I'm with everyone that likes cities named after Native North American words.
I personally find the least inspiring are cities named after people i.e Jacksonville (no offense)..Ditto for Cleveland..I also find cities named after geological formations or geographic locations uninspiring as well. At least the English language versions.. Little Rock and Grand Bend both come to mind..As well, (most of the time) they have to have those hard consonants to sound good to me..London, Toronto, and Paris just don't do it for me.
Darwin
Brisbane
Alice Springs
Wellington
Medellin
Sabinas Hildalgo
Veracruz
Santa Barbara
Avalon
Savannah
Oxford
Manchester
Highclere
Napoli
Vienna
Dubrovnik
Bangalore
Schaumburg
Toronto
Philadelphia
Las Vegas
Seattle
Vancouver
Tampa
Washington
These are a few that come to mind.
Maybe my favorite place name is Ontario (which is also a city, but I connect the name to the province). Maybe it's because I have "always" been in Ontario in July and August, when the weather is great, but the name just seems sunny and vibrant. The sound and mixture of letters make me think of lush woodlands and sandy lakeside beaches.
Khartoum
Beirut
Aberdeen(even cooler when it refers to the suburb of Hong Kong!)
Toronto
Vienna(but not Wien)
Beograd
Budapest
Sao Paulo
Tauranga(New Zealand)
Darwin
Brisbane
Alice Springs
Wellington
Medellin
Sabinas Hildalgo
Veracruz
Santa Barbara
Avalon
Savannah
Oxford
Manchester
Highclere
Napoli
Vienna
Dubrovnik
Bangalore Schaumburg
Hamburg
Stockholm
Valencia
Marseille
Amsterdam
Washington
Charlotte
Vancouver
Seattle
San Francisco
Memphis
Rio De Janerio
Cape Town
Saigon
Sydney
Jerusalem
Casablanca
Palermo
Bordeaux
Cambridge
Vienna
Knoxville
Istanbul (Constantinople is also great)
Kumamoto
Manhatten (Love it, even if not a city). Never cared much for New York City as a name.