Jordan

en-proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

der

A community of Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.


Delhi

A locale in North America; named for the city in India.

A community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Lucknow

A community of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Georgetown

/ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/

A community of Ontario; named for Canadian businessman George Kennedy.


Palestine

→ Korean: 팔레스타인 (Palleseutain)

→ Malay: Palestin

Medinet Habu
Padiiset's Statue
Palestine

From Middle English Palestyne, from Old English Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”). The term P-l-s-t or P-r-s-t, found in five Ancient Egyptian inscriptions (beginning with one at Medinet Habu from circa 1170 BCE and ending with Padiiset's Statue inscription from circa 900-850 BCE) as the name of a people near Egypt, is traditionally taken to be cognate. Seven Assyrian inscriptions contain the word "Palas(h)tu" or "Pilistu", which is usually also taken to be cognate.

A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


California

en-proper noun

California (countable and uncountable, plural Californias)

Etymology of California
Las sergas de Esplandián

Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name is a play on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”). For more information see: Etymology of California.

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Paris

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→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
→ Afar: Baaríis
→ Somali: Baaríis

→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)

→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

der

-æɹɪs (Received Pronunciation, New York City, without the Mary–marry–merry merger)

-ɛɹɪs (General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger)

A community of Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).


Glasgow

/ˈɡlɑːz.ɡəʊ/

/ˈɡlɐːz.ɡəʉ/

/ˈɡlɐːz.ɡɐʉ/

From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”), from *glas (“green”) + *cöü (“hollow”) (for this element see Irish cuas (“hollow”), Welsh cau (“hollow”)); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern Scottish Gaelic Glaschu.

A community of the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

A community of the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.


Cairo

Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)

A community of the township of Dawn-Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.


Dublin

From Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”).

A community of the municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Copenhagen

Norwegian Bokmål: Copenhagen

/ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/

/ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/

From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København.

Copenhagen
Copenhagen (disambiguation)
Copenhagen County
Copenhagen, Louisiana

A community of Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Copenhagen

From English Copenhagen, the English name of the capital of Denmark, from Danish København (“Copenhagen”), from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port", from Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn (“Copenhagen”), with the same meaning.

Copenhagen (a community of Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada)


Virginia

en-proper noun

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

→ Creek: wvcenv

50 Virginia
Elizabeth I
Virginia
Virginia (disambiguation)

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.

American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:

A community in the town of Georgina, Ontario, Canada.


Wellington

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
From Old English Weolingtun, meaning "wealthy estate".

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

An unincorporated place and community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Douglas

Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)

desc

→ Translingual: douglasi, douglasii (learned)

From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).

A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:

A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario.


Alton

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).


Odessa

Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" ie tribes, from yedi + san.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community of the township municipality of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Jones

en-proper noun

Jones (countable and uncountable, plural Joneses or Jonesses)

瓊斯

transliterations of the English name "Jones"

A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.


Algonquin

From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).

der

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A community of Augusta township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Tyrone

en-proper noun

Tyrone (countable and uncountable, plural Tyrones)

From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).

der

A community of Clarington, Ontario, Canada.


Aberdeen

Aberdeen
Aberdeen (disambiguation)
Old Aberdeen

The first element is either Scottish Gaelic aber (“river mouth”) or Pictish aber (“confluence”), both from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). The second element is Don (“river in Scotland”) (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.
The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.


Oliver

en-proper noun

Oliver (countable and uncountable, plural Olivers)

From Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A community of Essex County, Ontario.


Dorset

From the county town of Dorchester. The Old English name was Dornwaraceaster, composed of the British Latin name Durnovaria and the common suffix -ceaster; the word was eventually reduced to Dornsæte, a reduction of the original name + the suffix -sǣte (“people, dwellers”).

A community of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English


Croydon

From Old English Crogedena ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).

A hamlet in Stone Mills township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Delaware

The river in the northeastern United States was named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618). The people and the state were named for the river.


Washington

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of Hwæssa”), from Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia.
The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

DC

The federal district and city are coterminous and the city government administers the district, so are jurisdictionally equivalent

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Dresden

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.


Shakespeare

→ Vietnamese: Sếch-xpia

Common Middle English surname meaning "spearman", corresponding to shake (“brandish a weapon”) + spear.

A village in Perth East township, Ontario, Canada, named after the playwright.


Godfrey

en-proper noun

Godfrey (countable and uncountable, plural Godfreys)

From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from Proto-Germanic *Gudafriþuz. Equivalent to god + frith. Doublet of Gottfried and Geoffrey.

der

A community north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.


