Egypt

→ Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)

→ Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí)

→ Korean: 애굽 (Aegup)

→ Vietnamese: Ai Cập

→ Cornish: Ejyp

→ Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)

→ Hindi: इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (ijipt)

→ Iban: Ejip

→ Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)

→ Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ)

→ Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)

→ Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ)

→ Maori: Īhipa

→ Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)

→ Navajo: Ííjip

→ Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)

→ Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa)

→ Paiwan: Idjiputu

→ Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp)

From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

der

A suburb of Nailsworth, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST8499).


Cyprus

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).


New Zealand

desc

نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة

→ Arabic: نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا (niyūzīlāndā), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا (niyūzīlandā), نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة (niyūzīlānda), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة (niyūzīlanda)

নিউজিল্যান্ড

→ Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (niujilênḍ)

→ Chinese: 紐西蘭／纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán)

→ Danish: New Zealand

→ Fijian: Niusiladi

→ Hawaiian: Nukilani

נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

→ Hindi: न्यू ज़ीलंड (nyū zīlaṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैंड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैण् (nyūzīlaiṇ)

→ Japanese: ニュージーランド (Nyū Jīrando)

→ Korean: 뉴질랜드 (nyujillaendeu)

→ Maori: Niu Tireni

→ Niuean: Niu Sila

→ Norwegian Bokmål: New Zealand

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: New Zealand

→ Pashto: نيوزيلنډ (nyuzelanḍ)

→ Persian: نِیوزیلَنْد (niyuziland)

→ Rarotongan: Nū Tireni

→ Samoan: Niu Sila

→ Swahili: Nyuzilandi

→ Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (niu-sii-lɛɛn)

→ Tokelauan: Niu Hila

→ Tongan: Nuʻusila, Nuʻu Sila

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ

نْیُوزیلَینْڈ

→ Urdu: نْیُوزی لَینْڈ (nyūzī lainḍ), نْیُوزیلَینْڈ (nyūzī-lainḍ)

→ Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד (nyu-ziland)

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), (nieuw calqued as new), Zeeland calqued as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch sêelant, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).

cal

A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).


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 small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092).


Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).


Edmonton

From Middle English Adelmetone, from Old English Ēadhelm + tūn (“town”). The Canadian city was named after the area of London.

Edmonton, Kentucky
Edmonton, London
en:Edmonton
en:Edmonton (disambiguation)

A former town and suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


Toronto

[tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃o(ʊ)]

[t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)]

[t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]

Lake Couchiching
Lake Simcoe
The Globe and Mail
Toronto
Toronto (disambiguation)

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

bor

A lakeside suburb within the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

Woodside Township
Woodside Township#English

A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.


Georgetown

/ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/

A suburb of Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1408).

A suburb of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Wales, alternative spelling George Town (OS grid ref SO0406).

A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9975).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia):

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for landowner George Moate.


Ottawa

From Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”)/ᐅᑡᐙ, from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Milton

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).

A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).

An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).

A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5969).

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.


Watson

and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Bentley

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word leah or leag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

A place name, including:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

An outer suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5605).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9899).


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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An outer suburb of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0120).


Arcadia

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Arcadia
Arcadia (ancient region)
Arcadia (utopia)

A suburb of the city of Tshwane, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.

A suburb on Magnetic Island, City of Townsville, Queensland.


Pennsylvania

Merriam-Webster
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
William Penn (Royal Navy officer)
en:William Penn

From Penn (“William Penn”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“meaning "wood"”), thus "Pennsylvania" (Penn's woods). Some propose that the "Penn" is derived from William's more respected father, also named William Penn.

af

A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).


Belfast

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).

der

A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.


Philadelphia

[fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə]

Attalus II Philadelphus
Kingdom of Pergamon
Philadelphia (disambiguation)
Ptolemaid Egypt
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
William Penn

From Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (philéein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”). In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt. In reference to the American city, named for the ancient towns as well as the Quaker William Penn's aim of fostering religious tolerance. Doublet of Filadelfia.


New England

The name of the American region was coined by English explorer John Smith in 1616.

coinage

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1801).


Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Edinburgh (disambiguation)
Etymology of Edinburgh

From Middle English Edynburgh, from Old Welsh Eidyn, a Celtic/Brythonic region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”)) + Old English burg (“castle, stronghold”). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.

