•
Caesarea (disambiguation) (various cities in various countries) –
Julius Caesar or Roman emperors
Afghanistan •
Ahmad Abad, Afghanistan –
Ahmad Shah Massoud •
Ahmad Shah Baba Mina –
Ahmad Shah Durrani •
Ai-Khanoum, formerly named
Alexandria on the Oxus –
Alexander the Great • Ayub Khan Mena (Kabul) –
Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) •
Mir Bacha Kot District –
Mir Bacha Khan (1825–1905) •
Ghaziabad, Kunar – Amir Muhammad Ghazi Khan Shaheed (died in 1980s) •
Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town –
Amanullah Khan •
Jalalabad –
Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar • Jamal Mena, Kabul –
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī •
Kandahar –
Alexander the Great •
Khwaja Bahauddin District- Khwaja Bahauddin, Naqshband of Turkistan •
Khushal Khan Mena –
Khushal Khattak •
Mohammad Agha District –
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a founder of the Qajar dynasty •
Nadir Shah Kot District –
Mohammed Nadir Shah •
Shah Wali Kot District –
Sardar Shah Wali Khan •
Sheberghan –
Shapur II •
Sher Khan Bandar –
Sher Khan Nashir •
Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul and
Wazirabad, Kabul –
Wazir Akbar Khan Albania •
Ali Demi (neighborhood) –
Ali Demi • Asim Zeneli (Albania) –
Asim Zeneli, Albanian hero •
Bajram Curri (town) – Albanian activist of Independence
Bajram Curri • Blloku Vasil Shanto –
Vasil Shanto, Albanian hero • Don Bosco (Tirana) –
John Bosco •
Kastriot, Albania –
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg • Mihal Grameno (neighborhood) –
Mihal Grameno •
Skënderbegas –
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg • Zogu I Zi (Tirana) –
Zog I of Albania
Algeria •
Abdelkader Azil – Abdelkader Azil (1927–1959), Algerian activist •
Abou El Hassen – Abu al-Hassan (1934–1962), Algerian independence hero •
Ahmed Rachedi, Mila – Ahmed Rachedi (1930–1957), Algerian revolutionary martyr •
Assi Youcef – Bouiri Boualem (Youcef) (1927–1960), Algerian military •
Bekkouche Lakhdar – Bekkouche Lakhdar (d.1958), Algerian martyr •
Belouizdad, Algiers – Algerian militant and nationalist
Mohamed Belouizdad •
Benabdelmalek Ramdane – Abdelmalek Ramdane (d.1954), first martyr of the revolution •
Bennasser Benchohra – Al-Nasser Bin Fameh (1804–1884) •
Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Badji Mokhtar (1919–1954), Algerian revolutionary •
Bordj Emir Khaled –
Khalid ibn Hashim, grandson of the military leader Abd al Qadir •
Bordj Omar Driss – Commander Omar Driss (1931–1959) •
Bouraoui Belhadef – Bouraoui Ali Ben Cherif, a local hero of the national liberation war •
Constantine (Algeria) –
Constantine the Great •
Didouche Mourad –
Mourad Didouche, a veteran of the Algerian War of independence •
El Emir Abdelkader, Aïn Témouchent and
Emir Abdelkader, Jijel –
Emir Abdelkader •
Hassani Abdelkrim – Hassani Abdul Karim (d.1960) •
Hussein Dey (commune) –
Hussein Dey •
Méchraâ Houari Boumédienne –
Houari Boumédiène, President of Algeria •
Messaoud Boudjeriou – Messaoud Boudjeriou (1930–1961), Algerian revolutionary •
Mohammed Boudiaf (M'Sila) –
Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria •
Mostefa Ben Brahim, Sid Bel Abbès – Mostefa Ben Brahim (1800–1867), Algerian poet •
Ouled Brahem -
Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi •
Ramdane Djamel – Ramdane Ahcène (1934–1962), hero of the national liberation •
Salah Bey (town) –
Salah Bey ben Mostefa •
Salah Bouchaour – Salah Bouchaour (1933–1962), Algerian revolutionary martyr •
Sidi Bel Abbès – Sidi Bel Abbès El Bouzidi (d.1780), a Muslim marabout •
Sidi M'Hamed –
Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine •
Zighoud Youcef (Town) –
Youcef Zighoud, guerrilla leader •
Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader –
Emir Abdelkader Former: •
Berteaux was the name of
Ouled Hamla –
Henri Maurice Berteaux •
Bordj Le Prieur was the name of
Bordj Badji Mokhtar – Louis-Ambroise Le Prieur (1908–1997) •
Burdeau was the name of
Mahdia –
Auguste Burdeau •
Colomb-Béchar was the name of
Béchar – Louis de Colomb, French major general •
Duperré was the name of
Aïn Defla –
Guy-Victor Duperré, French naval officer •
Fort-Duquesne was the name of
Kaous –
Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville •
Georges Clemenceau was the name of
Stidia –
Georges Clemenceau •
Haussonvillers was the name of
Naciria –
Joseph d'Haussonville •
Mac-Mahon was the name of
Aïn Touta –
Patrice de MacMahon •
Molière was the name of
Bordj Bounaama –
Molière •
Negrier was the name of
Chetouane –
François de Négrier •
Orléansville was the name of
Chlef –
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans •
Pascal was the name of
Salah Bey –
Blaise Pascal •
Perrégaux was the name of
Mohammadia –
Alexandre Charles Perrégaux •
Philippeville was the name of
Skikda –
Louis Philippe I •
Port-Gueydon was the name of
Azeffoun –
Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria •
Renault was the name of
Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali – Pierre Hippolyte Publius Renault, French general •
Saint-Arnaud was the name of
El Eulma –
Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud •
Saint-Eugène was the name of
Bologhine – Eugène Guyot •
Tirman was the name of
Teghalimet –
Louis Tirman •
Waldeck-Rousseau was the name of
Sidi Hosni –
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau Angola • Comandante Valódia (Luanda) – Joaquim Domingos Augusto "Valódia" (died 1975), one of the prominent generals during the Angolan War of Independence •
Moçâmedes – Governor General of Angola, José D'Almeida Vasconcelos de Oliveira de Soveral e Carvalho, Baron of Mossâmedes (died 1805) • Nelito Soares (Luanda) – Nelito Soares (1943–1975), Angolan revolutionary • Patrice Lumumba, Luanda –
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Prime Minister •
Porto Alexandre, Angola –
James Edward Alexander • Rocha Pinto (Luanda) –
João Teixeira Pinto •
Viana, Luanda – Governor General of Angola, Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (1910–1995) Former: •
Carmona was the name of
Uíge –
Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president •
Henrique de Carvalho was the name of
Saurimo – Henrique de Carvalho (1844–1909) •
Sá da Bandeira was the name of
Lubango –
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira •
Serpa Pinto was the name of
Menongue –
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer •
Silva Porto was the name of
Cuito –
António da Silva Porto •
Vila Arriaga was the name of
Bibala – Portuguese president
Manuel de Arriaga •
Vila Gago Coutinho was the name of
Lumbala N'guimbo –
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho •
Villa João de Almeida was the name of
Chibia – João de Almeida (1873–1953), Portuguese military • ''Vila Pereira d'Eça'' was the name of
Ondjiva –
António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça •
Vila Robert Williams was the name of
Caála –
Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park •
Vila Roçadas was the name of
Xangongo –
José Augusto Alves Roçadas •
Vila Salazar was the name of
N'dalatando –
António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese dictator •
Vila Teixeira da Silva was the name of
Bailundo – Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826–1894), Portuguese colonial administrator
Antigua and Barbuda •
Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda –
Christopher Codrington •
Coolidge, Antigua and Barbuda –
Hamilton Coolidge •
Piggotts – Richard Albert Louden Piggott (1844–1926) •
Tomlinson, Antigua and Barbuda – Major John Tomlinson
Argentina Buenos Aires •
Abbott, Argentina -
Samuel Abbott (engineer), General Manager of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company •
Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires - Adolfo Gonzales Chaves (1828-1887) •
Adrogué -
Esteban Adrogué, founder •
Aldo Bonzi - Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), Italian businessman •
Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires - Dr.
