Como

A number of places in the United States:


Anthony

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.


Higgins

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

der

A place name, which could be of either etymology:

A town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.


Dennis

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysus".


Alma

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

Places in the United States:
A town in Ellis County, Texas.


Matador

A town, the county seat of Motley County, Texas, United States.


Valentine

en-proper noun

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō (“I am strong, healthy”).

Jeff Davis County
Jeff Davis County#English

A small town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, named for its founding date, Valentine's Day.


Christine

Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina.

A town in Texas; named for the first white baby girl born there.


Wells

A town in Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.


Brock

A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.


Garrett

A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin.


Powell

Powell (countable and uncountable, plural Powells)

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (“son of Hywel”). Related to Howell and Huell. Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.


Rogers

Rogers (countable and uncountable, plural Rogerses)

From Roger + -'s, equivalent to Rogerson. Doublet of Rutgers.


Anderson

Anderson (countable and uncountable, plural Andersons)

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

A town, the county seat of Grimes County, Texas; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.


Palmer

Palmer (countable and uncountable, plural Palmers)

From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French.


Crawford

en-proper noun

Crawford (countable and uncountable, plural Crawfords)

From Old English crāwe (“crow”) + ford (“ford”).


Chester

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)

From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castra (“camp”).
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Tyler County, Texas.


Gerald

Gerald (countable and uncountable, plural Geralds)

From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.

The former name of Ponder, a town in Texas.


Newport

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new transport hub)

Porte-Neuve

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new portal)

A town in Texas; said to be named for the initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger, and Turner.


Ross

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes.
* As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w.
* As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell.
* As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse.
* As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”).
* Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.


Penelope

From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē), possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “duck”).


Boyd

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.


Dawson

Dawson (countable and uncountable, plural Dawsons)

desc

Translingual: dawsoni, dawsonii, Dawsonia

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David + -son.

A town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.


Clint

Diminutive of Clinton.
The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.

A town in El Paso County, Texas, United States, named after settler Mary Clinton Collins.


Gail

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Borden County, Texas, United States.


Rochester

/ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”).


Howe

en-proper noun

Howe (countable and uncountable, plural Howes)


Thornton

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Limestone County
Limestone County#English


Plains

A town, the county seat of Yoakum County, Texas.


Marietta

Any of a number of places in the USA:
A small town in Cass County, Texas.


Melvin

Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”).
* Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.

McCulloch County
McCulloch County#English

A number of places in the United States:


Avery

From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.

Red River County
Red River County#English


Winona

From Dakota winúŋna (“firstborn daughter”). While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers.
John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of wi- (“female”) + no (“first”) + -na (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/*nǫ (“one”). That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of *wį(y)ą (“one”) instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with winyan (“woman”).


Fulton

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

A town in Texas; named for George Ware Fulton, a land developer in the area.


Milford

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including:


Hebron

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).


Navarro

A small town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.


Coolidge

A place in the United States:
A town in Limestone County, Texas.


Paducah

From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádoⁿka (“Comanche”).

A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.


Booker

Ochiltree County
Ochiltree County#English

A town in Lipscomb County and Ochiltree County, Texas, United States.


Snyder

Snyder (countable and uncountable, plural Snyders)

From the Dutch surname for a tailor, from the verb snijden (“to cut”). Also Americanized from the German surname Schneider.

A town, the county seat of Scurry County, Texas.


Guthrie

Guthrie (countable and uncountable, plural Guthries)

Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A small town and census-designated place, the county seat of King County, Texas.


Draper

en-prop

Draper (countable and uncountable, plural Drapers)

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

A small town in Denton County, Texas, renamed from Corral City in 2016.


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"


Channing

en-proper noun

Channing (countable and uncountable, plural Channings)

A small town, the county seat of Hartley County, Texas, United States.


Ozona

A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Texas, United States.


Lawn

(Canada): From French L’Âne (“The Donkey/Ass”).
(United States): From lawn.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

der

A town in Coke County, Texas, United States, named after Charlotte Brontë.


Fruitvale

Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County#English


Blum

en-proper noun

Blum (countable and uncountable, plural Blums)

From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).


Sanford

From the placename Sandford, ultimately from Old English Sandford (literally “sand ford”).

inh

Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County#English

A small town in Hutchinson County, Texas.


Gustine

A town in Comanche County, Texas, United States.


