How Place Names Became First Names
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Anyone watching share their name with a part of the world?
Hi
Liberia 🇱🇷
Yes, my name is in your thumbnail
I'm named Jordan and I was born in the late 90s. I just recently got a tattoo of the river
Jorden my mom thought it was "Unique"
i am going to call my child the democratic republic of the congo
Lol
if your kid is born without hands it would be perfect
@@miliba come onnnnn!!!!!
@@miliba also, Angola is without legs. Noooo that's wrong! I'm effed up.
Thank you my foreign friend.
Lake Chad used to be big. It’s been drying up for decades. Hence the “irony”.
I think he was referring to the irony of calling the country "Chad", not the Lake itself.
Another reason for the name Chad losing popularity could be from the 2000 US Presidential election recount. The word “chad” had been in use possibly a hundred years or more for the pieces of paper or cardboard punched out to store information, probably back to train conductors punching tickets.
Paper tape used to store messages for teleprinters is usually “chad tape,” because the round bits of paper are totally removed; some (now obsolete) leave little flaps that will be pushed out of the way to sense a “hole,” but lie flat when the tape is wound on a reel, and is called “chadless.”
At any rate, many places used IBM style punch card ballots, with some of the punch positions perforated, to be punched out by the voter with a stylus. Some of the voters didn’t press hard enough, resulting in “dimpled,” “pregnant,” or “hanging” chads, so the canvassers trying to determine voters’ intent weren’t sure which ones to count.
So all through November and into December, news reports covered the recounts in various counties, until the Supreme Court said to stop counting and use the numbers at that point, so that Florida’s 29 electoral votes all went Republican, giving the office to George W. Bush (by 537 votes).
After that confusion, I can see why even fathers named Chad wouldn’t give that name to their sons!
@@allanrichardson1468 I read at least 1 h
Chad means lake so lake chad means
Lake Lake
I think “Brittany” is probably the most popular place name used as a first name.
Definitely
I think Jordan might be but I might be biased as one
Ive met twice as many Jordans than Brittanys
@@the_peefster where i used to work we had 4 Jordan's at one point. One Brittany too
Them: what is the most popular place name used as a first name?
Me: it's Brittany bitch
There’s a girl in the Seychelles called Seychelle which itself is named after Jean Moreau de Séchelle, a French nobleman in the 17th century
It's time to learn geography NOW!
His last name is "de Séchelle", which means "of Séchelle", that means there's a small town or village out there named "Séchelle".
Does she sell sea shells
Cheyselles Seychelles by the Seychore
Justin Wetzel Sey, sey sell Seychelles’ seashells by se Seychelle seashore?
Grew up in the 90s, had so many classmates named India, China/Chyna, London, Asia, Paris, Kenya/Kenyatta, and I even remember a girl named Ethiopia.
Actually, Ethiopia is a beautiful name for a woman. Also Kenya. Not so much Togo. As in "are you ready Togo"?
I think Artic is a great name btw if anyone agrees with my suggestion let me know.
Simon Ben Natan don't give it to someone black because it means "Burnt Face" in Greek.
Jordan looked at the thumbnail and it became personal
The late pro basketball star Kobe Bryant was reportedly named after Kobe beef, which is from the Japanese city of Kobe.
He turned into to what he was named after
@@SFSAtlas cursed comment
@@SFSAtlas Lmfaooooo
I was considering naming my son Soviet Union but it was dissolved so we went with John instead
I'd go with John or Lou if he was European.
@@likebot.
Lou? Like "loo" as in "toilet"?
@@HasekuraIsuna Yup.
@@likebot. my old cat was called Lou, short for Filou, French for Trickster
Name it Yugoslavia instead, that country still exists right?
Brooklyn comes from Breukelen in The Netherlands wich is a Cityname
Fun story: last year, there was a couple of refugees in the Netherlands, who became parents. They called the child after the city where they lived, "out of gratefulness". The city name was never used as a person's name before. They called the child... Amersfoort.
What does that mean in Dutch?
My random guess would be "army fort".
@@HasekuraIsuna "Amer" was the name of a river near that place, and "foort" is some kind of place where you can cross the river, very similar to "ford" in English-language places like Oxford and Watford.
@@randyyy2609
Thanks!
Seems like my guess was totally wrong then! lol
〜"River Crossing" not the worst meaning of a name!