Russell

→ Translingual: russelianus

→ French: Russell

Inherited from Middle English Russel, from Anglo-Norman Russel. Doublet of Rousseau/Roussel. Equivalent to russel.

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A township and village therein, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Arthur

From the name of the legendary king, from Middle English Arthure, from Medieval Latin Arthurus, probably from Middle Welsh arth (“bear”).
Other suggestions include Old Welsh arth (“bear”) and ur (“man”), or a Latinized (Romano-British) name; compare Latin Artorius, itself possibly of Etruscan origin, or more likely Messapic-Illyrian related to Proto-Albanian *artsa (“bear”).

Wellington North
Wellington North#English

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.


Ventry

A community of Southgate, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Durham

From Old English Dunholm, meaning "hill islet". In order to get from Dunholm to Durham, two major processes had to take place. Firstly, the n at the coda of the first syllable, dun, underwent dissimilation. Specifically, by influence of the m in the coda of the following syllable (holm), said n denasalised and lenited to the oral r, thus dur. Secondly, after a weakening of the vowel quality in the more weakly-stressed syllable holm, this ending was misanalysed as the similar-sounding toponymic suffix, -ham, meaning home or farm.
Doublet of Duresm and Dunelm.

A community of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario.


Alfred

→ Danish: Alfred

Esperanto: Alfredo

Faroese: Alfred

→ Finnish: Alfred

French: Alfred

→ German: Alfred

Greek: Αλφρέδος (Alfrédos)

Italian: Alfredo

Norman: Alfred

→ Norwegian: Alfred

Portuguese: Alfredo

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Spanish: Alfredo
Cebuano: Alfredo
Tagalog: Alfredo

→ Swedish: Alfred

From Middle English Alfred, from Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) + rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery.
The modern pronunciation with /f/ is a spelling pronunciation; the name in Old English was pronounced with [v], as shown in its Middle English descendant Alured (in which u stands for modern v).

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.


Wesley

Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”).

A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Westminster

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmestre; equivalent to west + minster.

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Richmond

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):

A village and former municipality of Ottawa, Ontario.


Sunderland

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

A community of Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Raymond

en-proper noun

Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

A community of Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Acton

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.


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.

An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.


Benny

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.


Dale

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Fletcher

Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.

A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Fowler

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.


Drew

A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).


Hale

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”).
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain.
* As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.

A locality on the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Holt

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).

East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury#English

A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hope

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

Nadine f (from Nadia (pet form from Надежда) + -ine)

A community of the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.


Kirk

Kirk (countable and uncountable, plural Kirks)

From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church.

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada.


Canton

The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.


Woods

Woods (countable and uncountable, plural Woodses)

A community in Carling township, Ontario, Canada.


Violet

A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.

A community of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Warren

en-prop

Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)

From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].

der

A community of Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.


Union

(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

A community of Central Elgin, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


York

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *eburos
Proto-Brythonic *eβur
Proto-Celtic *-ākos
Proto-Brythonic *-ọg
Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọgbor.
Latin Eborācumder.
Old English Eoforwīċder.
Old Norse Jórvíkbor.
Middle English Ȝork
English York
From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Doublet of Évora.

suffix

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Clifford

From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).

A community of the town of Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Britannia

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

A community of Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.


Berkeley

From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Medina

* The province and city in Saudi Arabia is derived from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.
* The river and former borough on the Isle of Wight are derived from Old English Meðune (“the middle one”).
* The river and county in Texas are derived from the Spanish surname Medina.

bor

اَلْمَدِينَة

A community of Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.


Rhineland

From the German Rheinland, equivalent to English Rhine + -land.

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Cheapside

From Middle English cheap (“market”). Cheapside, Chipping, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.


Mackenzie

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter yogh confused with Z. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

compound

A community of Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Wheatley

en-proper noun

Wheatley (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatleys)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Whatley.

A community of Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Ethel

Short form of names of Old English [Term?] origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.

A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Edgar

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Clyde

The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

A community of the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Preston

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.

A place in Canada:
A community of Cambridge, Ontario.


Winchester

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).
The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

named-after

Any of the towns named after it, including:

A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Gibson

en-proper noun

Gibson (countable and uncountable, plural Gibsons)

A community of Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Virgil

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.


Armstrong

The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).

A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.


Portland

A community of Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.


Wareham

Wareham (countable and uncountable, plural Warehams)

From Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A community of Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Caledonia

/kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/

A place named after the Latin name of Scotland.