An outer northern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.


Rhodes

en-proper noun

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.


Virginia

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 suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.
The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.
The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.


Florence

Florence (disambiguation)
Florence Nightingale

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.


Jerusalem

Jerusalem (countable and uncountable, plural Jerusalems)

/d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/

/d͡ʒəˈɹuːzələm/

From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim), from a Western Semitic form attested in Ancient Egyptian as Aw-w-SA-A-m-m-N25 (ꜣwšꜣmm), a compound of Semitic *uru (“house, town”) and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim", Canaanite god of twilight.

der

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:

A suburban area in Skellingthorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9171).


Liverpool

From Middle English Liverpul, from Old English lifer, læfer (“reed, rush”) + pōl (“pool”). Equivalent to laver + pool.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Como

A suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of South Perth, Western Australia.


New York

→ Arabic: نِيُويُورْك (niyūyork)

→ Greek: Νιου Γιορκ (Niou Giork)

→ Persian: نیویورک (nyuyork)

Charles II of England
James II of England
Province of New York

From New + York. While sharing a name with the city in northern England, the American place name originated with the English colonial Province of New York (previously Dutch colony New Amsterdam), named in 1664 by King Charles II for his younger brother James, Duke of York, to whom the land was granted; New York's eponymous Duke of York himself was later crowned King James II.

न्यू यॉर्क

village in Wildmore, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4292).

न्यू यॉर्क

suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England


Bromley

en-proper noun

Bromley (countable and uncountable, plural Bromleys)

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley.; compare Broom.

Bromley (disambiguation)
London Borough of Bromley

A suburb of Kingswinford, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9088).

An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Zetland

An inner southern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland.


Holland

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire).

A southern suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4050).


Bache

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach.
* As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus.
* Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).


Oxbridge

A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318).


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 village and suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Anerley

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3469).


Bondi Junction

/ˈbɒndaɪ ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/


Bondi

"Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks."


Abington

en-proper noun

Abington (countable and uncountable, plural Abingtons)

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

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).


Ryan

en-prop

Ryan (countable and uncountable, plural Ryans)

Bryan

linguistically unrelated but often confused in spoken English

A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.


Spence

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Murray

en-proper noun

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in NE Scotland, probably from old Celtic "sea + settlement".

A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Higgins

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

der

A place name, which could be of either etymology:


Inverness

Inverness
Inverness (disambiguation)
River Ness

From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

A former census-designated place, now a neighborhood of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.


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.

named-after

A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.


Whitby

en-proper noun

Whitby (countable and uncountable, plural Whitbys)

From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.

A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.

A placename:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Elizabeth

Elizabeth (countable and uncountable, plural Elizabeths)

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba.

der

A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.


Wilson

en-proper noun

Wilson (countable and uncountable, plural Wilsons)

From Will (short form of William) + -son.

affix

short form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">William</i>

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.


Kirwan

en-proper noun

Kirwan (countable and uncountable, plural Kirwans)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”), a personal name composed of ciar (“dark”) + dubh (“black”) + the suffix -an.


Vermont

From French verts monts (green mountains: Green Mountains); for more, see Wikipedia at Vermont § Toponymy.


Maryland

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlænd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

From Mary + -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England.

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Wyoming

The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"

A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.


Wilton

en-proper noun

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).


Camden

From Old English campas (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

A town and local government area (Camden Council (New South Wales)) in Macarthur region, New South Wales; named for John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, who arranged for the grant of land.


Croydon

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

A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.

A suburb of Sydney, in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.

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


Casey

Casey (countable and uncountable, plural Caseys)

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

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.


Vincent

Vincent (countable and uncountable, plural Vincents)

→ Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)

→ Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)

desc

→ Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)

From French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Greenwich

/ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.


Phillip

en-proper noun

Phillip (countable and uncountable, plural Phillips)

Philip#First name
Philip#Surname
Phillip, Australian Capital Territory

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Arthur Phillip


Russell

→ Translingual: russelianus

→ French: Russell

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

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, containing government offices.


Taylor

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for architect Florence Mary Taylor.


Bruce

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Wesley

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

A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Hamilton

Hamilton (countable and uncountable, plural Hamiltons)

Translingual: ℍ

From Old English Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire.

