Whitehorse

From white + horse.
* In Yukon, from the appearance of the White Horse Rapids, which looked like the manes of white horses.

A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the White Horse Inn, a former tavern; in full, the City of Whitehorse.


Vermont

From French ver(t) (“green”) + mont (“mountain”). In the case of the US state, the reference is to the Green Mountains.


Croydon

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

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Maroondah, Victoria.


Casey

en-proper noun

Casey (countable and uncountable, plural Caseys)

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).

A local government area in eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also named after Baron Casey; in full, the City of Casey.


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):


Brooklyn

→⇒ Latin: brooklynensis

/ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/

[ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).

A small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.


Clyde

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

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Preston

en-prop

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria.


Knox

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).

bor+

A local government area in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Knox.


Brighton

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Brighton.wav

(place): From Old English Beorthelmestūn (“Beorthelm's farm”)
: (surname): From Breighton in Yorkshire.

der

A coastal suburb of Melbourne, and former city, in the City of Bayside, Victoria.


Kingston

In the case of settlements outside England, from king's + -ton (“town”), in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. In the case of settlements within England, a development from earlier Old English Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town or manor”), in reference to various monarchs. Sometimes derived from other places already named Kingston or, particularly in America, from people with the surname King. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Conisbrough, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Queenstown, Queenston, Princeton, Princetown, and Princes Town.
In particular, the community founded in New Brunswick in 1783 in the aftermath of the American Revolution may have been named as a sign of loyalty to George III; its parish was named for the community. The village in Nova Scotia was named for its district (Kings County) and the unrealized hope that it would become a town. The surname is derived from the various locations named Kingston.

doublet

A local government area in south-east Melbourne, Victoria; in full, the City of Kingston.


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.


Canterbury

From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.


Seymour

From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.

der

A township north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Berwick

→ Welsh: Berwig

For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick.
Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Casey, Victoria, Australia, named after Berwick upon Tweed.

Berwick upon Tweed
Berwick upon Tweed#English


Dallas

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Dallas.wav

Dallas (disambiguation)
George M. Dallas

# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house.
# The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.


Doncaster

en-proper noun

Doncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Doncasters)

The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.


Ringwood

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Windsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

gloss

"reel, winch"; > Middle English <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">windel</i> (“reel, spool”)

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Clayton

en-proper noun

Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons)

⇒ Translingual: Claytonia

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

der

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.


Hume

A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Hume.


Carlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.


Brunswick

From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”).

Brownswick (alternative)
Brunswic (alternative)


Blackburn

en-proper noun

Blackburn (countable and uncountable, plural Blackburns)

Blackburns (plural)
Blackbourn (alternative)
Blackburne (alternative)

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.


Carnegie

Carnegie (countable and uncountable, plural Carnegies)

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia.


Mentone

The places in the United States and Australia from the Italian name for Menton, a town in the French Riviera on the Franco-Italian border.

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia.


Kew

From Middle English Cayho, a compound consisting of Old French kai (related to modern quay) + Middle English ho, howe, hoh, hogh (“promontory, cliff, spur of land”), from Old English hōh (“promontory”), see hoe.

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Monash

A place in Australia; all are named after John Monash:

A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria; in full, the City of Monash.


Heidelberg

From German Heidelberg, from an uncertain word and Berg (“mountain”).

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Collingwood

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia.


Fitzroy

Fitzroy (countable and uncountable, plural Fitzroys)

Fitzroys (plural)
FitzRoy (alternative)
Fitz Roy (alternative)

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fitz (du) roy (“son [of the] king”). Equivalent to Fitz- + roy.

der

An inner suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia.


Cheltenham

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Bayside and City of Kingston, Victoria.


St Kilda

Apparently from Old Norse skildir (“shields”).

Any of various localities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, named for the archipelago.


Montrose

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).


Moorabbin

A suburb in south-east Melbourne, in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia.


Beaconsfield

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Casey and Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia.


Fairfield

en-proper noun

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).

A suburb in north-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Epping

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.


Epping

Epping (a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)


Sandringham

The town in Newfoundland is named after Sandringham House to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

A coastal suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Bayside, Victoria, Australia.


ブルックリン

Brooklyn (a small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)


Sunbury

A satellite city in the City of Hume, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.


Burnley

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


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).


Thornbury

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia.


Somerton

A northern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

Elwoods (plural)
Allwood (alternative)
Ellwood (alternative)

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Gorton

en-proper noun

Gorton (countable and uncountable, plural Gortons)

An electoral division in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Caulfield

Caulfield (countable and uncountable, plural Caulfields)

A suburb of Melbourne, south-east of the centre in the City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia, noted for its racecourse.