Alejandro Korn • Alejandro Petión -
Alexandre Pétion, Haitian President •
Ángel Etcheverry - Ángel Etcheverry, Minister of Public Works • Arturo Vatteone - Dr. Arturo Dalmacio Vatteone • Atilio Pessagno, Buenos Aires - Atilio Pessagno (1886-1965), judge •
Avellaneda –
Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina •
Banfield, Argentina -
Edward Banfield (railroad engineer), General Manager of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Company • Barrio Kennedy (General Madariaga) -
John F. Kennedy •
Béccar - Dr. Cosme Béccar, legislator •
Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires -
Benito Juárez •
Berazategui - José Clemente Berazategui •
Bernal, Argentina - Don Pedro Bernal •
Berisso - Juan Berisso (founder) •
Billinghurst, Argentina -
Mariano Billinghurst •
Canning, Argentina -
George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom •
Capitán Sarmiento, Buenos Aires - Captain Domingo Fidel Sarmiento •
Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires -
Carlos Casares (governor) •
Carlos Spegazzini, Buenos Aires -
Carlo Luigi Spegazzini •
Carlos Tejedor, Buenos Aires -
Carlos Tejedor (politician) •
Castelli, Buenos Aires -
Juan José Castelli •
Ciudad Evita (means
Evita City) –
Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina •
Ciudad Madero, Argentina -
Francisco Bernabé Madero •
Coronel Dorrego -
Manuel Dorrego •
Coronel Martínez de Hoz - Miguel Federico Martínez de Hoz •
Coronel Pringles -
Juan Pascual Pringles •
Coronel Suárez -
Manuel Isidoro Suárez •
Coronel Vidal - Celestino Vidal, a hero of the Argentine War of Independence •
Don Torcuato -
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear •
Daireaux - Émile Honoré Daireaux (1843-1916) •
Diego Gaynor - Diego James Gaynor (1807-1892), Irish pioneer •
Domselaar - Dr. Antonie van Domselaar (1789-1861), Dutch medical doctor •
Don Bosco, Buenos Aires -
John Bosco •
Dudignac - Exequiel Dudignac •
Esteban Echeverría Partido -
Esteban Echeverría, novelist •
Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires -
Florencio Varela (writer) •
Florentino Ameghino, Buenos Aires -
Florentino Ameghino • Galo Llorente - Galo Llorente (1850-1946), Spanish immigrant •
General Alvear, Buenos Aires -
Carlos María de Alvear •
General Arenales, Buenos Aires -
Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales •
(General) Belgrano –
Manuel Belgrano •
General Conesa, Buenos Aires -
Emilio Conesa •
General Daniel Cerri - Daniel Cerri (1841-1914) •
General Guido -
Tomás Guido •
General Juan Madariaga -
Juan Madariaga •
General La Madrid -
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid •
General Las Heras, Buenos Aires -
Juan Gregorio de las Heras •
General Lavalle -
Juan Lavalle •
General Pacheco - Ángel Pacheco •
General Pinto -
Manuel Guillermo Pinto •
General Pirán - General José María Pirán (1804-1871) •
General Pueyrredón –
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón •
General Rivas -
Ignacio Rivas •
General Rodríguez -
Martín Rodríguez (politician) •
General Rojo - General Anselmo Rojo (1799-1869) •
General Villegas -
Conrado Villegas •
Gobernador Castro - Emilio Castro (1820-1899), Governor of Buenos Aires •
Gobernador Ugarte -
Marcelino Ugarte, Governor of Buenos Aires •
Henderson, Argentina - Frank Henderson (1858-1935), Director of the Buenos Aires Midland Railway Company •
Hilario Ascasubi, Buenos Aires -
Hilario Ascasubi, poet •
Hipólito Yrigoyen Partido - President
Hipólito Yrigoyen •
Hudson, Argentina -
William Henry Hudson •
Ingeniero Adolfo Sourdeaux - Adolfo Sourdeaux (1819-1883), French engineer •
Ingeniero Maschwitz - Carlos Maschwitz (1862-1910), Minister of Public Works • Ingeniero Moneta - José Manuel Moneta (1900-1972), Technician of the National Meteorological Service of Argentina •
Ingeniero Pablo Nogués - Pablo Nogués (1878-1943), Administrator of Argentine State Railway company •
Ingeniero White - Guillermo White (1844-1926), President of the Argentine Centre of Engineers •
Irineo Portela - Dr. Irineo Portela (1806-1861), physician •
Isidro Casanova - Isidro Casanova, an Italian Argentine immigrant • José León Suárez (General San Martín) - Dr. José León Suárez (1872-1929) •
José María Jáuregui, Buenos Aires - José María Jáuregui, spanish businessman •
Jeppener - Willem Jeppener (1830-1915), German landowner •
Joaquín Gorina - Joaquín Gorina, former landowner •
José C. Paz, Buenos Aires -
José C. Paz •
José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires - Dr.
José Ingenieros •
José Juan Almeyra - Dr. José Juan Almeyra (1828-1885) •
José Mármol, Buenos Aires -
José Mármol •
Juan. A Pradere - Juan Adan Prader, land donor • Juan F. Ibarra -
Juan Felipe Ibarra •
Leandro N. Alem, Buenos Aires -
Leandro N. Alem •
Lincoln, Buenos Aires -
Abraham Lincoln •
Manuel B. Gonnet - Manuel Bernardo Gonnet, first provincial minister of Public Works • Maquinista Francisco Savio - Francisco Savio (1882-1963), machinist of the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway Company •
Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires -
Marcos Paz •
Mariano Acosta, Buenos Aires -
Mariano Acosta (politician) •
Mariano H. Alfonzo - Mariano H. Alfonzo (1848-1913), landowner • Mariano Unzué - Mariano Cecilio Unzué (1873-1936), owner of the San Carlos ranch •
Martín Coronado, Buenos Aires - Martín Coronado (1849-1919), poet •
Martínez, Buenos Aires - Ladislao Martínez, landowner •
Matheu, Buenos Aires -
Domingo Matheu •
Máximo Fernández - Maximo Fernandez, land donor •
Mayor Buratovich - Jakov Buratović (1846-1909), Croatian military engineer •
Munro, Buenos Aires - Duncan Mackay Munro (1844–1929), General Manager of Central Córdoba Railway Company •
Muñiz, Buenos Aires - Dr.
