Place names are continuing to grow in popularity, especially among celebrities. Whether it’s to commemorate a pivotal moment from a beloved location or passing down a naming trend from parent to child, here are over 30 celebrities who have given their babies place names.
1. Socialite Paris Hilton continued a place naming pattern for her two children. She and her husband Carter Reum named their son Phoenix and their daughter London. Paris has shared that she had long planned to give her daughter that moniker.
2. Similar to Paris, Ireland Baldwin, the daughter of actor Alec Baldwin, carried her place name tradition with her first child. She and her partner Andre Allen Anjos named their daughter Holland.
3. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West gave two of their children place names. Their third baby, a girl, is named Chicago and their first daughter, while not a specific place name, was given the moniker North West.
4. Kim’s sister Kourtney Kardashian chose a place-inspired middle name for her daughter Penelope: Scotland. Kourtney shares her daughter with her ex Scott Disick.
5. Actors Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song named their first baby, a boy, Dakota. He was named after the ‘Home Alone’ star’s late sister.
6. Actress Riley Keough and her partner Ben Smith-Petersen named their first baby, a daughter, Tupelo. She is named after Tupelo, Mississippi, the birth place of Riley’s grandfather Elvis Presley.
7. Actress Ashley Benson gave her first baby, a girl, with her husband Brandon Davis the name Aspen.
8. Actress Ashley Blaine also used the name Aspen for her first baby girl with her partner Darroll Jenkins.
9. Actress Reese Witherspoon named her son, her third baby and her first with her ex-husband Jim Toth, Tennessee.
10. Country singer Luke Combs and his wife Nicole gave their first baby, a son, the name Tex, a common nickname for the state of Texas.
11. Actress Ashley Tisdale chose an out-of-this-world place name for her first baby with Chris French. The couple named their daughter Jupiter.
12. Singer Ed Sheeran and his partner Cherry Seaborn also gave their daughter, born in May 2022, the name Jupiter.
13. Actress Billie Lourd and her partner Austen Rydell named their second baby, a girl, Jackson.
14. Rapper Gucci Mane and his partner Keyshia Ka’Oir named their daughter Iceland. Coincidentally, they also named her son Ice.
15. Actress Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel named their second baby, a daughter, Rome.
16. Actress Katie Stevens and musician Paul DiGiovanni gave their first baby, a daughter, the moniker Rome as well.
17. Rome continues to be a rather popular name, as dancers Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy also gave their son that name.
18. Fellow dancer and brother to Val, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his dancer wife Peta Murgatroyd gave two of their children place names: their sons Rio and Milan.
19. Actor Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo named their second daughter Florence.
20. Singer Alicia Keys and her partner Swizz Beats named their first baby, a boy, Egypt.
21. Actor Matthew Morrison and his wife Renee named their second baby, a girl, Phoenix.
22. Singer Jessie James Decker and former NFL player Eric Decker named their four child, a baby boy born last year, Denver.
23. Musicians Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their only child together, a boy, Bronx.
24. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and his wife Kayla Rae Reid named their third baby, a girl, Georgia.
25. Model Chanel Iman and NFL player Davon Godchaux named their first baby together, a girl, Capri. The city in Italy is where the couple got engaged.
26. TV host Jeannie Mai Jenkins and her ex-partner Jeezy named their only child Monaco. Their daughter’s name was inspired by a conversation the two had in the country that, at the time, established their future as a couple.
27. YouTube personality Trisha Paytas chose a unique place-inspired name for her first daughter with Moses Hacmon. The couple named their daughter Malibu, which they paired with the middle name Barbie.
28. Reality star Kailyn Lowry named her fifth baby, a son she shares with Elijah Scott, Rio.
29. Musician Maluma gave his daughter, who he shares with Susana Gomez, two place names: Paris Londono.
30. Reality star Joseph Duggar and his wife Kendra named their third baby, a girl born in February 2021, Brooklyn.
31. Reality stars Alexa and Brennon Lemieux named their first baby, a girl, Vienna.
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