slipping
  47. BethanyFrom Hebrew 'Beit-Anyah', meaning 'house of figs' or 'house of affliction'#723 · slipping
  48. MontanaFrom Latin 'montanus' meaning 'mountainous'#908 · rising
  49. BelenSpanish form of Bethlehem, from Hebrew 'Beit Lechem' (house of bread)#745 · rising
  50. ErinFrom the poetic Irish name for Ireland, derived from Old Irish 'Ériu', goddess of Ireland#603 · slipping
  51. TaraFrom Irish 'Teamhair', the historic seat of Irish kings#780 · rising
  52. ChelseaFrom an Old English place name meaning 'chalk landing place' or 'chalk wharf'#711 · slipping
  53. AspynPhonetic respelling of Aspen, the English word for a poplar tree known for its quaking leaves#238 · rising
  54. BerkleyEnglish place-name and surname meaning 'birch wood clearing' (Old English 'beorc' + 'leah')#648 · slipping
  55. CheyenneFrom the Lakota Sioux word for the Cheyenne people, possibly meaning 'people of a different speech'#825 · slipping
  56. BrittanyFrom the Brittany region of northwestern France (Bretagne), named for the Britons who settled there#829 · rising
  57. MalaysiaThe Southeast Asian nation used as a given name#846 · slipping
  58. BexleyEnglish place name from Old English 'byxe' (box tree) + 'leah' (meadow)#850 · slipping
  59. MarlowEnglish place name and surname#800 · rising
  60. SidneyFrom an English surname, possibly from 'Saint-Denis' in France or Old English meaning 'wide island'#332 · slipping
  61. BeverlyFrom an English place name meaning 'beaver stream' (Old English 'beofor' + 'leah')#896 · rising
  62. LaramieFrom French surname La Ramie and Wyoming city name - used as modern American place-name#941 · rising
  63. LorraineFrom the French region Lorraine#917 · rising
  64. PaisleighElaborated spelling of Paisley#918 · slipping
  65. EgyptDirect use of the country name Egypt as a given name#1,027 · slipping
  66. SavannaFrom Spanish 'sabana' (via Taino 'zabana'), a treeless tropical grassland#140 · slipping
  67. AustynPhonetic variant of Austin/Augustine#795 · slipping
  68. OaklandEnglish place name meaning 'oak land' - transferred to first name, also California city name#2,332 · rising
  69. JerseyEnglish place-name and word-name#1,141 · slipping
  70. GreciaSpanish form of 'Graecia', the Latin name for Greece#983 · rising
  71. OdessaFrom Black Sea port Odessa, named for Greek Odysseus - used as romantic place-name for girls#1,021 · rising
  72. AsiyaFrom Arabic, name of Pharaoh's believing wife in Islamic tradition - meaning 'sorrowful'#630 · slipping
  73. GuadalupeFrom Spanish place name via Arabic wadi (river) + Latin lupus (wolf)#1,050 · slipping
  74. KeniaSpanish-language form of Kenya#881 · slipping
  75. KarolinaSlavic/Scandinavian form of Carolina#348 · rising
  76. ShiloHebrew 'tranquil, peaceful' place-name - variant spelling of Shiloh, now used as modern unisex name#3,391 · rising
  77. AsiahVariant of Asia (Greek place-name for continent) and Asiya (Arabic) - modern spelling used across genders#630 · slipping
  78. RaleighEnglish place name and surname meaning 'red clearing' (Old English 'rah' + 'leah')#1,473 · slipping
  79. KamdynModern phonetic variant of Camden#818 · slipping
  80. MarbellaBeautiful sea - Spanish place-name from the resort city on Costa del Sol#1,121 · rising

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