咸美頓

name of various cities in English-speaking countries

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for Edward Terrick Hamilton, leader of the Australian Agricultural Company.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for two distinct Hamilton families, both early settlers.

A suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England; named for the deserted mediaeval village.


Darlington

/ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/

-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dearthingtun, supposedly “the settlement of Deornoth's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + -tun. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington.

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia; named for the town in England.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

A suburb of Sydney in New South Wales; named for either Richard Darling or William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington.


Stanley

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone + -ley (“lea”).
* The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names.
The coastal town in Hong Kong is named after Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.

named-after

Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891).


Westminster

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

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.


Hughes

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes.


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):

An urban inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

A suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4085).

A minor suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.


Shirley

English place name from Old English sċīr (“county”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to shire + -ley (“lea”). More at shire, leigh.

A suburb of the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3565).

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4013).


Etruria

/ɪˈtɹʊə.ɹɪ.ə/

A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8646).


Brooklyn

→⇒ Latin: brooklynensis

/ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/

[ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]

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


Abbey

A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.


Aber

From Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”).

A suburb of Caerphilly, Caerphilly county borough, Wales


Acton

en-proper noun

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

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

(uncountable) Any of a few places in England:

A town and suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2080).


Aller

A suburban area in Kingskerswell parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8768).


Archer

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Adel

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel.

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.


Cardigan

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)

A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.


Cook

Cook (countable and uncountable, plural Cooks)

Audio (US)

Audio (AU)

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for James Cook.


Butler

Butler (countable and uncountable, plural Butlers)

Butler (surname)
en:Butler (disambiguation)

* (English surname): From Middle English Butler.
* (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier.
* (placename): From the surname

der

An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Carr

en-prop

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr.
* As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey.
* Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”))
* Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Car-Cd#Car

A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.


Concord

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb and industrial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Fletcher

en-proper noun

Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)

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

An outer western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Grange

Grange (countable and uncountable, plural Granges)

A beachside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A suburb of West Kirby, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SK2286).


Grove

* As an English surname, from the noun grove.
* As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).
* As a north German surname, from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave). Also a Dutch and Low German form of Grub.
* As a German surname, variant of Graf.

A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).


Griffin

A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; named for a family of early settlers.


Hill

* As an English surname, from the noun hill, shortened from Hilary, and from Old English hild (“battle”).
* As a German surname, shortened from Hildebrand, related to the last sense above.
* As a Finnish surname, calque of Finnish Mäki (“hill”).

A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).


Holt

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354).

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.


Ham

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

* As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.
* As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.
* As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.
* As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).
* As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.
* As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.
* As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞／阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚／谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).
* In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).


Ford

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

Ford (disambiguation)#People
Ford (disambiguation)#Places

A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).


Newton

Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”).

Vilanova

surnames derived from the equivalents of “new town”

The name of many English-speaking places, including:

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4168). Not to be confused with Newtown, Chester.

A suburban area near Hyde, Tameside borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9596).


Page

Page (countable and uncountable, plural Pages)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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.


Lee

Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3974).


Paradise

From paradise.
The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.

A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).

A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481).


Ruse

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse.
* As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse.
* As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.


Stoke

An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679).

An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond.


Martin

Martin (countable and uncountable, plural Martins)

From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.

af

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Gosnells, Western Australia.


Wright

en-proper noun

Wright (countable and uncountable, plural Wrights)

Translingual: Wright Mons

English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc.


Turner

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.


Walker

Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers)

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).


Stella

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).


Valentine

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

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

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.


Pan

A suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5088).


Dalton

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

From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.

Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:

An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1617).


Britannia

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

A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).


Swansea

From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).

der

Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.


Berkeley

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

A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


Ashley

en-proper noun

Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys)

From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash + -ley.

A number of villages and hamlets in England:

A suburb in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2595).


Hout Bay

From Afrikaans Houtbaai, literally "Wood Bay".

A maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Stuart

Stuart (countable and uncountable, plural Stuarts)

A coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


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


Bohemia

Latinized translation of French Bohême, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Boio- (“the Boii”), the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area and Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home). The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boyos and could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”) (compare Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cattle”), genitive *bowos), a reference to cattle owners, or from *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit”), i.e. “warrior, strong hitter” (compare Proto-Celtic *binati (“to strike, hit”)).
Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter. Related to Bavaria.

