I've met an Austin, Brooklyn, Berlin, London spelled like Londyn and Dallas! I'm sure any name could be a city/location name somewhere....
I've met an Austin, Brooklyn, Berlin, London spelled like Londyn and Dallas! I'm sure any name could be a city/location name somewhere....
watermelon / 14206 posts
DS had a Brooklynn in his class last year and I once had a boss named Dallas. I also know several Savannahs. I probably know more, but not off the top of my head.
honeydew / 7230 posts
I know two Brooklynns (both about 2 years old) and a Carolina (in her 30s).
@grizz: Georgia was my grandma's name (although she went by her middle name her whole life) and I wanted this to be our girl's name so badly! Unfortunately my husband wouldn't budge on it!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I used to know a Savannah and my cousin named her daughter Brooklyn.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@autumnlove: yep!
my son!
(though we didnt name him after the locale!)
persimmon / 1165 posts
My LO is a Dallas (although he was named after the Cowboys, not the city ;). A friend's two kids are Trenton and Sydney.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I know several:
Savanna, Cheyenne, Dakota, Sydney, Denver (boy I babysat), Trenton (more than I can count), Brooklyn, Londyn, & I'm sure there are more.
More I thought of: China (a distant cousin), Camden, Charlotte, Madison,
pear / 1812 posts
Yes, me, although it's not a big-city name and technically I was named after a car.
honeydew / 7504 posts
I know a Camden, Savannah, and Virginia. And in high school I was friends with an Austin. My great-great-grandmother was Missouri (and my mom is the aforementioned Virginia, actually).
nectarine / 2134 posts
I know a lot now that I think about it: Asia, China, Brooklynn, Sydney, Catalina, Charlotte, Sierra, Victoria, Camden, Austin and Trenton.
grapefruit / 4997 posts
My nephew's name is Austin, a friend's daughter is a Sydney, god bro is Dallas.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
I know an "Irelyn" (was supposed to be "Ireland" but they thought it was too boyish).
grapefruit / 4235 posts
I know a man London and a 4 yr old girl London, Brooklynn, Austin (named after his grandfather though), Jorja (yep.), Sydney, Sierra...that's all i can think of.
honeydew / 7504 posts
@NorCalWayfarer: Oh, I forgot about Charlotte! And my niece is Sidnae (like Sydney, but....not).
pineapple / 12526 posts
C and her baby BFF both have place names, although neither were intentionally named after those places.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
I know a Trenton and a Savannah. and both DD and DS names are cities around the world. but neither of them were named after those places on purpose
bananas / 9628 posts
@NurseMommy: please tell me you were named after a car you were conceived in!
lots, but not all of them are big places & lots of towns around here are common names. hudson, weston, wellesely, paxton, holden, savannah, sydney, charlotte, austin, addison, dakota, katahdin, sierra
ETA: i forgot virginia (yes, i know someone under the age of 5 named virginia, i was surprised, too)
pomelo / 5258 posts
Boston, Kenya & Asia
I had several street names on my boys' names list one city on my girls'
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
The only one I haven't seen listed that I know is Jordan (which has nothing to do with the place.) I skimmed the above so sorry if it has been said!
clementine / 984 posts
@kjpugs: Me, too! (Is there really more than one?!)
I've also met Brooklyn, Sydney, Dallas, Jordan, Trenton, Austin, Holden, and Asya (Asia).
pear / 1672 posts
I know two Africas. I know a Luanda (capital of Angola), Paris, and Sydney. I live in Brooklyn and don't know any Brooklyns.
Oops...a Jordan, Asia and multiple Kenyas, too.
grapefruit / 4862 posts
@indi: is your name Indiana?!?! Do you live in FL....? Last name C___? LOL. I will die if you're the same one I knew back in like 2008.
clementine / 984 posts
@kjpugs: Nope, I am not an Indiana, my HB name is an offshoot of my old WB name.
I know a real-life Indiana from the MN area with a last name of H_______. So there are multiple Indianas running around out there! Who would have guessed!?
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