Francisco Javier Muñiz •
Navarro, Buenos Aires - Captain Miguel Navarro •
Nicolás Descalzi - Nicolás Descalzi, surveyor •
Norberto de La Riestra - Norberto de la Riestra (1820-1879), Minister of Finance of the Argentine Confederation •
O'Brien, Argentina - Edward O'Brien (1836–1912), Irish founder •
Olavarría, Argentina - Colonel José Valentín de Olavarría (1801–1845) •
Pablo Podestá, Buenos Aires -
Pablo Podestá, stage actor •
Pellegrini, Buenos Aires -
Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina •
Pérez Millán - Narcisa Pérez Millán, founder •
Piñeiro, Buenos Aires - Trinidad and Felipe Piñeiro, founders • Pirovano - Dr. Ignacio Pirovano (1844-1895) •
Plomer, Buenos Aires - Pedro Plomer Huguet, grandfather of a town´s founder •
Presidente Perón Partido –
Juan Perón, President of Argentina •
Pueblo Doyle - Dr. Eduardo Doyle (1873-1948) •
Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires – Rafael Calzada Fernández (1854-1929), Spanish Argentine attorney and legal theorist •
Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires – Rafael Castillo (1862-1918), lawyer and politician •
Rafael Obligado, Buenos Aires –
Rafael Obligado, poet •
Ramallo, Buenos Aires – Bartolomé Ramallo, early settler •
Ramos Mejía – Matías Ramos Mejía (1810-1885) •
Ranelagh, Buenos Aires -
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh •
Rauch, Buenos Aires - Colonel
Federico Rauch •
Remedios de Escalada -
María de los Remedios de Escalada •
Rincón de Milberg - Juan Milberg (1826–1883), Justice of the Peace •
Ringuelet, Buenos Aires - Engineer Augusto Ringuelet (d.1915), Manager of Buenos Aires Western Railway Company •
Rivadavia Department –
Bernardino Rivadavia, First President of Argentina • Roosevelt (Buenos Aires) -
Theodore Roosevelt •
Roque Pérez - José Roque Pérez (1815-1871) •
Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires -
Luis Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina •
San Andrés de Giles -
Saint Andrew •
San Antonio de Areco -
Anthony of Padua •
San Antonio de Padua -
Anthony of Padua •
San Bernardo del Tuyú -
Bernard of Clairvaux •
San Carlos de Bolívar -
Charles Borromeo and
Simon Bolivar •
San Carlos, La Plata -
Charles Borromeo •
San Cayetano, Buenos Aires -
Saint Cajetan •
San Clemente del Tuyú -
Pope Clement I •
San Fernando, Buenos Aires -
Ferdinand VII of Spain •
San Francisco Solano -
Francis Solanus •
San Isidro, Buenos Aires -
Isidore the Laborer •
San José, Buenos Aires -
Saint Joseph •
San Justo, Buenos Aires - Justo Villegas, a prominent landowner •
(General) San Martín –
José de San Martín •
San Miguel del Monte -
Saint Michael •
San Miguel, Buenos Aires -
Saint Michael •
San Nicolás de los Arroyos -
Saint Nicholas •
San Pedro, Buenos Aires -
Saint Peter •
San Vicente, Buenos Aires -
Vincent Ferrer •
Santa Clara del Mar - Clara de Anchorena, original owner of the area •
Santa Coloma, Buenos Aires - Carlos Santa Coloma, landowner •
Santa Lucía, Buenos Aires - Vicenta Lucia Culligan (1835-1898), wife of an Irish founder •
Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires -
Thérèse of Lisieux •
Temperley, Argentina -
George Temperley, British landowner •
Timote - Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Timote •
Tornquist, Buenos Aires -
Ernesto Tornquist •
Tristán Suárez - Valentin Tristán Suárez (1856-1907) railway pioneer donor of land to the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway company •
Urdampilleta - Nicanor Urdampilleta (founder) •
Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires –
Valentín Alsina • Valeria del Mar - Valeria Guerrero Cárdenas de Russo (1900-1992), founder •
Verónica, Buenos Aires - Veronica Bernal (1885-1956), wife of a land donor •
Vicente Casares - Vicente Lorenzo del Rosario Casares (1844-1910), rancher and politician •
Vicente López, Buenos Aires –
Vicente López y Planes •
Victoria, Buenos Aires -
Queen Victoria •
Villa Adelina -
Adelina Munro Drysdale, Scottish socialité •
Villa Alsina –
Valentín Alsina •
Villa Ballester - Dr. Pedro Ballester (1849–1928), First municipal mayor of the General San Martín Partido • Villa Bonich (General San Martín) - Luis Bonich, landowner •
Villa Bosch - the Bosch Family •
Villa Celina - Celina Madero • Villa Coronel José María Zapiola -
José Matías Zapiola •
Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires - Elisa Uriburu (1865-1910) •
Villa Elvira - Elvira Sotes de Ponsati •
Villa General Mitre –
Bartolomé Mitre • Villa General Savio -
Manuel Savio •
Villa Gesell - Carlos Idaho Gesell (1891–1979) and his father
Silvio Gesell • Villa Godoy Cruz (General San Martín) -
Tomás Godoy Cruz • Villa Gregoria Matorras - Gregoria Matorras, mother of José de San Martín •
Villa Lynch - General Francisco Lynch (1795-1840) • Villa María Irene de los Remedios de Escalada -
María de los Remedios de Escalada, wife of José de San Martín • Villa Marqués Alejandro María de Aguado -
Alejandro María Aguado, 1st Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir •
Villa Martelli – César Martelli, landowner • Villa Parque Presidente Figueroa Alcorta -
José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina •
Villa Raffo – Ezequiel and Pedro Raffo, landowners •
Villa Sarmiento –
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina •
Villa Tesei – Santos Tesei (1893-1961), pioneer •
Villa Udaondo – Guillermo Udaondo (1859–1922), Governor of Buenos Aires •
Wilde, Buenos Aires – Dr. José Antonio Wilde (1813–1887) •
William C. Morris, Buenos Aires - William Case Morris (1864–1932), founder of the first Methodist Chapel in Argentina •
Zenón Videla Dorna - Zenón Videla Dorna, landowner
Catamarca • Adolfo E. Carranza - Adolfo Esteban Carranza (1824-1896) •
Fray Mamerto Esquiú Department -
Mamerto Esquiú, Bishop of Córdoba who was born in Catamarca •
Santa María, Catamarca -
Mary, mother of Jesus •
Santa Rosa Department, Catamarca -
Rose of Lima Chaco •
Almirante Brown Department –
William Brown (admiral), commander in chief of the Argentine Navy •
Capitán Solari - Captain Facundo Solari (d.1912) •
Colonia Elisa – Elisa de Capozzolo, wife of the founder •
Comandante Fernández Department – Carlos Domingo Fernández (1873-1915), military and founder •
Enrique Urién - Enrique Urién, former official of the Santa Fe railway company •
