Place names?

[composure.livejournal.com]

What do you guys think about state/place names?
Girls: Kansas, Brooklyn, Dakota, Sahara, Verona.
Boys: Phoenix, Orlando, Jackson, Dallas.

I'm not pregnant, it's just speculation. Please be mature, kthanks.

Comments

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

*hate*

Unless the place name was an actual name first, or if it's only a middle name and has some great meaning behind it. Otherwise - tacky.

On another note, from what I've seen, the whole place name thing seems to be an American phenomenon - I haven't heard of anyone here in Canada naming their kid Ottawa or Moncton... or Paris... The whole concept seems odd. Are place names popular in the UK as well? Australia? Anyone know? I wonder...

[n0kittie.livejournal.com]

I bet there are Australians named Sydney.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

true!
But that's actually a name, as well, not just a city...

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

So is Paris. It was actually a name before it was a city.

I know what you meant, I just wanted to point that out.

[composure.livejournal.com]

I guess it's weird that I'm Canadian, thinking of naming my children after American cities. I live in a place called Port Sydney, and know a couple who named their daughter Sydney after that. Other than that... no. I don't know any Vancouvers, Torontos or Reginas.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I dont know about many people in England using English cities for their kids, apart from Devon- which i have seen used for both boys and girls. I do know several Paris', Savannah's, ... one Atlanda & one Austria!
The new trend is London for a girl apparently, ick is all i have to say for that. Preston (middle name os Britneys son) is a city in England, rather a dirty & miserable place i think.

I dont mind place names so much, but i wouldnt use them personally.. & they have to sound like real names. I really do love Paris, but Miss Hilton has ruined that for me.