Names from places
Many popular names began as places. A few are cities used directly (Brooklyn, Boston, Houston), but most are English surnames that meant someone from a particular village or farm, like Ashton, Chester and Milton. Biblical places give others: Eden, Zion and Lydia.
Girl names (95)
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Rank 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isla | from Islay, a Scottish island | Scottish | #28 |
| Paisley | Scottish | #67 | |
| Madelyn | woman of Magdala (via Madeline) | Hebrew | #71 |
| Eden | the Garden of Eden | Hebrew | #70 |
| Everly | wild-boar clearing (place name) | English | #91 |
| Kinsley | Cyne's clearing (place name) | English | #93 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York (from Dutch Breukelen) | Germanic | #118 |
| Hailey | hay clearing (surname) | English | #104 |
| Savannah | grassy plain; the Georgia city | Spanish | #135 |
| Lydia | woman from Lydia | Greek | #92 |
| Oakley | oak clearing (place name) | English | #156 |
| Peyton | Pæga's farmstead (place name) | English | #199 |
| Hadley | heather clearing (place name) | English | #121 |
| Sutton | south farmstead (place name) | English | #181 |
| Everleigh | wild-boar clearing (place name) | English | #194 |
| Sienna | Siena (Italian city); reddish-brown | Italian | #94 |
| Ashley | ash-tree clearing (place name) | English | #164 |
| Shiloh | Hebrew | #281 | |
| Blakely | black clearing (place name) | English | #191 |
| Presley | priest's clearing (place name) | English | #225 |
| Blair | field, plain | Scottish | #169 |
| Harlow | rock hill or army hill (English place name) | English | #309 |
| Marley | boundary clearing, pleasant clearing or marten wood | English | #322 |
| Kimberly | English | #303 | |
| Jordyn | variant of Jordan (the river) | Hebrew | #371 |
| Aitana | Sierra de Aitana (Spanish place name) | Spanish | #211 |
| Kendall | valley of the river Kent (Kendal) | English | #328 |
| Harley | rock clearing or hare clearing | English | #418 |
| Sydney | wide island (English place name) | English | #348 |
| Leighton | leek enclosure, herb garden | English | #342 |
| Adriana | from Hadria (Adria) | Latin | #366 |
| Madilyn | variant of Madeline (Magdalene) | Hebrew | #464 |
| Sabrina | Latin name of the river Severn | Latin | #321 |
| Alexandria | city of Alexander | Greek | #474 |
| Lorelai | respelling of Lorelei | Germanic | #333 |
| Lorelei | name of a rock on the Rhine | Germanic | #441 |
| Holland | wood land (Dutch) or spur land (English place) | English | #550 |
| Ainsley | solitary clearing or hermitage clearing | English | #483 |
| Bristol | place at the bridge (English city) | English | #728 |
| Kyla | modern feminine of Kyle | Scottish | #580 |
More: Shelby, Oakleigh, Capri, Leslie, Erin, Marlowe, Kelsey, Whitley, Arden, Henley, Taytum, Galilea, Chelsea, Malaysia, Malaya, Belen, Berkley, Lacey, Marleigh, Waverly, Brittany, Judith, Cynthia, Magdalena, Bexley, Tallulah, Madalyn, Ainhoa, Guadalupe, Whitney, Colbie, Beverly, India, Sharon, Lindsey, Dixie, Lorraine, Adrienne, Britney, Courtney, Shannon, Delia, Kenya, Shirley, Loren, Asia, Judy, Tracy, Lynn, Kim, Lorna, Shelly, Ashleigh, Lupe, Melba.
Boy names (115)
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Rank 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | 'man from Lucania' (via Luke) | Greek | #10 |
| Sebastian | from Sebaste; 'venerable' | Greek | #16 |
| Logan | little hollow (place name) | Scottish | #53 |
| Luke | 'man from Lucania' | Greek | #33 |
| Lincoln | lake settlement (place name) | English | #69 |
| Roman | a Roman | Latin | #42 |
| Wesley | western meadow (surname) | English | #52 |
| Adrian | from Hadria | Latin | #74 |
| Weston | west farmstead (place name) | English | #55 |
| Jordan | the Jordan River (perhaps 'flowing down') | Hebrew | #131 |
| Colton | coal town (place name) | English | #103 |
| Easton | east farmstead (place name) | English | #110 |
| Landon | long hill (place name) | English | #127 |
| Xavier | new house (Basque place name) | Basque | #108 |
| Hayden | hay valley (place name) | English | #161 |
| Lorenzo | from Laurentum; laurel | Latin | #117 |
| Zion | Zion (Jerusalem) | Hebrew | #142 |
| Tatum | Tata's homestead (place name) | English | #202 |
| Graham | gravel homestead (from Grantham) | English | #120 |
| Kingston | king's estate (place name) | English | #204 |
| Ashton | ash-tree farmstead (place name) | English | #197 |
| Bentley | bent-grass clearing (place name) | English | #215 |
| Maxwell | Mack's spring (place name) | Scottish | #189 |
| Camden | enclosure valley (place name) | English | #205 |
| Remington | settlement by the boundary stream (place name) | English | #307 |
| Beckham | Becca's homestead (place name) | English | #168 |
| Stetson | English | #136 | |
| Dallas | Scottish | #238 | |
| Knox | round hill (Scottish) | Scottish | #196 |
| Lennox | from the Lennox district (Scotland) | Scottish | #289 |
| Brody | Scottish | #236 | |
| Brandon | broom hill (place name) | English | #261 |
| Lukas | man from Lucania (form of Lucas) | Greek | #288 |
| Javier | new house (Basque place name) | Basque | #274 |
| Paxton | Pæcc's settlement (place name) | English | #338 |
| Holden | deep valley (surname) | English | #297 |
| Preston | priests' settlement (place name) | English | #299 |
| Atticus | man of Attica (Athenian) | Latin | #281 |
| Clayton | clay settlement | English | #300 |
| Romeo | pilgrim to Rome; a Roman | Italian | #302 |
More: Bradley, Denver, Desmond, Kobe, Winston, Memphis, Kyle, Quincy, Troy, Dalton, Zaire, Rome, Lawrence, Bruce, Princeton, Trevor, Colby, Layton, Boston, Huxley, Brixton, Kingsley, Caspian, Ryland, Houston, Westley, Lachlan, Everest, Harlem, Carmelo, Keith, Axton, Clyde, Lochlan, Wes, Douglas, Trenton, Stanley, Dutton, Langston, Melvin, Sidney, Jericho, Zyon, Kenai, Montgomery, Kelvin, Larry, Gordon, Lyle, Rodney, Trent, Lamar, Clifford, Ross, Tyrone, Milton, Percy, Brent, Clarence, Vernon, Darrell, Kent, Alton, Clinton, Lester, Irving, Chester, Clifton, Clint, Sheldon, Eldon, Carlton, Bradford, Brad.
How names get on this list
Our editors read each name's documented etymology and tag a theme only when the roots of the name carry that meaning. Popular explanations without support (folk etymologies) don't count, and names whose origin is uncertain are left out unless every explanation agrees. The list covers the roughly 2,000 most used names we have researched so far, ordered by the number of US babies in the last five years. How we research meanings.