Cities, like our names, have their own unique meanings, some according to geographical features and some according to mountains and rivers. Some cities changed their names after more than a hundred years. Let's give an example to see which one sounds better.
Xi Xi An was called Chang 'an in ancient times, and Chang 'an is also a nice name.
Hefei, Hefei was called Luzhou in ancient times.
Huangshan City, formerly known as Xin 'an.
Huanggang City, formerly known as qi zhou.
Linyi, formerly known as Langya.
Zaozhuang was originally named Lanling (Lanling, the ancient city of China).
Linfen, formerly known as Pingyang (Pingyang is the hometown of Wei Zifu, Fu Weiqing and General Huo Qubing, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The younger sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was called Princess Pingyang because she married Hou Pingyang. )
Baotou, formerly known as Jiuyuan (the famous Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms is Jiuyuan)
Zhumadian, formerly known as Runan (the hometown of Yuan Shao in the Three Kingdoms and Four Generations).
Shijiazhuang, formerly known as Shimen.
Is there your hometown here?