# Place names as first names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562 "2026-10-03T15:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/41 "2026-10-04T11:41:19Z")
Well, then: Chad Lowe? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/42 "2026-10-04T13:52:42Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I know someone named after the famous building where she was allegedly conceived. I know a couple who named their daughter Cayman for this reason. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/43 "2026-10-04T13:54:29Z")
The parents were gettin’ it on while riding a small alligator? 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/44 "2026-10-04T13:57:47Z")
No, just the islands. I told them I was glad they didn’t take their honeymoon in Moosejaw. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/45 "2026-10-04T14:00:23Z")
I’m reminded of a tasteless stereotype joke about Native American Indians and their supposed custom of naming children for the first thing Mom sees upon exiting the birthing tent. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/46 "2026-10-04T14:16:23Z")
I briefly worked with a guy named Yuma. He had a habit of pushing his dust mask up on top of his head…it became a “Yuma-lka.” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/47 "2026-10-04T15:35:15Z")
**Lindsay** as a first name and surname derives from the city of Lincoln in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/48 "2026-10-04T15:54:34Z")
There’s a children’s book by Catherine Woolley called Ginnie and Geneva. (I recall several sequels about these two girls.) I met a girl named Montserrat. Her nickname was Montse. (Pronounced “Montsee”.) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/49 "2026-10-04T18:09:35Z")
That reminds me. [Geneva Bosques](https://www.fremont.gov/Home/Components/StaffDirectory/StaffDirectory/2/282) is the spokesperson for the city of Fremont, California, and previously she was the spokesperson for the Fremont Police Department. So she is regularly in the local news. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/50 "2026-10-04T23:57:40Z")
I had an aunt named Geneva. She went by Neese. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/51 "2026-10-04T23:59:27Z")
I had two students, sisters, named Brooklyn and Charlotte. Couldn’t have been named for cities where they were conceived, since they are twins. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562/52 "2026-10-05T03:11:02Z")
Winona Ryder was born near Winona County, MN. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-as-first-names/1033562.md?page=2)