Top 120 Cities in the World with Funny Names
Learn more about the most amusing city names around the world
Our customers usually need to find the cheapest rates on cars, trucks, vans, or RVs for big cities all across the globe. Sometimes they’re looking to hire a car for a vacation to a remote beach or a mountain top resort. But in general, you’ll rarely hear one of our car rental experts ask the question, "Where is that?" or say, "Never heard of it!"
But what if you’re traveling off the beaten path? What if you’ve decided to get away from it all, or to seek out somewhere new and unusual to hang your hat for a weekend? It happens! And over the last decade in the car rental comparison business, we’ve booked rentals for quite a few people who were going to far-off (and far-out) places! From the Bat Cave, North Carolina, in the United States to Dollarbeg, Scotland, from a place called Normal to one called Odd, and from Why to Whynot, this is the World’s Top 120 Cities with Funny Names!
We at VroomVroomVroom created this list to honor and recognize all the little places that made us smile or laugh. We’ve put forth our best effort to collect all of our favorite place names in one page and we hope you crack a smile when you read them, too!
#1 - 1770, Queensland, Australia
Our only funny village without letters!
#2 - Apocalypse Peaks, Antarctica
#3 - Bacon, Indiana, USA
#4 - Bat Cave, North Carolina, USA
The Three Little Pigs are not fans of this one.
#5 - Batman, Turkey
Is there a secret entrance?
#6 - Bear, Delaware, USA
#7 - Beaver Dam, New Brunswick, Canada
#8 - Bee Lick, Kentucky, USA
#9 - Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho, USA
We’ve crossed a few beer bottles in our day, friends.
#10 - Berry Head, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
#11 - Best, Texas, USA
#12 - Bigfoot, Texas, USA
#13 - Big Rock Candy Mountain, Vermont, USA
#14 - Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USA
They probably need a lot of dentists.
#15 - Blowhard, Victoria, Australia
#16 - Boring, Oregon, USA
#17 - Bowlegs, Oklahoma, USA
#18 - Brainy Borough, New Jersey, USA
Much smarter than the nearby townships.
#19 - Bugscuffle, Tennessee, USA
#20 - Bulls, New Zealand
Where more than just cars have horns!
#21 - Burning Well, Pennsylvania, USA
#22 - Buttermilk, Kansas, USA
#23 - Cando, North Dakota, USA
You can do anything if you try hard enough.
#24 - Carefree, Arizona, USA
#25 - Celebration, Florida, USA
#26 - Cheesequake, New Jersey, USA
We don’t know what could cause one, but it sounds tasty!
#27 - Chicken, Alaska, USA
#28 - Christmas Pie, Surrey, England
#29 - Come By Chance, New South Wales, Australia
#30 - Condom, France
Stay on purpose?
#31 - Dead Chinaman, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
#32 - Dinkytown, Minnesota, USA
#33 - Dinosaur, Colorado, USA
#34 - Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand
There’s probably a reason it remains uninhabited.
#35 - DISH, Texas, USA
The American satellite television company gave all the locals free TV to change the name.
#36 - Dog Walk, Kentucky, USA
Much easier than walking a cat.
#37 - Dollarbeg, Scotland
#38 - Dull, Scotland
#39 - Eek, Alaska, USA
#40 - Embarrass, Minnesota, USA
#41 - Fart, Virginia, USA
We didn’t. Did you?
#42 - Feltwell, Norfolk, England
#43 - Fleatown, Ohio, USA
#44 - French Lick, Indiana, USA
#45 - Friendly, West Virginia, USA
#46 - George, Washington, USA
#47 - Gogogogo, Madagascar
Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
#48 - Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia, USA
#49 - Gravesend, England
#50 - Greasy, Oklahoma, USA
#51 - Gripe, Arizona, USA
#52 - Ham Lake, Minnesota, USA
Much like Bacon, Indiana, it isn’t popular with piggies.