McLean

en-proper noun

McLean (countable and uncountable, plural McLeans)

MacLean

surname meaning "son of the servant of John"

A town in Texas; named for Judge William P. McLean.


Quintana

en-proper-noun

Quintana (countable and uncountable, plural Quintanas)

From Romance (Spanish Quintana and Portuguese Quintana).

A town in Brazoria County, Texas, United States


Gilmer

A town, the county seat of Upshur County, Texas, United States.


Richland

A number of places in the United States:


Bullard

en-proper noun

Bullard (countable and uncountable, plural Bullards)

A town in Smith County and Cherokee County, Texas, United States


Woodson

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)

Throckmorton County
Throckmorton County#English


Lipscomb

A small town, the county seat of Lipscomb County, Texas, United States.


Moulton

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

From the Old English personal name Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.


Rule

Rule (countable and uncountable, plural Rules)

A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.


Wortham

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).

Freestone County
Freestone County#English

A town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.


Groom

Groom (countable and uncountable, plural Grooms)

A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.


Muldoon

Muldoon (countable and uncountable, plural Muldoons)

From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descended from Maoldúin”), from Ó+Maoldúin.

der

A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.


Mount Vernon

United States of America
United States of America

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A town, the county seat of Franklin County, Texas.


Lake City

Most places appear to get their names from the presence of lakes, but one or two are derived from the surname Lake.

San Patricio County
San Patricio County#English

A small town in San Patricio County, Texas.


Throckmorton

en-proper noun

Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town, the county seat of Throckmorton County, Texas, United States.


Windom

A town in Fannin County, Texas, United States.


Scurry

Scurry (countable and uncountable, plural Scurrys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).

der

A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.


Alvord

en-proper noun

Alvord (countable and uncountable, plural Alvords)

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Wise County, Texas, United States.


Elkhart

A town in Anderson County, Texas, United States.


Mertens

A town in Hill County, Texas, United States.


Van Horn

Culberson County
Culberson County#English

A town, the county seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States.


Paint Rock

(Texas town): From Indian pictographs painted on cliffs overlooking the nearby Concho River.

A small town, the county seat of Concho County, Texas, United States.


Woodville

Various places in the United States of America:

A town, the county seat of Tyler County, Texas.


Carbon

Carbon (countable and uncountable, plural Carbons)

A number of places in the United States:


Berryville

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A town in Henderson County, Texas, United States.


Coldwater

A small town in Dallam County, Texas, United States.


Rocksprings

A town, the county seat of Edwards County, Texas, United States.


Coahoma

A town in Howard County, Texas, United States.


Cordele

A town in Jackson County, Texas, United States.


Refugio

/ɹɪˈfjʊɹioʊ/

Named after the mission of Nuestra Señora del Refugio (Our Lady of Refuge).

A town, the county seat of Refugio County, Texas, United States


Aspermont

Stonewall County
Stonewall County#English

A town, the county seat of Stonewall County, Texas, United States.


Val Verde

A small town in Milam County, Texas, United States. Named after the Battle of Valverde.


Happy

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)

A town in Randall County and Swisher County, Texas.


Lakeside

Places in the United States of America:
A town in San Patricio County, Texas.

Places in the United States of America:
A town in Tarrant County, Texas.


Oakwood

A town in Leon County and Freestone County, Texas.


Thompsons

Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County#English

A town in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.


Avinger

Avinger (countable and uncountable, plural Avingers)

A town in Cass County, Texas, United States.


Oak Ridge

A number of settlements in the United States:


Bartonville

A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.


Skellytown

From Skelly + town, being named after William Grove Skelly.

A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.


White Deer

A town in Carson County, Texas, United States, named after a local creek.


Hackberry

A place in the United States:
A town in Denton County, Texas.


Santa Anna

A place in the United States:
A town in Coleman County, Texas.


Knox City

A town in Knox County, Texas, United States.


Ladonia

A place in the United States:
A town in Fannin County, Texas.


Buffalo Gap

A town in Taylor County, Texas, United States.


Richland Springs

A town in San Saba County, Texas, United States.


Gary City

A town in Panola County, Texas, United States.


Tenaha

A town in Shelby County, Texas, United States.


Silsbee

A town in Hardin County, Texas, United States, named after investor Nathaniel Devereux Silsbee.


Lincoln Park

Most named after U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.