Girl · Spanish place name
From the Aitana mountains near Alicante in Spain Likely
The poet Rafael Alberti gave it to a daughter born in exile in 1941, after his last view of Spain.
US 2025: #211 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2788
Baby names from places
English baby names grouped by what they mean, as name dictionaries and word-origin sources give it. Bazi8 is a site about BaZi, the Chinese reading of a birth date, and Chinese names; where a Chinese character shares a name's meaning, the card shows it. This meaning isn't tied to one of the five elements, so nothing here depends on a baby's chart.
Girls' names
Girl · Scottish surname, from Gaelic
From Scottish places named with Gaelic blàr, 'plain, field' Likely
US 2025: #169 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #551
Also spelled: Blaire
Girl · English surname, from a place name
From English places named 'dark clearing': Old English blæc + lēah Likely
US 2025: #191 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #1407
Also spelled: Blakeley, Blakley
Girl · American place name, from Dutch
The New York borough, named after Dutch Breukelen, from a word for 'marsh' Well attested
Often said to mean 'stream' or 'water'; 'brook' only shaped the spelling, though some treat it as Brooke + -lyn.
US 2025: #118 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #951
Also spelled: Brooklynn
Girl · Greek
Greek Kynthia, a title of Artemis, from Mount Kynthos on Delos Well attested
Often linked with the moon: poets also used it as a name for the moon, but the name comes from the mountain.
US 2025: #1014 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2138
Girl · Norman French surname
Spelling of Darcy, a Norman surname, 'from Arcy' in France; in Ireland also 'the dark one' Well attested
Often said to mean 'dark'; that fits only the Irish surname it merged with.
US 2025: #3533 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #92
Also spelled: Darcy, Darcey, Darci, D'Arcy
Girl · Irish
Irish Éirinn, a form of Éire, 'Ireland' Well attested
US 2025: #833 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #72
Also spelled: Eryn
Girl · English place name, via a surname
From English places named for 'wild boar' + 'woodland clearing'; first a surname Well attested
US 2025: #91 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #297
Also spelled: Everleigh, Everley
Girl · English place name, via a surname
From English places meaning 'heath clearing', where heather grew; first a surname Well attested
US 2025: #121 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #983
Also spelled: Hadleigh
Girl · English place name, via a surname
A spelling of Hayley: English places meaning 'hay clearing'; first a surname Well attested
US 2025: #104 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #371
Also spelled: Hayley, Haley
Girl · Scottish place name
From Islay, a Scottish island; a 20th-century Scottish coinage Likely
Often said to mean 'island'; the island's own name has no settled meaning.
US 2025: #28 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #4
Girl · English surname, from a place name
An English surname and place name: the man's name Cyne + 'woodland clearing' Well attested
Often said to mean 'king's meadow'; the references give a man's name, Cyne, and 'clearing'.
US 2025: #93 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #3333
Girl · Greek
Greek 'woman from Lydia', a kingdom in Asia Minor Well attested
Sometimes glossed 'beautiful one' or 'noble one'; the name points to the kingdom of Lydia.
US 2025: #92 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #158
Girl · French, from Greek
From Magdalene, 'woman from Magdala', a Galilee village named from a word for 'tower' Well attested
Some sources add that it absorbed a Germanic name, Madalinde.
US 2025: #81 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #304
Also spelled: Madelyn, Madeleine
Girl · English surname
Surname, usually a form of Priestley: Old English 'priest' + 'clearing' Well attested
In America it can also come from a German surname, Pressler.
US 2025: #225 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #1407
Girl · English word and US place name
From the word savanna, a grassy plain, or the US city of Savannah, Georgia Well attested
The city is named for its river, whose own name has no settled origin.
US 2025: #135 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #222
Also spelled: Savanna
Girl · Italian place name, via English
From Siena, the Italian city, and sienna, the earth pigment named after it Likely
US 2025: #94 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #15
Also spelled: Siena
Boys' names
Boy · Latin
Latin Hadrianus, 'man from Hadria', a town in northern Italy Well attested
Often said to mean 'sea' or 'dark'. It means 'from Hadria'; any link to water lies in the town's own uncertain name.