What about the character Paris in the Trojan war?
What about Argos and Lydia?
I work with a girl named Asia. And I went to school with a girl named Aja (pronounced the same as Asia). And my name is Brandon which is the same as several towns in America, but that's not why I was given the name. I was named Brandon because my mother is of Irish ancestry and my father was of Welsh ancestry. So the Celtic name Brandon seemed good to them both.
I have a cousin called Asia but it's pronounced A-sa. How ironic!
I guess we won’t touch Israel as a first name? 😂
The first Israel I heard of is Israel Navarez, an ex Mau Mau leader from NYC turned preacher and evangelist. I believe he was born in Puerto Rico.
Israel is a very common name in Puerto Rico. Ismael Rivera is one of the most famous composers of salsa.
It doesn't quite fit the criteria, because that name was first used by a person (in this case, Jacob) and afterwards the land he lived on was eventually called Israel as well.
@@Gameflyer001 that's why it fits the criteria. Did you watch the video?
@@simonbennatan8257 isn't the criteria calling for the other way around? A place name being used as a given name.
Great as always! I'm a bit surprised that you didn't mention "Erin" which, as far as I know, is one of the early names of Ireland. Also, I met a woman this year who was named "Francia", which is the spanish version of France.
Keep up the good work!
Brooklyn comes from Dutch, when New York was still Nieuw Amsterdam, it was named after the town Breukelen back in the Netherlands
I expected one of the top nation names as first names to be Georgia. Colour me surprised.
The name Georgia isn't named after the country Georgia, but rather as a feminine form of George
@@Figgy5119 Also many girls in the USA are named for the state of Georgia. I assume the girl in the song “Sweet Georgia Brown,” although a fictional person, may have been inspired by a real woman named after that state.
I knew a kid in elementary school named Chad. To put it mildly, he and I did not get along. When we doing geography and I found out his name was a whole country, I remember getting legit angry over it. I didn't realize I still was until watching this video and thinking, "Suck it, Chad." XD
St Chad was a Celtic saint
Paris I think is also the name of a guy in the Iliad and I’m pretty sure his names use in the Iliad is older than Paris, the city, had its name. Though they’re not connected.
It's also a man's name in Romeo and Juliet.
Prince Paris was the one who abducted Helen of Troy, starting the Iliad. He was also the one to kill Achilles by firing an arrow at his heel.
Here in Mexico "America" is a pretty popular name here
Another reason for it is that the most important football team in Mexico is called that, and many dad's put that name to their daughters (it's a female name)
I actually went to school with a Brooklynn (who went by Brooke), Ireland (who went by Irish), and a Holland (who went by Hollie) #themoreyouknow 💁🏽♀️
I used to have a friend called China, and she was born in 2007 actually, and I have a friend called Jorja, which is Georgia with a spelling variation.
So people named Charlotte are just named Charlotte, since it was a first name before the city came about?
Exactly.
Can you do names based of mythology?Like my name Trym named after Thrymir a Jøtun from norse mythology
2000 gave Americans another reason to stop having positive associations with "Chad".
That was some low " hanging" fruit.
Over the decades working in public school, I've seen lots of girls named Malaysia (or variant spellings).
YES! YES! MY COUNTRY! OH YEAH!
Ummm, isn't Paris named after the character in the Iliad?
I have a special connection to Jordan on both levels. My ex husband's family is Jordanian, and my cousin is named Jordan.
You missed out Israel!
Israel named after a man not the opposite
@@siefoqaili7560 In ancient times people had myths about just anything. A quick read at Genesis 10 reveals that those biblical characters are just personifications of the nations, and not actual people.
Also, Sharon, Carmella and Gilead. Other names common in Israel are Golan, Eilat, Kinneret (Sea of Galillee)... which reminds me of Galileo Galillee... And are people named Ramone after the crater!?
@@siefoqaili7560 nope
What about Georgia?? It’s the first place-as-a-name that comes to mind to me
Yes but the name Georgia comes from George as in named after kings or dynasties people are not actually named after the country or state(us) or province (Australia)
I went to school with a girl named Jordan and that's my boy cousin's name too.
Besides maybe one or two celebrity kids, I've never heard of anyone named "India". Definitely a lot of Jordans and Chads though
I hear in UK it's more popular to name girls India.
