Lydia means “from Lydia”, an ancient region in what is now western Turkey. Lorraine takes its name from the region in eastern France.
Every name links to its full page: meaning, origin, and its real popularity curve since 1890.
LawrenceLatin · means 'from Laurentum', an ancient Italian city; associated with the laurel tree
WesleyEnglish · "western meadow," an Old English place name; it became a given name in tribute to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and spread wherever Methodist circuit riders preached. Softly scholarly, with Wes as the easy short form
LydiaGreek · "from Lydia", a region of western Asia Minor
LorraineFrench · from the region of Lorraine, 'realm of Lothar'
VernonFrench · place name, possibly 'alder grove' or 'place of the spring'
DallasScottish · place name/surname; meaning uncertain, possibly "meadow of the waterfall"
GuadalupeSpanish · from the valley of the wolf; honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most revered names across generations of Mexican-American Catholic families
MelbaEnglish · modern coinage from the stage name of opera singer Nellie Melba, after Melbourne
MilanSlavic · from the Slavic element milŭ, "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names beginning with that element
OdessaGreek · place name (city in Ukraine), from ancient Odessos
SavannahEnglish · "treeless plain," from the Taino word zavana by way of Spanish sabana; the grassland word became a graceful Georgia port city, and the city became a name. Southern in flavor, tropical in root, steady since the 1990s
TrentEnglish · from the River Trent; flooding river
ArdenEnglish · from an English surname taken from various place names, from a Celtic word meaning 'high'
BurtonEnglish · English place name/surname, 'fortified settlement'
CareyWelsh · from a Welsh river name, or an Irish surname
EastonEnglish · "east settlement," an Old English place name; part of the 2000s compass-point wave of surname names, all open vowels and a soft -n landing. Preppy on paper, easygoing out loud
EldonEnglish · meaning uncertain, English place name (possibly elder-tree hill)
LoraineFrench · variant of Lorraine, a French region name
TyreeScottish · place name, Isle of Tiree, Scotland
CamdenEnglish · from an English place name and surname; meaning uncertain
CampbellScottish · Scottish clan surname, from Gaelic 'cam' (crooked) and 'beul' (mouth)
DaytonEnglish · English place name/surname, roughly meaning 'Day's town' or 'bright town'
DudleyEnglish · English place name/surname, 'Dudda's clearing'
IonaScottish · place name, Scottish island of the Hebrides
LourdesSpanish · Marian name from the French pilgrimage town, a Filipino Catholic classic
SanfordEnglish · English place name/surname, 'sandy river crossing'
WestleyEnglish · variant spelling of Wesley, meaning 'west meadow'
AmericaEnglish · the country name, from Amerigo Vespucci
BelenSpanish · Spanish name meaning 'Bethlehem', referencing the birthplace of Jesus
BrooklynEnglish · the New York borough, originally Dutch Breukelen, a village name from the old country; American parents heard Brook and the -lyn ending of Lynn inside it and made it a girls' name in the 1990s. Place name, blend, and hometown tribute at once
CaryWelsh · variant of Carey, from a Welsh river name
LaytonEnglish · English place name/surname; Old English for 'town with a leek garden'
OdellEnglish · English place name/surname, 'woad valley'
RomaItalian · place name for Rome, meaning uncertain
SheltonEnglish · English place name/surname, 'settlement on a ledge'
JordonHebrew · variant spelling of Jordan, from the River Jordan, traditionally 'to flow down'
LymanEnglish · English surname, 'man from the meadow'
SalinaLatin · from the Latin word for 'salty'; also a place name
AshleeEnglish · variant spelling of Ashley, an English place name meaning 'ash tree meadow'
BerkleyEnglish · place name/surname meaning 'birch tree meadow'
BethelHebrew · biblical place name, 'house of God'
BrentonEnglish · English surname/place name, traditionally 'Brant's settlement'
BufordEnglish · An English place-name surname, most often read as 'ford by the fortification', from Old English elements.
DelmarFrench · An English surname from Norman French de la mare, of the pond; also linked to Spanish/Catalan del mar, of the sea.
JordynHebrew · modern spelling of Jordan, from the river name, possibly meaning "to flow down"
KimberleyEnglish · the standard British spelling of Kimberly, from Kimberley, an English place name in Norfolk of uncertain Old English origin
LidiaGreek · variant of Lydia, referring to the ancient region of Lydia in Asia Minor
LyndonEnglish · English place name/surname meaning 'hill of linden trees'
MaritzaSpanish · Spanish variant related to Maria; also the name of a river in the Balkans
RaleighEnglish · English place name/surname, from Old English 'roe deer meadow'
RamseyScottish · surname from a place name, traditionally 'wild garlic island'
RomeLatin · the city of Rome; origin debated, traditionally linked to its legendary founder Romulus
SiennaItalian · from the English word for an orange-red colour, linked to Siena and its earth; the pigment sienna is yellow-brown when raw and reddish-brown when heated
ValenciaSpanish · Spanish place name, from Latin 'valentia', meaning 'strength, courage'
AdriaLatin · from Hadria, an ancient Italian town name; a short form of Adriana, ultimately from Latin Hadrianus