US 2025: #74 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #279
Also spelled: Adrien, Hadrian
Boy · Latin, from Greek
A Roman name meaning 'of Attica, Athenian', from Greek Attikos Well attested
US 2025: #281 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #379
Boy · English surname, from a place name
From Beckham in Norfolk, Old English for 'homestead of a man called Becca' Well attested
US 2025: #168 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #5137
Boy · English surname
English place-name surname: a personal name, Cola or Koli, + Old English 'settlement' Likely
Often said to mean 'coal town'; the surname dictionary gives a personal name, Cola, instead.
US 2025: #103 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #679
Also spelled: Colten, Kolton
Boy · English surname
From Crewe in Cheshire: Old Welsh criu, 'weir', a wicker fence for catching fish Well attested
Looks like the English word 'crew', a working team, but the sources trace the name to this place.
US 2025: #256 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1307
Also spelled: Crewe
Boy · English surname
English place name and surname: Old English 'east' + 'farmstead, settlement' Well attested
US 2025: #110 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1538
Boy · English place name, via a surname
From English places mostly meaning 'hollow valley'; first a surname Likely
US 2025: #297 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1897
Boy · English place name
From English place names, Old English for 'the king's estate' Likely
US 2025: #204 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2014
Boy · Italian and Spanish, from Latin
Italian and Spanish form of Laurence, Latin Laurentius, 'man from Laurentum' Well attested
Often said to mean 'laurel'; that link runs through the town's name, and the sources differ on how sure it is.
US 2025: #117 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #132
Boy · Scottish surname, from a place name
From a place near Melrose, Scotland: 'Mack's spring or stream' Well attested
Often said to mean 'great stream'; the first part is a man's name, Mack.
US 2025: #189 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #183
Boy · English place name
Place name and surname, Old English 'priests' settlement' Well attested
US 2025: #299 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #914
Boy · Latin
Latin Romanus, 'a Roman' Well attested
US 2025: #42 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #27
Boy · Latin, from Greek
Latin Sebastianus, 'of Sebastia', a city named from Greek sebastos, 'venerable' Well attested
Often said to mean 'venerable'; that explains the city's name, and Sebastian means 'of that city'.
US 2025: #16 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #47
Boy · English surname
A surname from English places named 'west clearing'; spread by John Wesley Well attested
US 2025: #52 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #539
Boy · English place name and surname
A place name and surname, Old English for 'west farmstead' Well attested
US 2025: #55 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1276
Boy · Basque, via Spanish
From the birthplace of St. Francis Xavier in Navarre; Basque, probably 'new house' Likely
US 2025: #108 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #263
Also spelled: Javier
Names for either
Either · Dakota
From the Dakota people's own name, 'friendly' or 'allies', later a US place name Well attested
US 2025: #296 (girls), #319 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #490 (girls), #1538 (boys)
Either · Scottish surname
From a Scottish place name, probably British 'meadow' + 'dwelling' Likely
US 2025: #687 (girls), #238 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2605 (girls), #1276 (boys)
Either · Scottish place name and surname
From the Lennox, a Scottish region named after the River Leven Well attested
US 2025: #717 (girls), #289 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2278 (girls), #287 (boys)
Also spelled: Lenox
Either · English surname, from a place name
Surname from a place name, Old English 'Paega's settlement' Well attested
Often said to mean 'noble'; the sources give this place name, or in Ireland a surname from a pet form of Patrick.
US 2025: #199 (girls), #684 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #696 (girls), #3256 (boys)
Also spelled: Payton
Either · English place name and surname
A place name and surname, Old English for 'south farmstead' Well attested
US 2025: #181 (girls), #332 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #3333 (girls), #2269 (boys)
Either · English surname
From Tatham in Lancashire, Old English for 'Tata's homestead' Likely
US 2025: #189 (girls), #202 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #5927 (girls), #1406 (boys)
Also spelled: Tatham
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.