#53 - Happy Adventure, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
#54 - Happyland, Connecticut, USA
#55 - Hazard, Kentucky, USA
#56 - Hell, Michigan, USA
#57 - Hooker, Oklahoma, USA
Ironically, it isn’t in Nevada.
#58 - Horseheads, New York, USA
#59 - Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia
#60 - Hungry Horse, Montana, USA
#61 - Hygiene, Colorado, USA
The best place to practice your hygiene.
#62 - Innaloo, Western Australia, Australia
#63 - Kill, Ireland
#64 - Kissing, Bavaria, Germany
#65 - Left Hand, West Virginia, USA
Where people complain about unknown activities of the right hand.
#66 - Lick Fork, Virginia, USA
#67 - Looneyville, Texas, USA
#68 - Lost, Scotland
#69 - Magic City, Idaho, USA
#70 - Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky, USA
#71 - Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
#72 - My Large Intestine, Texas, USA
#73 - Needmore, Texas, USA
Because it’s hard to live on just a little!
#74 - No Name, Colorado, USA
#75 - Normal, Illinois, USA
Named for its local "normal school" where teachers learn teaching standards.
#76 - North Pole, Alaska, USA
#77 - Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia
#78 - Oatmeal, Texas, USA
#79 - Odd, West Virginia, USA
#80 - Ogre, Latvia
Russian for "eels" was once common in the town river.
#81 - Okay, Oklahoma, USA
#82 - Oniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
#83 - Parrot, Kentucky, USA
#84 - Peculiar, Missouri, USA
#85 - Picnic, Florida, USA
#86 - Pie Town, New Mexico, USA
#87 - Plain City, Utah, USA
#88 - Possum Trot, Kentucky, USA
#89 - Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Named after Prudente de Morais, 3rd President of Brazil.
#90 - Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, Canada
#91 - Rabbit Shuffle, North Carolina, USA
#92 - Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA
#93 - Sexi, Santa Cruz, Peru
At first glance, we thought this small town was named Sexy Santa Claus.
#94 - Shoulderblade, Kentucky, USA
We think a town named after the scapula is humerus.
#95 - Smileyberg, Kansas, USA
It’s classified a "ghost town" — but the ghosts are smiling.
#96 - Sod, West Virginia, USA
Maybe because the name Turf was too boring?
#97 - Spuds, Florida, USA
#98 - Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
#99 - Stiffknee Knob, North Carolina, USA
A natural result of aging.
#100 - Success, Missouri, USA
#101 - Sugar City, Idaho, USA
#102 - Sweet Lips, Tennessee, USA
#103 - Tea, South Dakota, USA
Hot or iced? With or without sugar?
#104 - Toad Suck, Arkansas, USA
#105 - Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA
#106 - Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, USA
#107 - Two Egg, Florida, USA
#108 - Ugley, Essex, England
A beautiful place with an unfortunate marketing problem.
#109 - Upperthong, West Yorkshire, England
#110 - Useless Loop, Western Australia, Australia
#111 - Utopia, Florida, USA
They really drove home the idea that it’s a perfect place to live.
#112 - Viper, Kentucky, USA
#113 - Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
#114 - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
#115 - Waikikamukau, New Zealand
Why kick a moo cow? Seriously, leave them alone.
#116 - Westward Ho!, United Kingdom
#117 - Why, Arizona, USA
These two may be our favorites!
#118 - Whynot, North Carolina, USA
#119 - Yum Yum, Tennessee, USA
Ok — now we’re getting hungry.
#120 - Zig Zag, Oregon, USA
Who knew there were so many places with cool and unusual names?
Did you enjoy our list? Did we miss any good ones? Leave a comment below if we need to add your city to our list of the Funniest City Names. Or just tell us your favorite from our list. And remember, whenever you need a rental car to get you anywhere in this big, wild world, VroomVroomVroom is the quickest, easiest way to make your next booking!
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