Exeter

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Exanċeaster. Equivalent to a contraction of Exe (a river) + Chester.

A community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Southampton

A place in Canada:
A community of Bruce County, Ontario.


Mitchell

Mitchell (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchells)

Translingual: markmitchelli

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).

A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world, named after persons with the surname:


Maxwell

From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).

A hamlet in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Cameron

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

An unincorporated village in Ontario; named for either early settler Duncan Cameron or politician Matthew Crooks Cameron.


Cardiff

From Middle Welsh Caerdyf, equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff. Compare Welsh Caerdydd.

A community of the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Lancaster

From Middle English Lancaster, Loncastre, the name of the Roman fort on the River Lune, from Lune + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

A community of the township of South Glengarry, in eastern Ontario, Canada.

A small community of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Dixon

Dixon (countable and uncountable, plural Dixons)

A community of South Stormont township, Ontario, Canada.


Underwood

The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English.
The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood.
The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.

A community of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.


Piccadilly

Audio (US)

From Pickadilly Hall, a house belonging to a tailor who specialized in a type of lace collar called a piccadill, possibly from conjectured Spanish *picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).
Piccadilly attested from 1743; previously the area was called Portugal, and the street Portugal Street (1692), after Catherine of Braganza.

A community of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English


Clarence

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.

A community and former township in the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.


Morton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

A community of Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Wallace

Wallace (countable and uncountable, plural Wallaces)

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wielisc.

A placename:
A locale in Canada.
A community of Ontario.


Carlisle

From Middle English Carlele, from Old English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”).
The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

der

A community of Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.

A community of North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.


Mansfield

From Old English Mammesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

A community of Mulmur township, Dufferin County, Ontario.


Gladstone

A community of Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English


Felix

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Trenton

⇒ Translingual: trentonensis

Originally named "Trent's town" in the 17th century, after a Quaker, William Trent.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the capital of New Jersey.

A community of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada.


Swindon

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A community of Perry township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Gosport

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

A community of the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Carthage

From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

A community of the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Colchester

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

City of Colchester
Colchester
Colchester (disambiguation)

A community in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Waterford

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

A community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Riverside

A community of Middlesex County, Ontario.

A community in the township of Tay, Simcoe County, Ontario.


Hungerford

en-proper noun

Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Harley

From Old English hær (“rock”) or hara (“hare”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hare + -ley (“lea”).

A community in Burford, Brant County, Ontario.


Newbury

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Ayr

A community of North Dumfries township, Waterloo Regional County Municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Clinton

Clinton
Clinton (disambiguation)
en:DeWitt Clinton
en:Glinton, Cambridgeshire
en:Glympton

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
* (given name): Derived from the surnames.
* (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

A community of Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Ophir

From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible; modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Osborne

From a medieval given name influenced by, or possibly derived from, Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, from áss (“god”) + bjǫrn (“bear”). See English bear.

A rural community in St. Clair township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Baxter

From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.

A community in Essa, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Thornton

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

A community of Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Argyle

A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the town of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Sherwood

From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).

A community of Huron Shores, Algoma District, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of Maple, Vaughan, Ontario.


Muir

From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.

A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Princeton

Battle of Princeton
Thomas Prince
William Prince (politician)

From prince + -ton (“town”), originally in honor of crown princes or princes of the British Empire but later chiefly in honor of others with the name Prince or locations named Princeton. Doublet of Princetown. Cf. Princes Town, Princeville, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Kingstown, Queenston, and Queenstown.
In particular, the British Columbian town is named for Edward VII, who was known as Albert, Prince of Wales, during the reign of his mother Queen Victoria. The New Jersey borough is named for William III—who became king of England through marriage to Mary II—in honor of his own separate Dutch title of Prince of Orange. The North Carolina town and Nebraska and Ontario communities are named for the New Jersey borough; the Missouri city is named for the Battle of Princeton which occurred there in the American Revolution; and the Illinois city and Florida CDP are named for the university named for its location in the borough. The given name derives from the prestigious university.
The Massachusetts town is named for clergyman Thomas Prince, and the Wisconsin city and town are named for the Massachusetts town. The Minnesota city is named for its founder John S. Prince, and the Idaho CDP is named after the Minnosota city. The Indiana city is named for politician William Prince, and the Kansas city is named for the Indiana city. The Texas city is named for landowner Prince Dowlin. The Kentucky city is named for landowner William Prince.

A community of Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.