An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010).


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 northern suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5804).

A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0726).


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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Derby

From Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent.

der

A suburb of Barnstaple, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).


Preston

en-proper noun

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

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

A suburb of Paignton, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX8962).

A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, otherwise known as Preston Village (OS grid ref TQ3006)

A suburban area in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1887).

A suburb of North Shields, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3569).

A suburb of Prestonpans, East Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT3974).

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


Bellingham

Bellingham (countable and uncountable, plural Bellinghams)

Two origins:
* The suburb of London is named with the Old English personal name Bera, a byname from bera (“bear”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Northumberland is named with Old English belle (“bell”), in reference to a bell-shaped hill, + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”)

Bellingham station is a short walk away, and you cut through the park en route.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 29:

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3772).


Lucas

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

A suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.


Macassar

A suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Clive

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Cli

An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).


Oakley

From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

An eastern suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9722).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A suburb of Chinnor, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP7400).


Kenny

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Marshall

* As an English surname, from the noun marshal.
* As a French surname, variant of Mercier.
* As a German surname, variant of Marschall.

A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Former name: Marshalltown.


Brighton

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

der

A northern coastal suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.

A coastal suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Holdfast Bay, South Australia.

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


Bradford

* Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”).
* (shaken martini)

A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Southsea

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.


Exeter

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


Thomson

en-proper noun

Thomson (countable and uncountable, plural Thomsons)

From Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". Being derived from Thomas ultimately gives this surname an Aramaic derivation - teoma 'twin'.
* Calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“MacTavish”); Also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas". Many with the name MacTavish changed their name to Thomson and Thompson after Culloden.

calque

A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, named after Alexander Thomson (pioneer).


Griffith

en-proper noun

Griffith (countable and uncountable, plural Griffiths)


Cartwright

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright.
The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A suburb in south-west Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.


Fremantle

Fremantle (countable and uncountable, plural Fremantles)

The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Harrison

Harrison (countable and uncountable, plural Harrisons)


Richards

A suburb of Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Richardson

Richardson (countable and uncountable, plural Richardsons)

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃɚdsən/


Chapman

From Middle English chapman, chepman, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia


Miller

Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)

French: Miller

Translingual: Mill.

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Bryn

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”) or, in the Greater Manchester place-name, Cumbric brinn (“hill”).

A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).


Balmoral

Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).

der

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A suburb of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4836).


Balmoral

From Irish Baile Mhóireil, baile + mór, from Old Irish mór (“big, great”)).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A suburban area in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


Huntington

The name of many places around the world:


Spalding

Greater Geraldton
Greater Geraldton#English

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A suburb of Geraldton, in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia.


Chandler

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.


Charlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Carlton.

Any of many place names in England, Australia and the United States, including:

A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England, and the home of Charlton Athletic F.C. (OS grid ref TQ4178)

An eastern suburb of Shepton Mallet, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6343).


Holmes

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192).

A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.


Cardiff

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

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.


Clifton

en-proper noun

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

*Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff + -ton.
*In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff + -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).

An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).

A placename
A locale in New Zealand:
A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

A placename
A locale in New Zealand:
A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand.

A placename
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Penge

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3570).


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

→ Russian: вокза́л (vokzál, “(transport) station, terminal”), вокза́лъ (vokzál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) — obsolete
→ Armenian: վոկզալ (vokzal), վակզալ (vakzal)
→ Azerbaijani: vağzal
→ Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál)
→ Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali)
→ Ingrian: vokzala
→ Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Lithuanian: agzolas
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: вокзал (vokzal)
Mongolian script: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal)
→ Polish: woksal, wogzał
→ Tajik: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Tatar: вокзал (woqzal)
→ Turkmen: wokzal
→ Udmurt: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál)
→ Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal)
→ Uzbek: vokzal

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the North Shore.


Barnes

en-proper noun

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”).
* As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

der

A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).

An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).


Campbell

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).
* As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell.
* As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above.
* (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Nathan

en-proper noun

Nathan (countable and uncountable, plural Nathans)

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.


Fisher

Fisher (countable and uncountable, plural Fishers)

From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.

Fisker

Equivalent surnames of "fisher" in other languages

A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.


St. John's

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.