Fray Justo Santa María de Oro Department – Fray
Justo de Santa María de Oro •
General Belgrano Department, Chaco –
Manuel Belgrano •
General Capdevila – General Alberto Capdevila (1856-1905) •
General Donovan Department – Antonio Dónovan (1849-1897), Territorial governor of Chaco •
General Güemes Department, Chaco –
Martín Miguel de Güemes •
General Pinedo, Chaco - Agustín Pinedo (1789-1852) •
Juan José Castelli, Chaco –
Juan José Castelli •
Libertador General San Martín Department, Chaco –
José de San Martín •
Margarita Belén - Margarita and Belén Benítez (1875-1958), daughters of a founder •
Mayor Luis Jorge Fontana Department –
Luis Jorge Fontana •
O'Higgins Department –
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence hero •
Presidencia de la Plaza –
Victorino de la Plaza, President of Argentina •
Presidencia Roca -
Julio Argentino Roca, President of Argentina •
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña –
Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina •
Pueblo Clodomiro Díaz - Clodomiro Díaz, early settler •
Puerto Eva Perón –
Eva Perón •
Puerto Lavalle -
Juan Lavalle •
Puerto Vicentini - Ángel Vicentini, founder •
Santa Sylvina - Silvana Estrada Lynch, wife of a Chairman of the Board of Directors of the "Tres Mojones Society" •
Sargento Cabral Department –
Juan Bautista Cabral •
Villa Ángela – Ángela Joostens, wife of Julio Ulises Martin •
Villa Berthet - Juana Berthet, wife of a general director of Limited Forestry Company
Chubut •
Aldea Beleiro – Rafael Beleiro (1890-1986), former settler and merchant of the place •
Biedma Department - Francisco de Viedma y Narváez • Bruno Joaquín Thomae - Bruno Joaquín Thomae (1897-1952), railway engineer •
Comodoro Rivadavia – Martín Rivadavia (1852-1901), shipping minister •
Doctor Atilio Oscar Viglione – Atilio Oscar Viglione (1914–2010), Governor of Chubut •
Doctor Ricardo Rojas –
Ricardo Rojas (writer) •
Escalante Department – Dr. Wenceslao Escalante, Minister of Agriculture •
Facundo, Chubut - Juan Facundo Quiroga •
General Mosconi, Chubut –
Enrique Mosconi •
Gobernador Costa, Chubut – Manuel Costa (d.1925), Territorial governor of Chubut •
José de San Martín, Chubut –
José de San Martín •
Puerto Madryn -
Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet of Madryn • Puerto Visser - Conrado Visser, rancher •
Rada Tilly - Marquess Francisco Everardo Tilly y Paredes •
Rawson –
Guillermo Rawson •
Río Mayo, Chubut - Gregorio Mayo (1853-1928), first mayor of Rawson •
Río Pico, Chubut - engineer Octavio Pico Burgess (1837–1892) •
Sarmiento –
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina •
Trelew –
Lewis Jones •
Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino –
Florentino Ameghino Córdoba •
Adelia María - Adelia María Harilaos de Olmos (1865-1949), philanthropist • Alejandro Roca (Córdoba) - Major Alejandro Roca, Julio Argentino Roca's brother • Alejo Ledesma - Alejo Ledesma (founder) • Almafuerte (Córdoba) -
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios • Ana Zumarán - Ana Sáenz de Zumarán (d.1910), wife of a governor • Benjamín Gould (Córdoba) -
Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer • Berrotarán (Córdoba) - Nicolás Berrotarán, land donor • Bialet Massé - Juan Bialet Massé, Spanish businessman •
Brinkmann, Córdoba - Julius Brinkmann, German entrepreneur • Camilo Aldao - Camilo Aldao, former military of the unitarian forces • Colonia Bismarck -
Otto von Bismarck • Colonia Videla - the Videla family • Coronel Baigorria -
Manuel Baigorria • Coronel Moldes (Córdoba) -
José Moldes •
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Argentina -
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield •
Deán Funes, Argentina - Gregorio Funes, a writer and deacon of the Archdiocese of Córdoba •
General Baldissera -
Antonio Baldissera, Italian general •
General Cabrera -
Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, founder of Córdoba •
General Deheza - Román Deheza (1791-1872) • General Fotheringham - Ignacio Hamilton Fotheringham (1842-1925), British general • Gutemberg (Córdoba) -
Johannes Gutenberg • James Craik (Córdoba) - James Craik (1848-1902), Manager of Central Argentine Railway Company • José de la Quintana (Córdoba) - José de la Quintana (1810-1881) • Justiniano Posse - Justiniano Posse (1820-1865), Governor of Córdoba •
La Carlota, Argentina -
Charles III of Spain • Lucio V. Mansilla (Córdoba) -
Lucio Victorio Mansilla • Maquinista Gallini - Carlos Gallini (1880-1921), railway driver for the Central Argentine Railway company •
Marcos Juárez - Marcos Juárez (1843-1900), Governor of Cordoba • Monte Cristo -
Jesus • Morrison (Córdoba) - Walter Morrison (1836-1921), President of Central Argentine Railway Company • Nicolás Bruzone - Nicolás Bruzone (founder) • Noetinger - Fernando Noetinger (founder) • Obispo Trejo -
Fernando Trexo y Senabria • Ordóñez (Córdoba) - Victorino Ordóñez, rancher • Pacheco de Melo (Córdoba) -
José Andrés Pacheco de Melo • Santiago Temple - Santiago Temple, founder and pioneer • Saturnino María Laspiur (Córdoba) -
Saturnino María Laspiur • Sebastián Elcano (Córdoba) -
Juan Sebastián Elcano • Silvio Pellico (Córdoba) -
Silvio Pellico •
Vicuña Mackenna, Argentina -
Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna •
Villa Allende - the Allende Brothers •
Villa Carlos Paz - Carlos Nicandro Paz, founder •
Villa Cura Brochero -
Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero • Villa Fontana (Córdoba) - Angelo Serafino Fontana •
Villa General Belgrano -
Manuel Belgrano •
Villa Giardino - Juan Giardino, owner of Altos de San Pedro •
Villa Huidobro - José Ruiz Huidobro, governor of San Luis Province •
Villa María, Córdoba - María Luisa Dominga Ocampo (1863-1935), daughter of a founder • Villa Sarmiento (General Roca) -
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento • Villa Valeria - Valeria Crotto, daughter of José Crotto, a founder • Washington (Córdoba) -
George Washington • Wenceslao Escalante (Córdoba) - Wenceslao Escalante (1852-1912)
Corrientes •
Alvear, Corrientes -
Carlos María de Alvear •
Berón de Astrada Department - Genaro Berón de Astrada (1801-1839), Governor of Corrientes • Cecilio Echevarría, Corrientes - Colonel Cecilio Echevarría •