Chatham

From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

Any of several other places of the same name:

A community in Chatham-Kent, Southwestern Ontario, Canada.


Harrington

A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Winthrop

From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).

Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.


McIntosh

en-proper noun

McIntosh (countable and uncountable, plural McIntoshes)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche.

A community of the Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.


Appleton

From Old English æppel and -tun; alternatively, apple + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.

Mississippi Mills
Mississippi Mills#English

A community of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Elsinore

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

A community of Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Kelso

From earlier Calchow, from Middle Welsh Calchvynyd (Modern Welsh Calchfynydd (“lime mountain”)).

A village in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


Wilberforce

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

A community of Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Letterkenny

From Irish Leitir Ceanainn (“Hillside of the O'Cannons”).

uder

A community in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan township, Ontario, Canada.

Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan#English


Barrow Bay

A hamlet on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, on the western shore of Georgian Bay.


Lindsay

en-proper noun

Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Everton

Everton (countable and uncountable, plural Evertons)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A community of Guelph/Eramosa, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Bullock

Bullock (countable and uncountable, plural Bullocks)

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Bennington

From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.

A community of Zorra township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Fulton

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

A community of West Lincoln, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.


Morpeth

Of uncertain meaning. Recorded in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland of 1256 as Morthpath.

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Morpeth.


Kirby

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbies)

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".

An English placename.
A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.


Jarvis

A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase.

A village in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Walsh

Walsh (countable and uncountable, plural Walshes)

Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Winterbourne

From Old English winterburna, = winter + burna.

A community in Woolwich township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Gardiner

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A rural community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Breslau

From German Breslau. Doublet of Wrocław.

A community of Woolwich township, Waterloo regional municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Thorne

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Holyrood

From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.

A community of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario.


Selkirk

From Old English sǣl (“hall”) + cirice (“church”).

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Kars

Crimean War
Kars
Kars Province
Siege of Kars

From Turkish Kars, Ottoman Turkish قارص (Kars), and Armenian Կարս (Kars). As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War.

A village in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Field

A community of West Nipissing, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.


Blair

Blair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

A village in the city of Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Cavendish

Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)

* (English village): Enclosure of a man named Cāfna + Old English edisc; recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB).
* (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
* (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

named-after

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.


Elgin

en-proper noun

Elgin (countable and uncountable, plural Elgins)

US, Houston avenue; other places outside Texas

The village in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 - 1863). The civil parish is named after the village.

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A hamlet in Rideau Lakes, Ontario.


Coulson

A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Drayton

Drayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

der

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Townsend

en-proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada


Paisley

Paisley (countable and uncountable, plural Paisleys)

From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”).

An unincorporated community and village in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Canfield

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Eastwood

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Plantagenet

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
Plantagenet

Originally a sobriquet of Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), founder of the line, who was said to have worn a yellow broom blossom in his hat, Old French plante genest (French plante genêt), from Latin planta genista (“sprig of broom”), whence Medieval Latin Plantagenistae; subsequently adopted as a surname.

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.


Inglewood

From Old English Engla, genitive plural of Engle (“the English, the Angles”) + wudu (“woods, forest”).

A village in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.


Strange

A community of King township, Ontario, Canada, named after Frederick William Strange.


Stroud

A community of the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Strong

A township and community therein, in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Cargill

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

Probably from Pictish [Term?]. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

A community of Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


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.

A community of Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Maynard

Maynard (countable and uncountable, plural Maynards)

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A village in Augusta Township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Massey

Massey (countable and uncountable, plural Masseys)

* As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in Normandy such as Macey in Manche, Massy in Seine-Maritime, Macé-sur-Orne in Orne, La Ferté Macé in Orne.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Marsay (see Marcey).
* As a French surname, variant of Massé (see Masse).
* As a southern French surname of Italian origin, from several places named Massa in Italy.

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Mead

Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Putnam

A community in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

A community of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario.


Rutter

* As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.

A community of French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Oxley

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

A community of the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

A community of Wellesley, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Cheltenham

A community of the town of Caledon, Peel municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Glenelg

A placename given to towns, rivers, etc., in several countries, and a location on Mars.

A community (Glenelg Centre) and former township in West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Kenilworth

Wellington North
Wellington North#English

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario.


Bronte

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

der

A community of the town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


South River

/ˈsʌʊθ ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

A village in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Annan

A community of Meaford municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

A village in Asphodel-Norwood township, Peterborough County, Ontario.


New Edinburgh

Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.