Hadfield

Hadfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hadfields)

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”).

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Mitcham

Mitcham (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchams)

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.


Garden City

A residential area of Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


里士滿

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Richmond (an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria)


Seddon

Seddon (countable and uncountable, plural Seddons)

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

An outer suburb of Melbourne in Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)

An inner suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.


Attwood

Attwood (countable and uncountable, plural Attwoods)

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.


Flemington

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.


McKinnon

French: McKinnon

From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

Mckinnon (alternative)
Mc Kinnon (alternative)
M'kinnon (alternative)
M'Kinnon (alternative)
Mkinnon (alternative)
MKinnon (alternative)
Makinnon (alternative)
MacKinnon (alternative)
Mackinnon (alternative)
Mac Kinnon (alternative)
Kinion (alternative)
Kinnon (alternative)
Fingon (alternative)

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of the city centre.


Kingsville

Typically from King's + -ville after the model of Kingstown, Kingston, &c. but principally derived from the names of various people surnamed King rather than the noun king. Cf. Kingsburg, Queensville, and Princeville.


Burwood

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Monash and City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

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

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.


Eltham

'Elta's homestead', from Old English personal name *Elta + hām (“homestead”).


Notting Hill

Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).

Notting Gate
Notting Hill
Notting Hill, Victoria


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

Plumptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

A northwestern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.


Mornington

The likely original source is Irish Baile Uí Mhornáin, 'Ó Mornán's town'. Another source is from the Earl of Mornington in the Irish Peerage, e.g. in Victoria.

A seaside town near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Upwey

An outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Manningham

A city and local government area near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Strathmore

Of Scottish origin; from strath (“a wide, flat river valley”) + mōr (“swamp”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia.


Beaumaris

A coastal suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Niddrie

Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Lyndhurst

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


Nutfield

A suburb of Melbourne, in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia.


Forest Hill

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.


Hillside

A suburb in north-west Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Diggers Rest

A suburb north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Clarkefield

A town in the City of Hume, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Ardeer

A western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Portsea

A town on the sea near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Pakenham

Pakenham (countable and uncountable, plural Pakenhams)

Pakenhams (plural)
Peckenham (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Pacca + hām (“homestead”).


McCrae

McCrae (countable and uncountable, plural McCraes)


Upfield

en-proper-noun

Upfield (countable and uncountable, plural Upfields)

From Old English upp (“up”) + feld (“field”), a toponymic surname for someone who lived at the upper field.


Scoresby

en-proper noun

Scoresby (countable and uncountable, plural Scoresbys)


Abbotsford

Named after the ford in Scotland near Melrose Abbey

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named for an Australian farm named for the ford.


Oakleigh

Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".

A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


South Yarra

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south of the Yarra River.


Yarra

A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria; in full, the City of Yarra.


Kew East

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Kew itself.


Glen Waverley

From Waverley, a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

A suburb in the City of Monash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Port Melbourne

An inner suburb and port in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, historically known as Sandridge.


North Melbourne

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Brookfield

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.


Jolimont

A neighbourhood within East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Altona

Many places, if not all, are named after Altona in Hamburg.

A suburb (and former city) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


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 suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hobsons Bay, Victoria, Australia.


Werribee

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia.


Bentleigh

Bent + leigh. Coined by politician Thomas Bent, named after himself. Originally named for a real estate development by landowner-developer-politician Thomas Bent.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Cardinia

A town south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, within the Shire of Cardinia.


Bayside

The City of Bayside, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Alphington

A northern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin and City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia.


Darebin

The City of Darebin, a local government area in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Braybrook

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia.


Maribyrnong

/ˈmæɹɪbə(ɹ)nɒŋ/

A river in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb in north-west Melbourne, Victoria, named after the river.


Donnybrook

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.


Lilydale

A town and eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.


Boroondara

From the local Woiwurrung language boroondara meaning "where the ground is thickly shaded"

The City of Boroondara, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Maroondah

The City of Maroondah, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Mooroolbark

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.


Moonee Valley

Moonee may be of Aboriginal origin; other places in the area are Moonee Ponds and Moonee Valley Racecourse.

The City of Moonee Valley, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Thomastown

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, probably named after John Honniball Thomas.


Glen Iris

In Melbourne, apparently named after a ship called "Iris".

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara and City of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.


Stonnington

The City of Stonnington, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Glen Eira

Named after a former mansion (demolished c.1964), and the local Glen Eira Road.

A local government area, the City of Glen Eira, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Mickleham

From Middle English Michelham, from Old English miċel (“big”) + hamm (“land enclosed by a river”).

A northern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.