Isla , Iona and Ailsa are popular girls names in Scotland, and they are Scottish islands. Mind you I heard someone say their name was Ailsa on a phone in , and the host thought they heard Elsa ! I know a wee boy called Arran - and that's another island here.
Israel, Georgia, and Kenya (sometimes as "Quênia") are all somewhat popular first names in Brazil. I believe Libia is a popular first name in Mexico.
also, a lot of countries are common last names, like Espanha (Spain), Holanda (Netherlands), Montenegro, França (France), Portugal, and even Brazil itself.
There's also a football (soccer for people from freedom land) player named Milan Skriniar.
That thumbnail is the best thing I’ve seen all day
My first name comes from a place name, though these days most people don't know it. The only time I think it's ever been brought up was an awkward moment in a history tute where my tutor asked if we knew what someone was referring to when they said "Anatolia"
I used to live in Anatolia fine place it is modern day Turkey BTW
Just like Luxembourg is named after Rosa Luxembourg...
Rosa revolution should have worked
Socdem traitors
bernie sanders killed her 😔
Luxembourg has existed WAY before rosa
@@shitsalad429 yes, and my comment was a joke, way before you replied to it 😘
I once met a guy named Tuscany, because his parents conceived him there
I was bullied by a boy named Chad when I was in secondary school. His name was spelled with two 'a's for some reason though.
I have watched a rerun of a local telenovela from 3 years ago whose characters are named after places. So, this is timely.
It's funny the name Jordan is almost nonexistent in Jordan itself. Great video nonetheless. Greetings from Jordan!
I'm Jordanian and I can confirm that.
@@user-le1zr2dp1k How's the weather in Jordan?
THE THUMBNAIL IS SO GENIUS
When you live in Austin,Texas
But your name is Austin
hi kaførtian air
@@Pavanrajr2008 hi
*your
My brother is called Paulo. When my family moved to São Paulo, we noticed how uncommon that name is in that city.
Then you have Austin powers.
you actually explained MY name here. cool.
Jordan was named after the famous basketball player from North Carolina. Michael الأردن.
It's not English, but I live in a Japanese town called Asahi, which is a very popular name in Japan, like the Asahi news or Asahi beer, etc, and while I've lived here I have met 4 people from Asahi named Asahi.
Does it mean "morning sun/sunrise'?
Florence Nightingale's sister was named Parthenope - she was born in Naples and one of its ancient names was Parthenopea
i thought Brooklyn was named after the dutch town breukelen, what with ny being a Dutch colony originally?
I thought Chad was the short version of Chadwick. Like Brad is the short version of Bradley.
Some people end up being indirectly named after cities through being named after saints.
For example, the Vatican Ambassador to the UN from 2010-14 had the name Francis Assisi Chullikat.
Chullikat himself is Indian.
"Francis" itself is a personal name derived (sort of) from a toponym; it comes from the name of the Germanic Franks.
"Xavier/Javier" derives from the town of Javier, Spain.
The first name "Scott" refers to Scotland.
In Polish and Czech Kuba is a short form of the name Jakub (Jacob), but I don't think it has any connections to the nation of Cuba aside from also being the translation of its name in these languages.
America as a girl's name is actually pretty old. My wife's great-grandmother was named America ... and ironically she married a man named Freeman, so she ended up being "America Freeman". I believe she was born sometime right after the civil war. Always thought that was a cool story (we have a very old B&W photo of the Freeman family taken in the 1890s. Taken in Colorado when they traveled through in covered wagons).
Sounds like badass heroine!
I had a friend from Jordan during the nineties, so the elaboration of how the name of Jordan derived was quite a new look.
I'm Jordanian!
@@user-le1zr2dp1k oh great, his name was Isa Moosa ,he was my fellow college mate doing M.A. in English literature in the 1989- 91. It was the time of Gulf war and even glasnost that is the fall of Communism in U.S.S.R. But let me know your name in English please ,I am sure that much you can do.
@@anuradhainamdar8967 I'm Mohammad Al-zou'bi. That's what my Arabic profile name says.
@@user-le1zr2dp1k Though I have no contact with my former friend Isa,I really would like to visit beautiful " Petra" and also Jordan.Also appreciate the peaceful policy of Kingdom of Jordan and your former ruler King Hussein.
@@anuradhainamdar8967 Yeah, everybody here admires King Hussein... Many old people start crying whenever we ask them about him. He's even called "King of hearts".
