50 baby names to love inspired by places in America
David and Victoria Beckham did it. So did Reese Witherspoon. And countless other parents have selected a baby name inspired by an American state, city, town or borough. Why? Because these USA inspired monikers are beyond adorable!
Regardless of where you’re living, you have to admit – these baby names are sweeter than apple pie.
Australians are famous for their interesting choices in place names (I live in a suburb called Yorkey’s Knob. Not even joking), but you have to admit there are some popular Aussie cities that double as cute baby names (Sydney, Adelaide and Bowen to name a few). We’ve got a whole list of them in fact (see our post on Aussie-inspired baby names).
It turns out, baby names inspired by places in the United States are just as cute. But don’t take our word for it – have a read through our 50 favourites (in honour of the 50 states – see what we did there?) and see which ones top your list.
American-inspired girl names
- Abilene (a city in Texas)
- Alabama (a state)
- Alexandria (a city in Virginia)
- Aspen (a city in Colorado)
- Atlanta (a city in Georgia)
- Carolina (inspired by states, North and South Carolina)
- Charlotte (the capital of North Carolina)
- Cheyenne (a city in Wyoming)
- Della (inspired by Delaware)
- Georgia (a state)
- Helena (a city in Montana)
- Ida (inspired by Idaho)
- Indi/Indiana (a state)
- Juneau (the capital of Alaska)
- Louisiana (a state)
- Madison (a city in Wisconsin)
- Montana (a state)
- Nevada (a state)
- Peyton (a city in Colorado)
- Virginia ( a state)
Of course, there are so many more amazing baby names inspired by America, but these are just some of our absolute faves.
Now, onto those bouncing baby boys …
Red white & blue baby boy names
- Ari (inspired by Arizona)
- Bronx (a borough of New York)
- Boston (a city in Massachusetts)
- Chandler (a city in Arizona)
- Eugene (a city in Oregon)
- Diego (inspired by San Diego)
- Laredo (a city in Texas)
- Orlando (a city in Florida)
- Mitchell (a city in South Dakota)
- Trenton (a city in New Jersey)
- Denver (a city in Colorado)
- Jackson (a city in Florida)
- Tennessee (a state)
- Reno (a city in Nevada)
- York (inspired by New York)
United States unisex names
- America (of course!)
- Arli (inspired by Arlington, West Virginia)
- Albany (the capital of New York)
- Austin (the capital of Texas)
- Brooklyn (a borough of New York)
- Dakota (inspired by North and South Dakota)
- Cody (a city in Wyoming)
- Cal/Cali (inspired by California)
- Dayton (a city in Ohio)
- Dallas (a city in Texas)
- Jersey (inspired by New Jersey)
- Lincoln (a city in Nebraska)
- Memphis (a city in Tennessee)
- Raleigh (a city in North Carolina)
- Phoenix (a city in Arizona)
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This post was originally published on 4 July, 2016
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