Anonymous wrote:People name their kids after places more common than you think.
Dallas (town/city) --> Virginia (state) --> America (country) --> Asia (continent) --> Venus (planet) ---> Nevaeh (heaven)
The name Virginia well predates the State.
Virginia is a Germanic and Romance feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, a name widely assumed to derive from the Latin word virgo, meaning "maiden" or "virgin." According to legend, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction by the corrupt government official Appius Claudius Crassus.[1]