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American places, history and everyday words, from the Rockies to the Bayou.

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Girl names (39)

Abilene
A Texas and Kansas cow town at the end of the cattle trails
Alaska
The biggest US state, land of glaciers, bears and huskies · Aleut · big dogs
Arizona
A US desert state, home of the Grand Canyon and tall saguaro cactus
Atlanta
The capital of Georgia, known for peaches and southern charm
Belle
French, beautiful, and a southern favourite
Brooklyn
New York borough
Cali
Nickname for California
Carmel
A California seaside village of cottages and cypress trees
Carolina
For the Carolinas of the American south
Catalina
An island off Los Angeles with wild bison
Chesapeake
The great bay of Maryland and Virginia, home of a retriever breed · big dogs
Cheyenne
Capital of Wyoming
Dixie
Nickname for the American south
Dolly
Pet form of Dorothy
Georgia
Southern US state
Guadalupe
A Texas river and mountain range · Spanish
Jambalaya
A spicy Louisiana rice dish of sausage and shrimp · French
Josie
Short for Josephine
Liberty
For the statue in New York harbour
Loretta
A name of the American south
Louisiana
A southern US state of bayous, jazz and Creole cooking · French
Malibu
Californian surf beach
Marfa
A small West Texas art town famous for mystery lights
Missoula
A Montana river town where five valleys meet
Nantucket
A windswept island off Massachusetts of grey shingled houses
Nevada
Spanish, snow covered
Peaches
The soft golden fruit, long used as a term of affection
Sanibel
A Florida island famous for its seashells
Sarasota
A Florida Gulf Coast town of white sand beaches
Savannah
Coastal city in Georgia
Sedona
Red rock town in Arizona
Shenandoah
A Virginia river valley and national park, and an old folk song
Sierra
Spanish, a mountain range
Sissy
American nickname for a sister · small dogs
Tallulah
Waterfall gorge in north Georgia
Terlingua
A West Texas ghost town near Big Bend, famous for chilli cook offs
Trixie
Pet form of Beatrix · small dogs
Vegas
Short for Las Vegas
Willa
Old English, resolute

Boy names (49)

Alamo
The old mission in San Antonio, Texas, famous for its 1836 siege · Spanish
Austin
Capital of Texas
Big Sur
A wild stretch of the California coast where mountains drop into the sea
Boston
Massachusetts harbour city
Bozeman
A Montana mountain town near Yellowstone
Brazos
The long Texas river; the name is Spanish for arms · Spanish
Bronco
An unbroken range horse · big dogs
Buck
American English, a male deer
Butch
American nickname for a tough sort
Cajun
The French speaking culture of south Louisiana, and its spicy cooking · French
Cash
American English, ready money
Chisholm
After the Chisholm Trail, the cattle trail from Texas to Kansas
Cody
Irish surname carried west by Buffalo Bill
Colt
A young horse
Coronado
A San Diego island town of white sand and a grand old hotel · Spanish
Dallas
North Texas city
Denver
The mile high city in Colorado
Dusty
Covered in dust, also a pet form of Dustin
Frio
A cold clear Texas Hill Country river; Spanish for cold · Spanish
Galveston
A Texas island city on the Gulf, known for its seawall
Gator
Short for alligator · big dogs
Hatteras
A North Carolina cape and lighthouse on the Outer Banks
Huck
Short for Huckleberry
Hudson
The river that runs past New York
Knoxville
A Tennessee city at the foot of the Smoky Mountains
Laramie
A Wyoming frontier town on the high plains
Llano
A Texas Hill Country river; Spanish for plain · Spanish
Lone Star
The nickname of Texas, after the single star on its flag
Luckenbach
A tiny Texas Hill Country town famous for its country song · German
Maverick
American English, an unbranded calf, so an independent sort
Memphis
Tennessee home of the blues
Moab
A Utah desert town of red rock arches and slickrock trails
Natchez
An old Mississippi River town of antebellum mansions
Nome
The Alaska town that the famous sled dog serum run reached in 1925
Pecos
A Texas and New Mexico river, the home of legendary cowboy Pecos Bill
Pismo
A California beach town famous for clams
Raleigh
The City of Oaks, capital of North Carolina
Ranger
For the park and forest rangers
Rebel
One who bucks the rules
Rooster
A farmyard American classic
Sarge
Short for sergeant
Tex
Nickname for a Texan
Trapper
A frontier fur trapper
Vermont
A green New England state of maple syrup and covered bridges · French
Wasatch
The mountain range above Salt Lake City, Utah · Ute
Waylon
American given name of the outlaw country era
Wrangler
The cowboy who handles the horses
Wyatt
Old English, brave in war
Yellowstone
The first national park in the world, home of Old Faithful

Names for either (41)

Asheville
A North Carolina mountain town of arts and craft beer
Badlands
A South Dakota park of eroded striped buttes
Bayou
A slow moving southern waterway
Boardwalk
A wooden seaside promenade, like the one at Atlantic City
Boise
The capital of Idaho; the name comes from the French for wooded · French
Bronx
New York borough
Chattanooga
A Tennessee river city famous for its old train song
Coney
After Coney Island, New York's seaside amusement park; also an old word for rabbit
Dakota
Sioux word meaning friend or ally
Destin
A Florida beach town with sugar white sand and emerald water
Everglades
A vast Florida wetland of alligators and sawgrass
Idaho
A western US state of mountains, rivers and potatoes
Jersey
The Garden State
Jukebox
A coin operated record player from an American diner
Juneau
Capital of Alaska
Kansas
A prairie state in the heart of the US, home of Dorothy and Toto
Katmai
An Alaska park famous for brown bears catching salmon · big dogs
Kentucky
A US state of bluegrass, horse racing and bourbon
Kodiak
Alaskan island known for its brown bears
Maine
A rugged New England state of lighthouses and lobster
Mendocino
A California coast of cliffs, redwoods and fog · Spanish
Montana
Spanish, mountain
Montauk
The tip of Long Island in New York, with a famous lighthouse
Monterey
A California bay town of sea otters and canneries · Spanish
Mystic
A Connecticut seaport known for tall ships
Nashville
Tennessee home of country music
Oregon
A Pacific Northwest state of forests, rain and rugged coast
Reno
Nevada city in the Sierra foothills
Sequoia
The tallest tree in the world · big dogs
Shasta
Volcano in northern California · big dogs
Shoshone
A river and national forest of Wyoming
Sitka
A coastal Alaska town with Russian history and spruce forests · Tlingit
Sundance
Mountain valley in Utah
Tahoe
Deep blue lake on the California Nevada line
Taos
A New Mexico art town with an ancient adobe pueblo
Telluride
A Colorado mining town turned ski resort in a box canyon
Tucson
Desert city in southern Arizona
Utah
A western US state of red rock arches and canyons · Ute
Wyoming
The least populated US state, home of Yellowstone and wide open range
Yankee
American English, a northerner
Yosemite
California valley of granite walls · big dogs

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