Favorite Geographical Names?

[sifukatara.livejournal.com]

dWhat are everyone's favorite Geographical names for girls and boys? They can be cities or towns or even countries. It really doesn't matter.

Here are mine: India, Ireland and Madison. That last one was the capital of Wisconsin. How about everyone else?

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[arbus.livejournal.com]

my boyfriends dog is named virginia. we are moving in together next month, and have decided that if when we get another dog, we will name him/her indiana or georgia. indiana has always been a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. tennessee is a guilty pleasure too, but would never use it.

i really like india, wish i could use it but it would be silly on a very fair skinned redheaded little girl, as my kids are destined to be.

i love carolina too, but pronounced the spanish way (care-oh-leen-ah), not like the state.

as a sidenote, i passed a sign in front of a store the other day that said "welcome maddisynn grace" and i immediately thought of this community. so much yuck.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

for gepgraphical names i like quite a few:

Catalina - it's a beautiful island here in southern california
Geneva - as in switzerland, because i was born there :]
India - just find it pretty
Kent - always liked this name, as opposed to 'ken'
Kenya - i know a girl named kenya, she's really pretty
Montana - sounds... 'free' to me
Phoenix - rising from the ashes and all that
River - i just like the mental image i get here, peaceful, steady
Sahara - love the sound of it
Savannah - in the state of georgia, it's such a beautiful city
Sierra - 'free' like montana

[arbus.livejournal.com]

my cousins name is geneva. she is in her mid-20s. ive always loved it. it never even occurred to me before that it was a place name. ha! :)

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I always thought Salem was pretty awesome ever since I read Jerry Spinelli's books :P

Things Associated with Places

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

Which one in particular? I don't remember a Salem character in there.

I like Carmel, Savannah, Sienna (maybe that's a color I'm associating with a place and not a place itself). On that subject, I also like names that I associate with places, such as vineyards, the ocean, forests, and deserts.

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

Venice is a guilty pleasure name of mine but maybe just because I'd really like to go there one day hah.

[frenchnails.livejournal.com]

Vegas =D That's my son's name... and yes I do love Las Vegas :P

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Alaska, Lourdes & Odessa for girls, and London for boys. They are all sort of guilty pleasures ;) =)

Re: Things Associated with Places

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Siena is a place in Italy. One N though, I believe.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Atlanta is the closest, for me. Place names aren't really my thing.
Though I prefer Atalanta like the Greek heroine instead of the place in Georgia.

Come to think of it though, I suppose Georgia is a kinda nice name

Erin is passible.

Oh yeah! I also really like Austin, but Austin street, the street I grew up on in Queens, NYC, not the Texas city. (There's also a Houston st in NYC, HOW-ston, not hugh-ston!!!)

I never would have thought of it on my own, but Geneva is really nice too.

Jordan is okay Lol.

OH! And can't forget Chad! (I have a huge joke with friends about Chad, we love Chad!)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i forgot about london, i love that one. for a boy, yes.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Caspian [although after the CS Lewis character, not the sea]

Adelaide
Victoria

I think that's all of mine!

::high five::

[euphoricm2.livejournal.com]

I love Savannah, Georgia too!! That's what I'm going to name my daughter!! :)

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Ada, Georgia, Savannah, Kansas (guilty pleasure)

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

generally i don't really like geographical names, but i do like River and Savannah

[so-there.livejournal.com]

madison isn't really a geographical name; the city was named for some guy's last name. it's a surname.

[scouty.livejournal.com]

madison

austin

london

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

Phoenix for a boy and Ireland or London for a girl.

[ladyincendiary.livejournal.com]

I really like Odessa, actually. :)


The only place name I've ever even thought about is Philadelphia.
I can't imagine using it...I just really like it.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Charlotte, Chelsea, and Virginia.

[admirari.livejournal.com]

yeah i love all those. except kent. i knew a stripper whose name was Montana. no, like her REAL name. also stage name. i don't mean that as an insult, if people think that, as i was a stripper once, too!

Geneva.. cool idea. our family has been going to Lake Geneva, WI for hm 80 or so years?

[admirari.livejournal.com]

also our doggie's name is Sierra :)

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

yay southern california!

i like geneva too :]

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Savannah, Madison, Charlotte, Austin.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i know a girl named cansas (pronounced just like the state). she is the definition of white trash.

i think georgia is beautiful.

Re: Things Associated with Places

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

Of course. You're right. Thanks for the reminder, I knew that from art history.