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini -
Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina •
Concepción, Corrientes -
Immaculate Conception of Mary • Estación Torrent (Corrientes) - Juan Eusebio Torrent (1834-1901), provincial senator • Felipe Yofre - Felipe Yofre (1848-1939), Minister of the Interior and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs • Garaví (Corrientes) - Cacique Garaví •
General Paz Department - General
José María Paz • Gobernador Juan E. Martínez - Juan Esteban Martínez (1846-1909), Governor of Corrientes •
Gobernador Virasoro - Valentín Virasoro (1842-1925), a field engineer and former governor •
Goya, Argentina - Gregoria Morales, also known as Doña Goya •
Juan Pujol, Argentina - Governor Juan Gregorio Pujol •
Lavalle, Corrientes - Galo Lavalle • Mariano I. Loza - Mariano Indalecio Loza (1850-1920), Governor of Corrientes •
Mercedes, Corrientes -
Virgin of Mercy • San Carlos (Corrientes) -
Charles Borromeo •
San Cosme, Corrientes - Saint Cosmas • San Lorenzo (Corrientes) -
Saint Lawrence •
San Luis del Palmar -
Louis IX of France •
San Miguel, Corrientes -
Saint Michael •
San Roque, Corrientes -
Saint Roch •
Santa Lucía, Corrientes -
Saint Lucy •
Santo Tomé, Corrientes -
Thomas the Apostle Entre Ríos •
Basavilbaso - General Manuel Basavilbaso •
Clodomiro Ledesma - Clodomiro Ledesma, landowner •
Colonia Hocker - Enrique Hoker •
Crespo, Entre Ríos - Manuel Crespo (1820-1887), Governor of Entre Rios •
Enrique Carbó, Argentina - Enrique Carbó Ortiz (1861-1920), Governor of Entre Rios •
General Almada - General Apolinario Almada •
General Campos -
Luis María Campos •
General Galarza -
Justo José de Urquiza •
General Ramírez -
Francisco Ramírez (governor) •
Gilbert, Entre Ríos - Torcuato Gilbert (1848-1906) • Gobernador Etchevehere - Luis Etchevehere (1875-1935), Governor of Entre Rios •
Gobernador Mansilla -
Lucio Norberto Mansilla • Ingeniero Miguel Sajaroff - Mikhail Sakharov (1873-1958), Russian founder of the Agrarian Fraternity Cooperative •
San Salvador, Entre Ríos - Aurora Saint-Sauveur (d.1917), mother of the founder
Formosa •
Clorinda, Formosa - Clorinda Pietranera de Bossi (1848-1918) •
Comandante Fontana -
Luis Jorge Fontana •
Estanislao del Campo, Formosa -
Estanislao del Campo, poet •
General Lucio V. Mansilla (town) -
Lucio Norberto Mansilla •
General Manuel Belgrano -
Manuel Belgrano •
Ibarreta - Pedro Enrique de Ibarreta y Uhagon (1859-1899) •
Ingeniero Juárez - Engineer Guillermo Nicasio Juárez •
Mayor Vicente Villafañe - Major Vicente Villafañe, desert explorer •
Patiño Department - Father Gabriel Patiño (1662-1729), jesuit missioner and explorer •
Ramón Lista Department -
Ramón Lista •
San Francisco de Laishi -
Francis of Assisi •
Villa General Güemes -
Martín Miguel de Güemes Jujuy •
Abdón Castro Tolay - Abdón Castro Tolay (1899-1989), rural teacher •
Iturbe, Jujuy - Engineer Octavio Iturbe (1871-1927) •
Libertador General San Martín, Jujuy -
José de San Martín •
San Antonio, Jujuy -
Anthony of Padua •
San Salvador de Jujuy -
Jesus (the Savior) •
Santa Bárbara Department, Jujuy -
Saint Barbara •
Santa Catalina, Jujuy -
Catherine of Alexandria La Pampa •
Adolfo Van Praet - Belgian engineer Adolfo Van Praet •
Ataliva Roca - Antonio Ataliva Roca (1839-1912), Julio Argentino Roca´s brother •
Bernardo Larroudé - Bernardo Larroudé, founder of the first railway of Argentina •
Bernasconi, Argentina - Alfonso Bernasconi •
Colonia Barón - Wilfrid Barón Vera (1863-1925), French rancher •
Coronel Hilario Lagos - Colonel Hilario Lagos (1840-1895) •
Eduardo Castex - Engineer Eduardo Castex (1854-1912), national deputy •
Embajador Martini -
Ferdinando Martini •
General Acha -
Mariano Acha •
General Manuel Campos - Manuel Jorge Campos (1847-1908) •
General Pico - Eduardo Pico (1834-1904), Terriorial governor of La Pampa •
General San Martín, La Pampa -
José de San Martín •
Gobernador Duval - Miguel Duval (1877-1960), Terriorial governor of La Pampa •
Ingeniero Foster - Henry Foster (1808-1865), British engineer •
Ingeniero Luiggi -
Luigi Luiggi •
Intendente Alvear - Carlos Torcuato de Alvear (1860-1931) •
Jacinto Arauz - Jacinto Arauz, landowner •
Mauricio Mayer - Mauricio Mayer (1842-1917), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Western Railway •
Miguel Cané, La Pampa -
Miguel Cané •
Miguel Riglos - Miguel Riglos (1790-1863), federal deputy • Ricardo Lavalle (La Pampa) - Ricardo Cipriano Lavalle (1830-1911), rancher •
Speluzzi - Bernardino Speluzzi (1835-1898), Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Exact Sciences at the National University of Buenos Aires • Teniente General Emilio Mitre (La Pampa) -
Emilio Mitre •
Tomás Manuel de Anchorena, La Pampa -
Tomás de Anchorena •
Uriburu, La Pampa – General Napoleón Uriburu (1836-1895) •
Vértiz -
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo •
Victorica - Benjamín Victorica (1831-1913) •
Winifreda - Winifred Maud Drysdale Gibson (1899–1983), daughter of Joseph Drysdale, Scottish investor
La Rioja •
Castelli –
Juan José Castelli •
Castro Barros, La Rioja -
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros •
Colonia Ortiz de Ocampo - General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo (1771-1840) •
Coronel Felipe Varela Department - Colonel Felipe Varela (1821-1870) •
Desiderio Tello - Desiderio Tello, landowner •
General Ángel Vicente Peñaloza Department - General
Ángel Vicente Peñaloza •
General Belgrano Department, La Rioja -
Manuel Belgrano •
General Juan Facundo Quiroga Department - General
Facundo Quiroga •
General Lamadrid Department - General
Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid •
General San Martín Department, La Rioja -
José de San Martín •
Miranda, La Rioja - Captain Juan de Miranda, first landowner •
Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department – Rosario Vera Peñaloza (1873–1950), Argentine educator and pedagogue •
San Blas de los Sauces -
Saint Blaise •
San Miguel, La Rioja -
Saint Michael •
Termas de Santa Teresita -
Therese of Liseux Mendoza • Bowen (Mendoza) - Robert Edward Bowen (1858-1924), engineer of Buenos Aires Western Railway Company •
General Alvear, Mendoza -
Carlos María de Alvear •
Godoy Cruz, Mendoza - Dr.