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 suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Places in Australia:
A suburb of Logan City, Queensland.

A town and suburb in Kingborough council area, near Hobart, Tasmania.

Places in New Zealand:
A suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.


Bridgetown

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒˌtaʊn/

en:Bridgetown (disambiguation)
en:Tobias Bridge

From bridge + town or Bridge + town
* (Barbados): From being named after Tobias Bridge, and a former name, Indian Bridge, which in turn was named for a native bridge over the river Careenage in Bridgetown.

A suburb of Totnes, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8160).


Perry

en-proper noun

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0792).


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 suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).

A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.


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 suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).

A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.


Marion

en-prop

Marion (countable and uncountable, plural Marions)

From Middle English Marion, from Old French Marion, a diminutive of Marie, used in England since the Middle Ages.

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, from the given name Marianne.


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

Porte-Neuve

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

A suburb of Launceston, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3385).

A coastal suburb in Hemsby parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG5016).

A suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ4819).

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

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Ashton

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).


Woodstock

Woodstock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodstocks)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + stoc (“dwelling”).

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburb of Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6573).


Burton

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.


Spencer

Spencer (countable and uncountable, plural Spencers)

An occupational surname from Middle English Spenser, Spencer, Spensier, from the common noun spenser (“spencer”), denoting someone who works in a spense (“spence”), or as a butler or steward.

Speiser

surnames derived from the equivalent of “spencer”

A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; probably named for British politician George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.


Canterbury

/ˈkæntəbəɹɪ/

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

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.

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


Salisbury

Salisbury (countable and uncountable, plural Salisburys)

From Middle English Sarisberie, from Old English Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu (“armor”) via folk etymology + byriġ, burh (“stronghold”), partial translation of British Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum, from *sorwjo-, *sorbjo- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom (“a stream”)) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh (“willow”) + burh (“stronghold”).
The naming of the village in New Brunswick is not entirely certain. It may be named after explorer John Salusbury (1707 - 1762) or after Salisbury in England.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after the village.
The former capital of Rhodesia was named after Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) who served three times as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

A northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

A placename:
A place in Australia:
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Albany

Named in honour of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain

A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Albany

A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).


Hawthorne

An eastern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Versailles

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

der

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.


Stratford

From Old English strǽt (“road”) + ford (“ford”). Doublet of Stretford.

The name of various cities, towns and boroughs in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See the full list.

A suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


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 western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854).

A suburb of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6491).

A suburban area in Brading parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ6086).


Warwick

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

affix

Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.


Bedford

Bedford (disambiguation)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford.
The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, named after Frederick Bedford.


Shelley

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.


Bassett

A northern suburb of the City of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4216), Related term: Bassett Green.


Blackwood

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

An outer suburb west of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7274).

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.


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 suburb of Perth, in the Town of Victoria Park, Western 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


Gladstone

Any of places of the same name.
A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand.


Mansfield

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

A suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Arundel

From Old English hārhūne (“horehound”) + dell (“small valley”).

A suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.


Dallas

Dallas
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.


Waterloo

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.

compound

The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.

A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A small suburb in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).

A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).

An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Wam-Way#Wat–Waz

A suburb of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9703).

An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Elton

From Old English, meaning "Ella's town".

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).


Scottsdale

A town and suburb of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.


Newark

Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, formerly a hamlet in the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF2100).

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English


Bangor

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.

A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Tooting

Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges.

A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).


Eastbourne

An eastern suburb of Darlington, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3014).

An isolated suburb of Lower Hutt and former borough in Wellington region, New Zealand.


Newhaven

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2576).


Guildford

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)


Taunton

en-prop

Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)

From (River) Tone + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ta-Tha#Tan–Taz

A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).


Ringwood

en-proper noun

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Hythe

A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).


Birkenhead

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

Port Adelaide Enfield
Port Adelaide Enfield#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the city's North Shore.


Doncaster

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.


Bradley

Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).

A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).


Henderson

Henderson (countable and uncountable, plural Hendersons)

A suburb in the west of Auckland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Cockburn, Western Australia.


Andrews

City of Gold Coast
City of Gold Coast#English

A former suburb of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, since amalgamated into the new suburb of Varsity Lakes and the West Burleigh part of the suburb of Burleigh Heads.