Oh, and your friend's name is written like عيسى موسى
in case you wanna know.
It’s really popular to name after citizens and county in Arabic 👍
My name is sara
There are 61 places in the world named Sara!
According to geotargit.com
My name is really popular and has many origins talk about it hehehe 😂
It's the name of Abraham's wife in the bible. It makes sense it's something to do with Arabic.
I find it funny the Fatima is such a common name among Arabs. In the Lusophone world, Fátima is also a very common women's name, after the city of Fátima, in Portugal. It got that name in the period of Arab domination of the Iberian peninsula, but, in the early 20th century, there was an apparition of Mary reported there, so it became a very common name among Portuguese-speaking Catholics.
@@sohopedeco Wow!!! very interesting ..
Fatima is the name of the prophet's Mohamed daughter peace be upon him that's why ..
I'm quite late but hi! I'm named after the prophet peace be upon him himself! Also, the name Mohammad is the most popular name in the world and the most popular boy's name in the world. And the name Sara is the most popular girl's name in the world!
4:44 while slighty different spelling, Kuba is actually a common Polish name. It's a shortening of the name Jakub.
What about Georgia? Surely that’s a more common name than Chad and India, and it’s the name of a county.
Stephen F. Austin - I wonder if that was the inspiration of Steve Austin the 6 million dollar man.
For the younger reader the 6 million dollar man was like Robocop but I think he worked for the Secret service and he wasn't armoured.
For the even younger reader Robocop is like Ironman but a lot more automated.
I was wondering the same thing.
@@teflonravager I was thinking about him not being armoured I am sure his skin was some sort of synthetic armour.
Surprised they have not brought it back.
Went to elementary school with a girl named Asia.
I remember hearing the name in a japanese anime and just wondered if there were actual people named that way
@@lanzsibelius
What anime was that? Asia or Ajia as it is in Japanese certainly isn't a name in Japan, so probably only in anime. :)
@@HasekuraIsuna High School DxD
@@lanzsibelius
Thanks for the quick reply.
In arabic, "Asia" is a name that is rare, it's pronounced differently however (Assia no j)
In the south of India, there's a formality of using the person's birthplace as part of their name. It's generally less of an "actual" part of their name as it is a "proper and formal" way of saying it, AFAICT. Though I've seen some people take it seriously enough to make it their real names, that's pretty rare in this day and age. But in principle, it's not that different from "Leonardo da Vinci" or "Leonardo of Pisa"
So for instance, the singer, "Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan" -- Seshagopalan is his given name, the "T.N." initials are from his father's name taken as his own surname, and Madurai is his home town.
It also helps to differentiate people. Many outside of India have heard of Ravi Shankar the musician, but relatively few have heard of the classical dance school started by a guy also named Ravi Shankar. So the latter is usually referred to as "Vempatti Ravi Shankar" which makes it clear who is whom.
10:56 "who was popular with women", and you show Johnny Bravo..... :D
There was a receptionist at my doctor's office named Tokyo
Did she try to rob a bank or something?
@@sohopedeco I'm assuming this is a reference I'm missing, but they were a man, and as far as I'm aware, not a bank robber
@@Twilekmaniac La Casa de Papel, a series on Netflix, about a heist to the national mint of Spain.
All robbers got codenames with world cities. Tokyo was one of them.
On "Hey Arnold" there was a girl in the school whose name I thought was "China". On an episode, her name appeared written somewhere and only then I learned that "Sheena" in English is pronounced exactly like "China" in Portuguese.
"Baby Luton" 🤣🤣🤣
Speaking of Indiana Jones, George Lucas had an alaskan malamute called Indiana during the 70's (which by the way inspired Chewbacca as like with the wookie, the dog sat beside him in the car making her his "co-pilot") which gave the name to Indiana Jones. In fact in the movie, at the end of The Last Crusade it's been revealed that Indiana was actually the name of Indy's childhood pet dog, which he used as a nickname as his real name is Henry Jones Jr. (after his dad obviously). On a side note, the adventure game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge references this when the progationist Guybrush Threepwood gets caught stealing Governor Elaine Marley's map piece to the treasure of Big Whop, as her pet dog smells out the map piece and barks at him, Filbert the Garderner reveals the name of the dog is Guybrush, named after him for being clumsy and getting in the way (they used to be together but broke up between the events of The Secret of Monkey Island and the sequel) but is good at sniffing out the governor's possesions.