Tomás Godoy Cruz • Goudge - James Alfred Goudge (1862-1955), General Manager of Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway • Ingeniero Giagnoni - Cristobal Giagnoni (1837-1890), Italian civil engineer • Ingeniero Gustavo André - Gustave Joseph André de Glymes (1850-1924), Belgian agricultural engineer • Jaime Prats (Mendoza) - Jaime Prats, Spanish landowner •
Las Heras –
Juan Gregorio de las Heras •
Luján de Cuyo -
Our Lady of Luján • Medrano (Mendoza) -
Pedro Medrano •
Mendoza, Argentina -
García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete • Philipps (Mendoza) -
John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids, President of Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway •
Rivadavia, Mendoza -
Bernardino Rivadavia • Rodríguez Peña (Mendoza) -
Nicolás Rodríguez Peña •
San Carlos, Mendoza -
Charles III of Spain •
San Rafael, Mendoza -
Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte Misiones •
Alba Posse - Engineer Rodolfo Alba Posse (1880-1937), founder •
Almafuerte, Misiones -
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios (Almafuerte) •
Aristóbulo del Valle, Misiones -
Aristóbulo del Valle •
Azara, Misiones -
Félix de Azara •
Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones -
Bernardo de Irigoyen • Bonpland (Misiones) -
Aimé Bonpland •
Colonia Alberdi -
Juan Bautista Alberdi •
Colonia Aurora - Aurora Palia Quesini, mother of the founder •
Colonia Victoria -
Queen Victoria •
Comandante Andresito -
Andrés Guazurary •
Florentino Ameghino, Misiones -
Florentino Ameghino •
General Alvear, Misiones -
Carlos María de Alvear •
General Urquiza -
Justo José de Urquiza •
Gobernador López - Gregorio López (1857-1927), Governor of Misiones •
Gobernador Roca - Rudecindo Roca (1850-1903), Territorial Governor of Misiones •
Hipólito Yrigoyen, Misiones -
Hipólito Yrigoyen •
Leandro N. Alem, Misiones -
Leandro N. Alem, one of the founders of the Radical Civic Union •
Montecarlo, Misiones - Carlos Culmey (1879-1939), German civil engineer • Nemesio Parma (Misiones) - Nemesio Celestino Parma, Posadeño Hero who died during The Villa Franca Tragedy in 1922 •
Oberá - Cacique Oberá •
Olegario Víctor Andrade, Misiones -
Olegario Víctor Andrade • Pueblo Illia (Misiones) –
Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina •
Puerto Leoni - Virginio Faustino Leoni (1897-1971), founder •
Posadas, Misiones -
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas •
Ruiz de Montoya -
Antonio Ruiz de Montoya •
San Antonio, Misiones -
Anthony of Padua •
San Ignacio, Argentina -
Ignatius of Loyola •
San Javier, Misiones -
Francis Xavier •
San José, Misiones -
Saint Joseph •
San Martín, Misiones -
José de San Martín •
San Pedro, Misiones -
Saint Peter •
San Vicente, Misiones -
Vincent de Paul •
Santa Ana, Misiones -
Saint Anne •
Santa María, Misiones -
Mary, mother of Jesus •
Santiago de Liniers, Misiones -
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires • Villa Roulet (Misiones) - Marc Étienne Roulet (1895-1969), Swiss pioneer •
Wanda, Argentina - Dr.
Wanda Piłsudska, daughter of
Józef Piłsudski Neuquen •
Octavio Pico - Octavio Sergio Pico (1867-1943) •
Plottier - Dr. Alberto Plottier (1871-1941), Uruguayan physician who was a founder of the town •
Ramón M. Castro - engineer Ramón Castro •
San Martín de los Andes -
José de San Martín Rio Negro •
Allen, Río Negro - Henry Charles Allen (1856-1935), member of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway company • Barrio Presidente Perón (Río Negro) -
Juan Domingo Perón •
Cipolletti - César Cipolletti (1843-1908), Italian water engineer •
Clemente Onelli, Río Negro - Clemente Onelli (1864-1924), Italian naturalist •
Contralmirante Cordero - Bartolomé Leónidas Cordero (1830-1892) •
Darwin, Río Negro -
Charles Darwin • Ferri (Río Negro) -
Enrico Ferri (criminologist) •
General Conesa, Río Negro -
Emilio Conesa •
General Enrique Godoy - Enrique Godoy (1850-1912), expeditioner of the Desert conquest •
General Fernández Oro - General Manuel Fernández Oro •
General Roca, Río Negro -
Julio Argentino Roca •
Ingeniero Jacobacci - Guido Jacobacci (1863-1922), General Director of Patagonian Railways •
Ingeniero Luis A. Huergo -
Luis Huergo • Ingeniero Otto Krause -
Otto Krause •
Lamarque, Argentina - Dr. Facundo Lamarque •
Luis Beltrán, Río Negro - Fray Luis Beltrán •
Ministro Ramos Mexía - Ezequiel Ramos Mexía (1852-1935) • San Carlos de
Bariloche -
Carlos Wiederhold • Sargento Vidal - Major sergeant Miguel Vidal •
Viedma, Río Negro - Francisco de Viedma y Narváez, founder •
Villa Mascardi - 17th century Jesuit
Nicolás Mascardi •
Villa Regina -
Regina Pacini, first lady of Argentina
Salta •
Apolinario Saravia, Salta - Apolinario Saravia (1791-1844) •
Capitán Juan Pagé - Captain John Pagé (1842-1890) •
Coronel Cornejo - José Antonio Fernández Cornejo (1768-1850), Governor of Salta •
Coronel Juan Solá - Juan Nepomuceno Solá, two time governor of Salta •
Coronel Moldes - Colonel José de Moldes •
Coronel Mollinedo - Eusebio Martínez de Mollinedo (1794-1841), a local independence hero •
Coronel Olleros - Tomás Olleros Mansilla (1838-1890) •
General Ballivián -
José Ballivián •
General Güemes, Salta -
Martín Miguel de Güemes •
General Mosconi, Salta -
Enrique Mosconi •
General Pizarro -
Ramón García de León y Pizarro •
Hipólito Yrigoyen, Salta -
Hipólito Yrigoyen •
Joaquín V. González, Argentina -
Joaquín V. González •
Salvador Mazza, Salta - Dr.
