Chicago
Chicago is a girl name of English origin, meaning From the windy city; place of wild onion.
What Chicago means
From the windy city; place of wild onion.
Chicago sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Chicago comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Chicago is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Chicago?
Chicago sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Chicago
Chicago sits in our Celebrity group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Celebrity
Names like Chicago
These share Chicago's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Apple — The sweet apple fruit.
- Birdie — Little bird.
- Blue — The colour of the sky and sea.
- Dream — A cherished hope or vision.
- Journey — A life's voyage.
- Kulture — Culture; heritage and art.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.
- North — The northern direction; a guiding point.
- Royalty — Of royal rank; majesty.
- Stormi — Stormy weather; a tempestuous spirit.
- Story — A tale worth telling.
- True — Genuine, loyal and real.
More English names
- Cherish — To hold dear.
- Clayton — Town by the clay.
- Cedar — The strong, fragrant cedar tree.
- Clover — The lucky meadow clover.
- Carter — One who transports goods.
- Colt — A young, spirited horse.
- Canyon — A deep gorge in the earth.
- Cooper — Barrel maker.
- Camden — Winding valley.
- Cordella — Heart; daughter of the sea.