What about Georgeia? That is a normal name.
Georgia?
An American I know named their kid Berlin, Dresden, and wanted Belsen and couldnt understand why her grandparents who was WWII survivors didn't like the names at all, because who remember WWII anymore. Well after a lot talk, the kid got called London. At least a bit better. I also met an American boy named Tierp after town Tierp in Sweden , he had sister Kiruna ( a town in Sweden too) according him.
In my language (Polish) the most popular names that are also countries are Kuba and Dominika.
Is Britney (and spelling variations) related to Britain?
A lot of people think that I was named after the country Syria, but how I got my name is interesting as well. My name is pronounced sir-eye-uh, and my mom named me after the singer Brandy's daughter Syrai.
Is that pronounced like the name Soraya? At least, I've known two people with that and one pronounced it with Eye in the middle and the other Ay.
@@orangew3988 Yeah. It's pronounced with the Eye
I had a classmate in high school named Chad!! ^^
'Kuba' is used as a shortening of 'Jakub' in Poland.
Very interesting and weird too.
I know someone named Sydney, Charlotte, Shannon, Jordan (but spelt Jordyn), and Chad. I don't know how each got their name. I'm Victoria, but not named after any place named Victoria.
how could you forget Dudley?
And Preston
And Victoria
And yet no mention of Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, named for the battle in the American Civil War in which his father lost his leg.
I've heard of people being named argentina, australia, and austria
How about Tyrone and the county in Ireland by the same name?
Weird to include Ireland but not Tyrone, which is a county in Ireland.
My last name is Poveda the name of a village near Madrid although my ancestors for as far back as I know are from colombia
I've known people with names like Kenya, Grecia, Iran, Argelia, Germán, Bogotá, Murcia, Ibiza, Lybia, Syria, Sonora, Euskadi, Manchester, Montana,a and many others.
They sure have become quite popular.
I think Germaine is occasionally used as a French first name.
I just love the fact you used Johnny Bravo to describe a Chad
I've never met anyone mamed India I have met several people named American thought.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the wrestler China.
Name I can think of that is popular place name in Nepali which is also used as first namewill be Belayiti(britiain), ChiniQazi or ChiniMaiya( frm China), America( girl name), BhaaratPrasad or BhaaraatKumar(India) then there are places name like Badri, kedar. Somnath, Pashupatiprasad ( from Pashupatinath), Raameshwor/Raamesh( from Raameshwaram) Kashi ( from Varanasi), Ayodhya or Ajuda( from Ayodhya-Faizabaad), Mithila (from ancient Janakpur Kingdom), Mathura, Gokul, Brinda (from Brindaban), Dwarka, Ujen / Ujjain , Kailash
and of course rivers like Ganga, Jamuna, Saraswati, Sindhu, Godawari, Manohara, Yamuna
and some people ( specially communist type modify their kids name from Sobhit( meaning decorated in sanskrit) to Soviet.(for USSR)
My first name is the same as a city but my name is also Slavic which is why my parents named me that. My name is Milan
I was sure you were going to say Jordan, India, GEORGIA
I have seen girls named Istanbul, Berlin, England, Argentina, Europe and Asia.
And Madrid
Istanbul? You spelled Constantinople wrong.
@@normalbird1139 TBH Constantinople sounds way cooler than Istanbul
@@normalbird1139 we don't live in the 13th century mate. Wake up.
I remembered a girl called America
I have seen a boy named Brighton
You mentioned some celeb daughter I've _never_ heard of named Ireland, then said it peaked in popularity around the late 90s. Yet didn't mention Erin? "Erin go bragh" - Ireland forever.
I'm considering naming my child Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
I have a friend called jordan
you do also have the name Marie-France
My parents named me India, which resulted in a lot of questionable nicknames due to my dads family being Indian... a lot of people used to misremember my name as various other place names; Africa, China, Armenia, Alaska, Egypt and Libya usually
I used to know 3 diffrent people named Kuba, one of them being Polish, but I don't think any of them was named after the nation Cuba.
Country, City or Town has a name
Chavs and Celebrities: This is free real estate
I'm naming my kid, "America".
Funny that Charlotte and Carolina are both variants of the same name.
Fun fact, whilst unrelated to each other, Paris was a First name before it was a city. Paris of troy in Greek mythology