Salvador Mazza •
San Ramón de la Nueva Orán -
Ramón García de León y Pizarro San Juan •
General San Martín, San Juan -
José de San Martín •
Iglesia Department - the Iglesia family •
Rivadavia, San Juan -
Bernardino Rivadavia •
San Juan, Argentina -
John the Baptist or
Juan Jufré, founder •
Villa Aberastain - Antonino Aberastain (1810-1861), Governor of San Juan • Villa Basilio Nievas - Basilio Nievas, farmer • Villa Don Bosco -
John Bosco •
Villa Ibáñez - José Ibáñez, developer •
Villa Krause - engineer Domingo Krause (1861-1941) •
Villa Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento - Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento (1774-1861), mother of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento •
Villa del Salvador -
Jesus and
Salvador María del Carril, Vice President of Argentina
San Luis •
Anchorena, San Luis - the Anchorena Family • Beazley - Francisco Julián Beazley (1864-1924), Federal interventor of San Luis •
Carolina, San Luis -
Charles III of Spain •
General Pedernera Department -
Juan Esteban Pedernera •
Gobernador Dupuy Department, San Luis - Vicente Dupuy (1774-1843), Lieutenant Governor of San Luis •
Juan Llerena, San Luis - Juan Llerena (1825-1900), province senator •
Justo Daract, San Luis -
Justo Daract, first governor of San Luis •
Leandro N. Alem, San Luis -
Leandro N. Alem •
Martín de Loyola -
Martín García Óñez de Loyola •
San Luis, Argentina -
Louis IX of France •
Villa Elena, San Luis - Maria Elena de la Mota, daughter of an early settler •
Villa General Roca -
Julio Argentino Roca •
Villa Larca - Cacique Larca •
Villa Mercedes -
Virgin of Mercy •
Villa Reynolds -
Francisco Reynolds Santa Cruz •
Comandante Luis Piedrabuena -
Luis Piedrabuena •
Fitz Roy, Santa Cruz -
Robert FitzRoy, British officer of the Royal Navy •
Gobernador Gregores - Juan Manuel Gregores (1893-1947) • Gobernador Mayer -
Edelmiro Mayer • Gobernador Moyano - Carlos María Moyano (1854-1910) •
Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz -
Francisco Moreno • Ramón Lista (Santa Cruz) -
Ramón Lista Santa Fe •
Aarón Castellanos, Santa Fe -
Aarón Castellanos, founder •
Acebal, Argentina - Amador Acebal, founder •
Álvarez, Argentina - the Álvarez Family •
Alvear, Santa Fe -
Carlos María de Alvear •
Armstrong, Argentina - Thomas Armstrong (1797–1875), Irish pioneer in the development of the Central Argentine Railway company •
Bernardo de Irigoyen, Santa Fe -
Bernardo de Irigoyen •
Bouquet, Argentina - ex-federal senator Carlos María Bouquet •
Cafferatta, Santa Fe -
Juan Manuel Cafferata, 25th Governor of Santa Fe Province •
Capitán Bermúdez - Captain Justo Bermúdez •
Carlos Pellegrini, Santa Fe -
Carlos Pellegrini • Christophersen .
Peter Christophersen • Colonia Montefiore -
Moses Montefiore •
Coronel Arnold, Santa Fe - Manuel Brown Arnold, founder •
Felicia, Argentina - Felicia Ramón, wife of a founder •
Fortín Olmos - General Olmos, who was an assistant of Manuel Obligado •
Franck, Argentina - Mauricio Franck, founder •
Fray Luis Beltrán, Santa Fe - Luis Beltrán, franciscan friar •
Fuentes, Santa Fe - Juan Fuentes, founder •
Funes, Santa Fe - Pedro Lino Funes Arias (1853–1910) •
Gálvez, Santa Fe and
Villa Gobernador Gálvez - José Gálvez, Governor of Santa Fe • Gobernador Candioti - Francisco Candioti (1743-1815), first governor of Santa Fe •
Granadero Baigorria -
Juan Bautista Baigorria •
Humberto Primo -
Umberto I of Italy •
Humboldt, Argentina -
Alexander von Humboldt •
Jacinto L. Arauz - Jacinto L. Arauz, landowner •
Josefina, Santa Fe - Josefina Rodríguez del Fresno (1795-1849), wife of a founder •
Llambi Campbell - Paulino Llambi Campbell, founder • Marcelino Escalada (Santa Fe) - Marcelino Escalada, founder • Moussy (Santa Fe) - Martin de Moussy (1810-1869), French naturalist •
Murphy, Santa Fe - John James Murphy (1822-1909) • Nicanor Molinas (Santa Fe) -
Nicanor Molinas • Pedro Gómez Cello (Santa Fe) - Pedro Gómez Cello (1887-1947), Governor of Santa Fe • Presidente Roca (Santa Fe) -
Julio Argentino Roca • Pueblo Muñoz - Camila Pedemonte de Muñoz, founder •
Rafaela,
Santa Fe Province – Rafaela Rodríguez de Egusquiza •
Roldán, Santa Fe - Felipe M. de Roldán, provincial deputy •
Romang, Santa Fe - Dr. Theophilus Romang •
Rivadavia, Santa Fe -
Bernardino Rivadavia •
Sa Pereira - Domingo de Sa Pereira • Saladero Mariano Cabal -
Mariano Cabal • Sanford - Henry Dunant Sanford, British engineer • Sargento Cabral (Santa Fe) -
Juan Bautista Cabral •
Serodino - Pedro Alejo Serodino, founder •
Theobald, Argentina - Wilson Theobald, shareholder of the English railway board •
Vera, Santa Fe -
Mariano Vera • Vera y Pintado -
Bernardo de Vera y Pintado • Vicente Echeverría -
Vicente Anastasio Echevarría •
Villa Cañás - Juan Cañás, founder • Villa Minetti - Domingo Minetti (1901-1975) • Villa Saralegui - Antonio de Saralegui y Zarandona (1847-1907) • Wildermuth - Federico Wildermuth (1848-1895) • Zenón Pereyra - Zenón Pereyra (1842-1902), founder
Santiago del Estero •
Aguirre Department -
Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador) •
Alberdi Department -
Juan Bautista Alberdi •
Avellaneda Department, Santiago del Estero -
Nicolás Avellaneda •
Belgrano Department, Santiago del Estero -
Manuel Belgrano •
Campo Gallo - Juan Camilo Gallo, early settler •
Fernández, Santiago del Estero - Jesús María Fernández, founder •
Frías, Santiago del Estero - Felix Frias (1814-1883) •
General Taboada Department - General Antonino Taboada (1810-1883) • Hasse (Santiago del Estero) - Julius Hasse, railway sleeper dealer •
Ingeniero Forres -
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres, director of the Central Argentine Railway Company •
Jiménez Department - Manuel Jiménez, military mayor •
Juan Felipe Ibarra Department -
Juan Felipe Ibarra •
Mitre Department -
Bartolomé Mitre •
Moreno Department -
Mariano Moreno •
Pellegrini Department -
Carlos Pellegrini • Tomás Young (Santiago del Estero) - Tomás Young, railway engineer • Villa Figueroa - Juan de Paz y Figueroa •
Weisburd - Israel Weisburd (1864-1952), businessman
Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur • Puerto Cook -
James Cook, British Royal Navy officer •
San Sebastián, Tierra del Fuego -
Saint Sebastian Tucuman • Capitán Cáceres - Captain Héctor Cáceres (1947-1975), first officer of the Argentine Army to fall in combat during Operation Independence in Tucumán •
Delfín Gallo, Tucumán -
Delfín Gallo •
Gobernador Garmendia -
Pedro de Garmendia •
Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tucumán -
Juan Bautista Alberdi • Manuel García Fernández - Manuel García Fernández (d.1923), founder of Bella Vista Sugar Mill •
San Isidro de Lules -
Isidore the Laborer •
San Miguel de Tucumán -
Saint Michael •
San Pedro de Colalao -
Saint Peter •
Santa Ana, Tucumán -
Saint Anne •
Santa Lucía, Tucumán -
Saint Lucy •
Santa Rosa de Leales -
