# GeoNames monthly diff report February 2026

_February 19, 2026_

[GeoNames monthly diff report (February 2026)](/csv/GeoNames-Monthly-Diff-Report-February-2026.csv)

GeoIP and GeoLite databases incorporate
[GeoNames geographical data](https://www.geonames.org/), which is made available
under the
[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we
refresh them. Above you will find a CSV report of these changes as they apply to
English place names for the month of February as they relate to the following
fields:

- `geoname_id`
- `country_name`
- `country_code`
- `city_name`
- `subdivision_1_iso_code`
- `subdivision_2_iso_code`

Note that the values for the `old_` and `new_` columns for a given field only
differ for the field defined in the `diff_in` column.

\* \* In this month’s update, the country name for `The Netherlands` has been
updated to `Netherlands`.

\* \* As previously noted, we have
[updated our GeoNames monthly diff report delivery method](/geoip/release-notes/2026-02-18-changes-to-the-geonames-monthly-diff-report-delivery-method/).