A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)


Evansville

Burpee and Mills
Burpee and Mills#English

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community of Burpee and Mills, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Springbrook

A community in the township of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario, Canada.


Harmony

A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County, Ontario.

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

A community of North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario.


Tavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

East Zorra-Tavistock
East Zorra-Tavistock#English

A community, formerly a village, in East Zorra-Tavistock township, Ontario, Canada.


Maple

An urban community of Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.


Dowling

en-proper noun

Dowling (countable and uncountable, plural Dowlings)

A community of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Bala

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.


Wendover

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.


Ratho

A rural community of the township of Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Harcourt

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A village and former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Varney

A community of Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Laird

A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.


Cartier

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Bolingbroke

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

/ˈbɒlɪŋbɹəʊk/

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

A community of Tay Valley township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Linton

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.


Norland

Norland (countable and uncountable, plural Norlands)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”).

A community of the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Welbeck

Welbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Welbecks)

A community of West Grey township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Dutton

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Villiers

Otonabee-South Monaghan
Otonabee-South Monaghan#English

A community of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Northumberland County, Ontario.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.


Mountain View

Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View, California

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Centralia

A community of South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Kirkhill

Equivalent to kirk with hill. Compare Churchhill.

A community in North Glengarry township, Ontario, Canada.


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; formerly in former town of Nickel Centre.


カーディフ

ja-pos

カーディフ • (Kādifu)

Cardiff (a community of the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada)


Redbridge

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

A community of Loyalist township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

A community of Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario.


Hillier

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


パリス

ja:パリス (曖昧さ回避)


Tilbury

en-proper noun

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Castleford

A community of Horton township, Ontario, Canada.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Uttoxeter

A small village in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Warminster

A community of Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.


Woodbridge

A suburban community of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, formerly a town.


Thornbury

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Orton

A community in East Garafraxa, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from Celtic dwr-gent ("clear water").

A community of Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada.


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A community of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Doherty

A locality in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Wylie

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A community of Laurentian Hills municipality, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A community of Hastings County, Ontario.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Middlesex County, Ontario.


Cheney

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)

A community of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Ridgeway

An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.


Vickers

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)

A community in West Grey municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Parham

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A community of Central Frontenac township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A community of Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Matheson

en-proper noun

Matheson (countable and uncountable, plural Mathesons)

Black River-Matheson
Black River-Matheson#English

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A community of Black River-Matheson township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

Regional Municipality of York
w:Regional Municipality of York

A suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Treadwell

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A community of North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Bidwell

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community of Assiginack township, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.


Woodford

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A community of Meaford, Ontario, Canada.


St. George

A village in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

A community, the main centre of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.


Moorefield

In most cases, if not all, from Moore + field.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Blackstock

en-proper noun

Blackstock (countable and uncountable, plural Blackstocks)

A community of Scugog township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)

A community in South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Crampton

Crampton (countable and uncountable, plural Cramptons)


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

The main community in Guelph/Eramosa township, Wellington County, Ontario.


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Blandford

Blandford (countable and uncountable, plural Blandfords)

A community and former township in Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Arnott

Arnott (countable and uncountable, plural Arnotts)

Scottish habitational surname, from a place called Arnot, near Kinross.

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Torrance

Torrance (countable and uncountable, plural Torrances)

A community of Muskoka Lakes township, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Yelverton

Yelverton (countable and uncountable, plural Yelvertons)

Probably from the Old English personal name Geldfriþ + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Bothwell

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Chatsworth

A township and village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Drysdale

Drysdale (countable and uncountable, plural Drysdales)

A community in Stanley Township, Bluewater, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Crystal Falls

A community of West Nipissing, Ontario, Canada.


Brownsville

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Thedford

A village in Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Kemble

Kemble (countable and uncountable, plural Kembles)

A community in Georgian Bluffs, Ontario, Canada.


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Borrowed from French Bellevue and belle (“nice, fair”) + vue (“view”).

A placename
A place in Canada
A community of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Marysville

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A village on Wolfe Island, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

A community of Tyendinaga, Hastings County, Ontario.


Cresswell

Cresswell (countable and uncountable, plural Cresswells)


Dymond

Dymond (countable and uncountable, plural Dymonds)

Temiskaming Shores
Temiskaming Shores#English

A community and former township in the City of Temiskaming Shores, Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.


Nairn

A small community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Ettrick

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

A community of the municipality of Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A municipality and community of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community and former village in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

A community of North Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Holford

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Bagnall

en-proper noun

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

A community of Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Centreville

The former name of the community and former village of Rodney, in the municipality of West Elgin, in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the municipality of Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Hocca or hocc (“mallow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A village in Mono, Ontario, Canada.