Islington

Islington (disambiguation)
London Borough of Islington

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Springfield

A civil parish and suburb in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7208).

A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Adelaide, South 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 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Peckham

en-proper noun

Peckham (countable and uncountable, plural Peckhams)

Probably from Old English pēac (“peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).


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.

der

A suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.


Malaga

en-proper noun

Malaga (countable and uncountable, plural Malagas)

From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.


Riverside

A residential suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.


Davidson

Տաւիտյան

surname meaning "son of David" in other languages

A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Kilkenny

Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland:

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

A suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, also known as Santacruz.

A village and suburb of the town of Panaji, Goa, India.


Davenport

* As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

der

Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:

A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).

A suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia.


Deans

en-prop

Deans (countable and uncountable, plural Deanses)

A suburb of Livingston, West Lothian council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NT0269).


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 town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.


Robertson

en-proper noun

Robertson (countable and uncountable, plural Robertsons)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia


Johnston

Johnston (countable and uncountable, plural Johnstons)

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Warner

Warner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

* English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin; see Murnane.

A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, named after James Warner (surveyor).


Bramley

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).


Hyde

Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830).


Osborne

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

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.


Sutherland

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland.
In some cases the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Hampton

Variously from:
* Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
* Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:

A suburb in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).

A western coastal suburb of Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1568).

A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).


Stafford

en:Stafford
en:Stafford (disambiguation)
en:Stafford (surname)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Oswald

Name of early English saints and kings, from Old English Osweald

A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.


Norton

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.

A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).

A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).


Clayton

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 the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).

A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

A suburb of the city of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.


Leopold

From Old French Leopold, from Old High German liut (“people”) + bald (“bold”). The first part is sometimes associated by folk etymology with Latin leo (“lion”), as in Leo and Leonard. More at lede, bold.

A suburb of Geelong, in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Hume

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Weston

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

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.


Thornton

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

A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales.


Middleton

en-proper noun

Middleton (countable and uncountable, plural Middletons)

From middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:

A number of places in England, including:

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3028).


Reid

Reid (countable and uncountable, plural Reids)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.


Lawson

Lawson (countable and uncountable, plural Lawsons)

* As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence," from Lawrence + -son. Compare Law, Laws.
* As a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and north German surname, Americanized from Larsen, Larsson.


Melville

Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.


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 northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)

A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).

A suburb of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3164)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Wentworth

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + Old English worþ (“enclosure”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Carlton

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

A suburb of Nottingham in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6141).

A suburb of southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Willoughby

Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:


Steele

From Middle English stele (“steel”); either a metal worker or a person considered to be as hard as steel.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Colton

Colton (countable and uncountable, plural Coltons)

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).


Kensington

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).

A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Muirhead

A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.


Gunn

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Fraser

Fraser (countable and uncountable, plural Frasers)

Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Waverley

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

cog

Any of several placenames in several countries:

An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.


Upton

en-proper noun

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).


Sheldon

From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1584).


Stirling

Likely from Scottish Gaelic srib (“stream”) + Scottish Gaelic linn (“pool, lake”).

A suburb within the city in Western Australia.


Heliopolis

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.


Maitland

en-proper noun

Maitland (countable and uncountable, plural Maitlands)

Uncertain, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman maltalent (“bad temper”). However, it could also derive from the French village of Mautalant, in Normandy.

A place name:
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Longford

A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).


Appleton

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

Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.

A northern suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5186).

A southern suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6284).


Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”).


Compton

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

Any of several placenames in England and the United States.

A suburban area in Ashbourne parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1846).

A suburban area in Farnham parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8546).

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8898).


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Flynn

Anglicized from Irish Ó Floinn, "descendant of Flann (red)".

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after John Flynn.

A suburb of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, also named after John Flynn.


Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

A suburb of Sydney, located New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Hillsborough

From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

A suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3389). See also football-related senses below.


Blackburn

Blackburn (countable and uncountable, plural Blackburns)

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

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


Kelso

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

A suburb of the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

City of Townsville
City of Townsville#English

A suburb of Townsville, in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Montpelier

A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5974).


Rutherford

From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.

A suburb of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.

A western suburb of Perth, in the Town of Cambridge and City of Stirling, Western Australia.


San Marcos

From Spanish San Marcos (“Saint Mark”), various places usually named in honor of Mark the Evangelist.

