Sweet Names, Part 2: Geography

I told you there'd be more, and what better way to celebrate the recent birth of Bristol Palin's son -- who is named after the last name of a large she-male who taped conversations with Monica Lewinsky -- than with some more "unique" names.

The funny thing is that all this talk of odd names has begun to have an effect on my subconscious. The other night I had a dream that Jessie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. For one reason or another (probably booze), I was not in the delivery room, which left Jessie to her own devices as far as naming our child. The name she chose? Eachvoldt Harybel (pronounced "eek-volt har-ih-bell"). Needless to say, when I found this out, I was going insane, since we've always agreed that Eachvoldt would be the name of our third-born daughter, not our first-born.

Frankly, Eachvoldt doesn't sound half bad, given some of the many other names I have uncovered. I have come across even more unpronounceables, more skin conditions (and/or prescription drugs), names that are (or are close to) countries or states, more ninjas or samurais, names that appear to be missing their first letter, names that could be gods/goddesses or super heroes/super villains, and a category of names that sound like chemicals, minerals, household cleaning solvents, or laminate surfaces. And just to remind you, I left out the names that appeared to be ethnic or foreign (based on the last name). All of these people had what appeared to be regular last names.

However, because there are hundreds of names, I'll just be posting various categories of names one at a time, so as to both prevent you from having to take 40 minutes to read one post and to give you something to look forward to every day besides two hours of Saved By The Bell in the morning on TBS. Enjoy.

The first category is a list of names that are countries, states, cities, or other geographic places (or close enough) (and yes, I realize some of these are relatively common):
-Adelaide
-Africa
-Alberta
-Asia
-Atlantis
-Aysha
-Bolivar
-Carolina
-Charleston
-Charlotte
-China
-Cleveland
-Geneva
-Georgia
-German
-Gloster
-Gowanda
-Guadalupe
-India
-Iran
-Israel
-Jamaica
-Jamica
-Kenya
-Kenyea
-Madison
-Martinique
-Modesto
-Odessa
-Olimpia
-Orlando
-Palestine
-Paris
-Parris
-Raowanda
-Salvador
-Sanjuan
-Sanjuana
-Sanjuanita
-Shataqua
-Suda
-Sydney
-Tanada. Blame her.
-Tanjanekia
-Tanzania
-Trinidad
-Tunisa
-Tussanee
-Vale
-Velancia
-Venus
-Verrazona
-Victoria
-Virginia
-Zaire