Woodville

A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A community in Centre Hastings, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Birr

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)

A community of Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Green Bay

Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island#English

A community on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.


Midhurst

A community in the township of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Garson

Garson (countable and uncountable, plural Garsons)

A community of Nickel Centre, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, named after William Garson.


Jerseyville

A farming community and suburb of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Walford

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

der

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Osceola

Anglicized form of Creek Asi-yahola, name of an influential Seminole leader.

A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Bloomington

From Old English blōma (“flower”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A hamlet in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hartington

A village in South Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.


Langstaff

en-proper noun

Langstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Langstaffs)

A community divided between Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

An unincorporated village in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Pontypool

From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.

A village in the city of Kawartha Lakes, previously Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.


Lavant

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Alcona

A community of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario#English

A settlement in Sioux Lookout, Kenora District, Northwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.


Enterprise

A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.


Rocksprings

A community of Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario, Canada.


Little Falls

A community of Ramara, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Westport

From west + port. From west or the surname West and port.

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A village in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario.


Glencoe

Southwest Middlesex
w:Southwest Middlesex

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Southwest Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Indian River

Otonabee-South Monaghan
Otonabee-South Monaghan#English

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community in the township of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A community in Kenyon Township, North Glengarry, Ontario.


Hillsdale

A community of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Bessemer

A community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Soperton

Leeds and the Thousand Islands
w:Leeds and the Thousand Islands

A community of the Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada.


Belwood

Belwood (countable and uncountable, plural Belwoods)

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Carnarvon

Anglicisation of Welsh caer + yn + ar Fôn, opposite Môn (Anglesey) .

A community in Minden Hills, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Denbigh

From Welsh Dinbych, from din (“fort”) + bych, variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Tenby.

Addington Highlands
Addington Highlands#English

A community of Addington Highlands township, Ontario, Canada.


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

A community of Frontenac County, Ontario.


Dalkeith

From Cumbric [Term?], equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow”) + Welsh coed (“wood, forest”).

A village in the township of North Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.


Warkworth

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community in the municipality of Trent Hills, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Cranbrook

A community and unincorporated area of Huron County, Ontario.


Halfway

A community of Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Foxboro

A community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Elmwood

The name of a few places in Canada:
A community of Grey County, Ontario.


Kintore

A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Dalston

Dalston (countable and uncountable, plural Dalstons)

From either one of the above etymologies.

A community of Springwater, Ontario, Canada.


Dundalk

A village in Southgate, Ontario, Canada.


Aberfoyle

A community of Puslinch, Ontario, Canada; suburb of Guelph.


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A village in the township of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, Canada.


Ayton

Ayton (countable and uncountable, plural Aytons)

Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Raglan

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the Durham Region of Ontario.


Amberley

A community in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Ontario, Canada.


Duntroon

A community of Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Castleton

A community in Cramahe township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Cumnock

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Apsley

A community in North Kawartha, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Aberfeldy

A community in Dawn-Euphemia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Culloden

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Navan

From Irish An Uaimh or its alternative form An Uamhain.

A rural community in Cumberland Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Roseville

From rose (“a flower”) + -ville or Rose (“a name”) + -ville.

A community of North Dumfries township, Waterloo regional municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Tobermory

From Scottish Gaelic Tobar Mhoire (literally “Mary's well”).

bor

A community on Bruce Peninsula in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Golspie

A community of Zorra township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Lakeside

A community in Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario.


Bobcaygeon

From French Bobcaygeon, from Ojibwe [Term?].

A village in Verulam, Kawartha Lakes, Victoria, Ontario, Canada


Bobcaygeon

Bobcaygeon (a village in Verulam, Kawartha Lakes, Victoria, Ontario, Canada)


Fawkham

A community in Ramara, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Oldfield

en-proper noun

Oldfield (countable and uncountable, plural Oldfields)

From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Molesworth

A small community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Newington

A community of South Stormont township, Ontario, Canada.


Arkell

A community in Puslinch township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Lifford

A community in the former Manvers Township, Ontario, Canada.


Wilstead

A community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, Ontario, Canada.


Dornoch

A village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Ardoch

A community of North Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.


Beeton

A community in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Granton

A community in Lucan Biddulph township, Ontario, Canada.


Beaumaris

A small settlement on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Queensville

From queen's + -ville. Cf. Queenstown, Queenston, Kingsville, and Princeville. In particular, the Ontario town is named for Queen Victoria of the British Empire.