A municipality and suburb of San Salvador, El Salvador.


Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.


Bateman

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Bateman (countable and uncountable, plural Batemans)

From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Melville, Western Australia.


Dickson

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Buckland

en-proper noun

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

An eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).

A suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).

A northern suburb of Dover, Kent (OS grid ref TR3042).


Addington

Addington (countable and uncountable, plural Addingtons)

Probably from the Old English personal names Eadda or Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Aigburth

From Old Norse eik and berg, meaning "oak-tree hill".

A southern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. (OS grid ref SJ3885).


Ainsdale

Probably from Old English Ægenwulf (given name, see also Ægen) and dæl (“valley”). May have been influenced by Old Norse Einulfr (given name) and dalr (“valley”). Listed in the Domesday Book as Einulvesdel.

A southern suburb of Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3112).


Allerton

The name of the English location is possibly from Old English alor (“alder”) + -tun, or possibly it was named for Alfred the Great. It is in the Domesday Book as Alvertune.

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.


Dharruk

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Appley

Appley (countable and uncountable, plural Appleys)

From Old English æppel and leah, meaning "apple-tree clearing". Equivalent to apple + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6092).


Clapham

A suburb of London, mostly in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2975).

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia, named after Clapham, London.


Burbank

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.


Westbrook

From the Old English words for "west brook".

Burtonwood and Westbrook
Burtonwood and Westbrook#English

A suburb in Burtonwood and Westbrook parish and Great Sankey parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5790).

A western suburb of Margate, Thanet borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR3370).

Palmerston North
Palmerston North#English

A suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand.


Hornsby

From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).

(location) A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Cholargos

A suburb northeast of Athens in Attica, Greece.


Morpeth

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

A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Northumbrian town.


Sumner

An outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.


Tempe

Named for the Vale of Tempe in northern Thessaly, Greece

A suburb in Inner West council area, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Palaio Faliro

A suburb in south Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece.


Kifissia

A suburb east-northeast of Athens in North Athens, Attica, Greece.


Glyfada

A city and municipality, a suburb 13 km south of Athens city centre in Attica, Greece.


Deane

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon.
* As an English surname, variant of Dean.

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6907).


Salt River

In US poltics, after the Salt River in Kentucky. Various explanations exist.

A number of rivers and settlements in various countries:

A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, near Table Bay.


Deighton

Deighton (countable and uncountable, plural Deightons)

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1619).


Moana

en-proper-noun

Moana (countable and uncountable, plural Moanas)

From Hawaiian Moana (“sea, ocean”), Maori moana, and other Polynesian languages.

A coastal suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.


Dayton

en-proper noun

Dayton (countable and uncountable, plural Daytons)

A variant spelling of Deighton.
* Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia; named for Walter Warner Day, a cattle and wine pioneer in the area.


Buckley

Buckley (countable and uncountable, plural Buckleys)

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

A suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9015).


Royston

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).


Milford

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A western suburb of Newtown, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0991).

A suburb on the North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand.


Oka

From French, from Mohawk [Term?] (“a kind of pike [fish]”) . The cheese is named for the village.

der

A small village and suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Caloundra

From the Pama-Nyungan language term Kalowendah, meaning "place of the beech trees".

A suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia


Noosa Heads

From a Pama-Nyungan language term noosa ("shade, shadows") + the English term heads (“headlands”).

A coastal town and suburb, one of the three major centres of the Shire of Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, bounded in part by the Noosa River and the headlands of the Noosa National Park.


Hayes

en-proper noun

Hayes (countable and uncountable, plural Hayeses)

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye.
*As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).


Hele

A number of places in the West Country of England:

A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX9065).


Linden

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.


Alimos

A city and suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece.


Elliniko

From Greek ελληνικό (ellinikó, “Greek”). Doublet of Hellenic.


Noosaville

A town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.


Marsh

A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).

A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).

A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).


Greenfield

Greenfield (countable and uncountable, plural Greenfields)

A suburban area north of Shettleston, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6464)


Penrith

First element from Cumbric pen (“head, top, summit”). Suffix probably equivalent to Welsh rhyd (“ford”).

A town and western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Highbury

A suburb of London, borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3185).


Hanford

Hanford (countable and uncountable, plural Hanfords)

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

A suburb in south-west Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8742).


Morley

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Morley (countable and uncountable, plural Morleys)

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia.


Burnside

Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.

A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6260).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

An industrial suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.


Garth

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

A northern suburb of Bangor, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5873).

A suburban area in Porthmadog community, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5637).

A suburb of Knighton, Powys (OS grid ref SO2872).


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).

A number of places in England, including:

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).

A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the isthmus near Howth (Irish grid ref O2539).


Londonderry

County Londonderry
Londonderry (disambiguation)

A suburb of Smethwick, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0087).

A suburb in City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Blackwell

Blackwell (countable and uncountable, plural Blackwells)

An outer suburb in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2712).


Digby

Digby (countable and uncountable, plural Digbies)

From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).

A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).


Copeland

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Carnegie

Carnegie (countable and uncountable, plural Carnegies)

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


Marton

A suburban area and electoral ward in south-east Blackpool, Lancashire, which includes Great Marton and Little Marton (OS grid ref SD3335).


San Antonio

Borrowed from Spanish San Antonio, named after St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), Franciscan friar.

Salto Department
Salto Department#English

A suburb of Salto, Salto Department, Uruguay.


Beard

Originally a nickname for someone with a beard.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after ex-convict Timothy Beard.


Banks

Banks (countable and uncountable, plural Bankses)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Langley

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

From Old English lang (“long”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to long + -ley (“lea”).

Heanor and Loscoe
Heanor and Loscoe#English

A suburb in Heanor and Loscoe parish, south of Langley Mill, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4446).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Middleton, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8507).

A suburb of Oldbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9988).


Newmarket

The cloak and card game are named after the English town.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, north-west of the city centre.

An inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Hendra

* In Queensland, the virus was named after the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia, where some of the first cases were reported. The name may have originated in Cornwall.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Woodley

Woodley (countable and uncountable, plural Woodleys)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922).


Callaghan

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Crosby

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A northern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE8811).

A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for mine operator J. H. Crosby.


Tivoli

An eastern suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7072).


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.


Layton

Layton (countable and uncountable, plural Laytons)

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.

A suburb of Blackpool, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3237).


Downer

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after John Downer.


Sandal

A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3418).

Sandal Magna

according to Wikipedia, but both Sandal and Sandal Magna appear on maps


Riviera

From Italian riviera, from Old French riviere, from Latin riparius.


Hyde Park

(Vermont town): Named after Jedediah Hyde, a landowner.

The name of various parks, neighborhoods, and municipalities.

An inner suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2835).


Vaucluse

An eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Spital

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675).

An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).


Pearce

From Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Nicholls

From a medieval vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the patronymic suffix -s.


O'Connor

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Conchúir, meaning "descendant of Conor".

A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.


Kirkwood

Kirkwood (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkwoods)

From Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + wudu (“wood”).

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7163).


Kirkland

Kirkland (countable and uncountable, plural Kirklands)

A suburb of Methil, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3600).


Parkinson

Parkinson (countable and uncountable, plural Parkinsons)

→ Russian: Паркинсо́н (Parkinsón)

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Peter + -son.

A suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Hewett

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

A suburb in Light regional council area, north of Gawler, South Australia.


Willmot

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


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 suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).

A suburb of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5662).


Townsend

en-proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

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

A suburb of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7409).

A northern suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1194).

A western suburb of St Albans, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1408).

A suburban area of Merriott parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4413).

An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9147)

A suburban area of Urchfont, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0456).


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.

Kew is best known as the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, and the National Archives.

A suburban area and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1977).

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Pasadena

The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”.
The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.


Ashby

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia.


Glendale

From glen (“narrow valley”) + dale (“valley”).

af

A number of places in the United States:

A city and suburb of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Wainuiomata, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Singleton

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Singleton (countable and uncountable, plural Singletons)

From Old English sċingul (“shingle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Great Chart with Singleton
Great Chart with Singleton#English

A suburb in Great Chart with Singleton parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9841).

An outer southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Bancroft

en-proper noun

Bancroft (countable and uncountable, plural Bancrofts)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

A suburban area in Stantonbury parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8340).


Epsom

From Old English Ebba (“a personal name”) + hām (“homestead”).

A suburb of Bendigo, in the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.