Queensville, Indiana
Queensville, Nova Scotia
Queensville, Ontario

East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury#English

A village in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.


Lakeview

A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario.

A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario.


Bryanston

Bryanston (countable and uncountable, plural Bryanstons)

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

A community of Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Claremont

A community of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Manilla

A village in the former Mariposa Township, now Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada; named after Manilla, Indiana.


Tullamore

A community of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.


Lyndhurst

From Old English lind (“lime tree”) + Old English hyrst (“hurst”).

A community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada.


Brightside

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Londesborough

A community of Central Huron municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Cashel

A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.


North Woolwich

A rural community in the township of Woolwich, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Fermoy

From Irish Fir Maí (literally “men of the plain”).

der

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A community of Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.


Ullswater

A community of the township of Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Dacre

A community in the township of Bonnechere Valley, Ontario, Canada.


Pikangikum

bor

Ojibwe ᐱᑳᐣᒋᑲᒦᐣᐠ

Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario#English

A village in Pikangikum 14, Kenora district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Listowel

A community in the municipality of North Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Edgeley

A community of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.


Dunchurch

A community in the municipality of Whitestone, Ontario, Canada.


Kernahan

en-proper noun

Kernahan (countable and uncountable, plural Kernahans)

A community of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Leggatt

A community of Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada.


Rosehill

A community of Caledon, Ontario, Canada.


Douglastown

A community of Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.


Kirkton

A community of South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Elmstead

A community of Lakeshore, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Keady

Keady (countable and uncountable, plural Keadys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaigh.

A community of Georgian Bluffs, Ontario, Canada.


Long Sault

From French Long Sault, from Middle French. From being a long (“long”) stretch of sault (“rapids”).

A village in Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River


Long Sault

English: Long Sault

From long (“long”) + sault (“rapids”), from Middle French. From being a long stretch of rapids.


Hensall

A community in Bluewater municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Bishopsgate

Equivalent to Bishop + -s- + gate.
(street and ward): From one of the eastern gates in London’s former defensive wall, traditionally attributed to Earconwald, who was Bishop of London in the 7th century.

A community in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada.


Glenshee

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Auden

A community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District, north-western Ontario, Canada.


Uphill

A community in Dalton Township, Ontario, Canada.


Harburn

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A community and former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Milltown

A community of Tyendinaga, Hastings County, Ontario.


Badenoch

Badenoch
Badenoch, Ontario
George Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch

A community of Puslinch, Ontario, Canada.


Newholm

A community of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.


Geraldton

A community, formerly a town, in Greenstone, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.


Woodlawn

A community in Torbolton Township, Ontario, Canada.


Port Arthur

Named after British naval officer William Arthur (Royal Navy) (1830-1866) in 1860.

named-after

A community and former city in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Newburgh

From Old English nĭwe burh, equivalent to new + burgh. Doublet of Newbury.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community and former village in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Beechwood

A community of North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Delamere

* The placename senses are from French de (“of”) la (“the”) mer (“sea”).
* As an English and French surname, prefixed variant of Mear, itself related to the noun mere (both senses, meaning "pond" and "boundary"), a variant of Mayer, and a variant of Lemer.
Compare Delamare, de la Mare.

A community in French River municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Johnstown

A rural community in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario.

A community of Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario.


Eades

en-prop

Eades (countable and uncountable, plural Eadeses)

A community in Unorganized North Cochrane District, northeastern Ontario, Canada.


Silver Creek

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Ontario.


Carss

Carss, Ontario
Tony Carss
William Leighton Carss


Goodwood

Regional Municipality of Durham
Regional Municipality of Durham#English

A settlement in Uxbridge, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.


Glenarm

A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Calstock

A community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Glen Falloch

In Scotland, the valley of the River Falloch.

A community in South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Ravensworth

A community in the municipality of Kearney, Ontario, Canada.


Hillcrest

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Grassie

Grassie (countable and uncountable, plural Grassies)

A community of West Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.


Speyside

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada.


Ponsonby

en-proper noun

Ponsonby (countable and uncountable, plural Ponsonbys)

A rural community in Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada.


Appin

A community in Southwest Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.


Cloyne

A community of Addington Highlands township, central-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Oakwood

A community of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Codrington

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Wallacetown

A hamlet in Dutton/Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Brudenell

Brudenell (countable and uncountable, plural Brudenells)

Habitational surname from Breidden Hill, in Wales, or Breedon on the Hill, a village in Leicestershire.

Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan#English

A community in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


New Canaan

A settlement in Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Beardmore

Beardmore (countable and uncountable, plural Beardmores)

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

A community and former township in Greenstone municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Sundridge

A village in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Mount Joy

In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from Mountjoy, the name of an Irish ship.

A community of Markham, Ontario, Canada.


ウォーターフォード

ja-pos

ウォーターフォード • (Wōtāfōdo)

A community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Hawtrey

en-proper noun

Hawtrey (countable and uncountable, plural Hawtreys)

A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Stoneleigh

A community in Bracebridge, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Frankford

A village in Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Shedden

Shedden (countable and uncountable, plural Sheddens)

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Renfrewshire.

A hamlet in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Hanbury

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A settlement in Harley, Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.


Mildmay

en-proper-noun

Mildmay (countable and uncountable, plural Mildmays)

Two possible origins:
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + mægden (“girl, virgin”), a nickname for a young woman.
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + dēma (“judge”), a nickname for a merciful judge or person.

A community of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Sylvan

en-proper noun

Sylvan (countable and uncountable, plural Sylvans)

An altered form of French Sylvain, or borrowed from Swedish Sylvan.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of North Middlesex municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Cambray

en-prop

Cambray (countable and uncountable, plural Cambrays)

A community of Kawartha Lakes, central Ontario, Canada, named for the literary works of the Archbishop of Cambrai.


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

From the Old English personal name Wīga, a byname from wīġ (“war”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A community of North Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Springdale

The name of the Newfoundland town was apparently coined as a description of its immediate surroundings.

A suburban community of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.


Wooler

A community of Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Blayney

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Plainfield

A rural community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Wartburg

Wartburg is a castle in Eisenach, Germany, where Martin Luther worked on his translation of the Bible.

A community of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Smithville

A community of West Lincoln, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.


Williamstown

* From Williams + town.
** (Kansas): Founded in 1865 by local property owners Mapes, Williams & Moore.
** (New Jersey): Renamed after John Williams, grandson of prominent landowner Richard Penn who left him the land.
** (New York): Renamed in honor of Judge Henry Williams shortly after he relocated there in 1802.
** (Ohio): Named after John W. Williams who laid out it in 1834.
** (West Virginia): Named for Isaac Williams (1737–1820), who settled there in 1787.
* From William + -s- + town.
** (Victoria): Renamed after William IV, then the English monarch.

A community of South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Jellicoe

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A community of Greenstone municipality, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Yarker

A community of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Nickel Centre

A large community and former town in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Otter Creek

A stream and settlement in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Panmure

From Pictish, equivalent to Welsh pant (“hollow”) + mawr (“large”).

A community in West Carleton-March Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Cannington

* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641.
* In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

A community of Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Spring Bay

Central Manitoulin
Central Manitoulin#English

A community of Central Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada.


Maple Ridge

A community of Lake of Bays, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of North Dundas, Ontario.


North Branch

Many places are named after north branches of rivers.

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

A community of South Glengarry, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.


Morrisburg

A community of South Dundas municipality, eastern Ontario, Canada, named after James Morris.


Cherry Grove

A community of Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Dundonald

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Cramahe township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Lakefield

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community of Selwyn township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Blessington

A community of Tyendinaga township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Dromore

/dɹəˈmɔː(ɹ)/

A community of Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


East Zorra

East Zorra-Tavistock
East Zorra-Tavistock#English

A community, formerly a township, in East Zorra-Tavistock township, Ontario, Canada.


Markstay

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Teviotdale

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community on the border of Perth County and Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Donnybrook

A community of North Huron township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Milverton

A community and former village in Perth East township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada, named after Milverton, Somerset.


Mulmur

A township and community therein, in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.


Crooked Creek

A community of Clarington municipality, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


L'Orignal

From French orignal, probably from a location on the Ottawa River once known as Pointe à l'Orignal, where moose crossed the river.

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A village in Champlain township, the county seat of United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.


St. Clements

A community of Wellesley township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Tichborne

Tichborne (countable and uncountable, plural Tichbornes)

Recorded as Ticceburna c.909, from Old English ticcen + burna (“stream frequented by young goats”).

der

A community of Central Frontenac township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English


Stonebridge

A place in Canada:
A community of Ottawa, Ontario.


New Durham

A community of Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Point Edward

A village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, named after Edward, Prince of Wales.


Glenora

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


Ilderton

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

A community in Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Allenwood

A community in Springwater township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.