Rose of Lima • Sargento Moya - Sargent Moya, fallen soldier • Soldado Maldonado - Ismael Maldonado (d.1975), fallen soldier during Operation Independence in Tucumán • Teniente Berdina - Second Lieutenant Rodolfo Hernán Berdina (1952-1975), fallen soldier •
Villa Nougués - Luis Nougués (1871-1915), Governor of Tucuman • Villa Quinteros - Lidoro Quinteros (1848-1907), Governor of Tucuman
Former • Cabo Mayor Fariña Department - Miguel Ángel Fariña (1925-1951), Peronist non-commissioned officer who died during a uprising; now
Mayor Luis Jorge Fontana Department •
Ciudad Eva Perón (means
Eva Perón City) –
Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina; now
La Plata • Eva Perón Department (Catamarca) –
Eva Perón; now
El Alto Department • Eva Perón Department (Chaco) –
Eva Perón; now
Quitilipi Department • Eva Perón Department (Córdoba) –
Eva Perón; now
Pocho Department • Eva Perón Department (Corrientes) –
Eva Perón; now
Monte Caseros Department • Eva Perón Department (La Rioja) –
Eva Perón; now
Chilecito Department • Eva Perón Department (Salta) –
Eva Perón; now
La Viña Department • Eva Perón Department (San Juan) –
Eva Perón; now
Caucete Department • Eva Perón Department (San Luis) –
Eva Perón; now
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Department • Eva Perón Department (Santa Fe) –
Eva Perón; now
San Justo Department, Santa Fe • Gobernador Gordillo Department (La Rioja) - Pedro Antonio Gordillo (1821-1915); now
Chamical Department • Pelagio B. Luna Department (La Rioja) –
Pelagio Luna, Vice President; now
San Blas de los Sauces Department • Presidente Juan Domingo Perón (Corrientes) -
Juan Domingo Perón; now
General Alvear Department, Corrientes • Presidente Perón (San Juan) -
Juan Domingo Perón; now
Pocito Department • Presidente Perón (San Luis) -
Juan Domingo Perón; now
Gobernador Dupuy Department • Presidente Tte. General Perón Department (Mendoza) -
Juan Domingo Perón; now
Malargüe Department • Sarmiento Department (La Rioja) –
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; now
Vinchina Department Armenia •
Abovyan and
Abovyan, Ararat –
Khachatur Abovyan, writer •
Anushavan – Dr. Anushavan Galoyan (1901–1945), World War II hero •
Artashat (Artaxata) –
Artaxias I, Armenian king •
Baghramyan, Ararat,
Baghramyan, Armavir and
Baghramyan, Echmiadzin –
Hovhannes Bagramyan, Armenian marshal and military commander •
Bagratashen – Bagrat Vardanian (1894–1971), hero of Socialist Labor •
Beniamin – Beniamin Galstian (1902–1942), World War II general •
Charentsavan –
Yeghishe Charents, poet •
Chkalov, Armenia and
Chkalovka –
Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot •
David Bek, Armenia –
Davit Bek, Armenian patriot •
Dimitrov, Armenia –
Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader •
Ferik – Ferik Polatbekov (1897–1918), revolutionary and poet •
Fioletovo –
Ivan Fioletov, socialist martyr and Baku Commissar •
Gagarin, Armenia –
Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut •
Gharibjanian – Bagrat Gharibjanian (1890–1920), Bolshevik martyr •
Ghukasavan – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement •
Griboyedov, Armenia –
Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and author •
Gusanagyugh – "Gusan" (given name: Nakhshikar Sargis), bard •
Imeni Kirova, Armenia –
Sergey Kirov, Bolshevik leader •
Imeni Tairova –
Alexander Tairov, Armenian theater director •
Isahakyan –
Avetik Isahakyan, poet •
Kamo, Armenia –
Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922),
nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian •
Khanjian, Armenia –
Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party •
Kuchak –
Nahapet Kuchak, 16th-century bard •
Lermontovo –
Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer and poet •
Lukashin and
Lukashin, Yerevan –
Sargis Lukashin, Armenian prime minister •
Martiros, Vayots Dzor – Armenian Prince Martireni, who was martyred against Persian forces •
Martuni, Armenia,
Martuni (village) and
Myasnikyan –
Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose
nom de guerre was "Martuni" •
Mayakovski, Armenia –
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet • Mergelyan (Yerevan) –
Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian scientist •
Mikhaylovka, Armenia –
Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary and regicide •
Mkhchyan – Liparit Mkchyan, an Armenian commander killed in 1921 •
Musayelyan, Ashotsk – Capt. Sargis Musayelian (1882–1920), Bolshevik military leader •
Nagapetavan – Nahapet Kurghinian (1900–1937), participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920 •
Nalbandyan, Armenia –
Mikael Nalbandian, writer •
Narek, Ararat –
Grigor Narekatsi, medieval monk and poet •
Nizami, Armenia –
Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet •
Paruyr Sevak, Armenia –
Paruyr Sevak, poet •
Pushkino, Armenia –
Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet •
Sarukhan – Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882–1920), Communist revolutionary •
Sayat-Nova, Armenia –
Harutyun Sayatyan, poet •
Shahumyan, Ararat,
Shahumyan, Armavir,
Shahumyan, Lori,
Shahumyan, Yerevan and
Stepanavan –
Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar •
Spandaryan, Shirak,
Spandaryan, Syunik and
Surenavan –
Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary •
Sverdlov, Armenia –
Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader •
Tumanyan, Armenia –
Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer •
Yenokavan – Enok Mkrtumian (1896–1920), early Communist •
Zhdanov, Lori –
Andrei Zhdanov Former: •
Akhundov was the name of
Punik –
Mirza Fatali Akhundov, author •
Azizbekov was the name of
Aregnadem –
Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary •
Azizbekov was the name of
Vayk – Meshadi Azizbekov •
Azizbekov was the name of
Zarritap – Meshadi Azizbekov •
Batikian was the name of
Gandzak, Armenia –
Batik Batikian (1892–1920), Communist martyr •
Danushavan was the name of
Aygehat –
Danush Shahverdyan, Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman •
Ghukasyan was the name of
Ashotsk – Ghukas Ghukasian (1899–1920), founder of Armenia's Communist Youth Movement •
Imeni Beriya was the name of
Shahumyan, Ararat –
Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and head of the secret police •
Imeni Beriya was the name of
Zhdanov, Armavir – Lavrentiy Beria •
Imeni Stalina was the name of
Sovkhoz Nomer Shest –
Joseph Stalin •
Imeni Voroshilova was the name of
Hatsik, Armavir –
Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union •
Kalinin was the name of
Noramarg –
Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader •
Kalinino was the name of
Tashir – Mikhail Kalinin •
Kamo was the name of
Gavar –
Kamo (Bolshevik) (1882–1922),
nom de guerre of Simon Ter-Petrossian •
Kirov was the name of
Amrakits –
Sergey Kirov, early Bolshevik leader •
Kirov was the name of
Taperakan – Sergey Kirov •
Kirovakan was the name of
Vanadzor – Sergey Kirov •
Kirovka was the name of
Mamai, Armenia – Sergey Kirov •
Kuybyshev was the name of
Haghartsin, Armenia –
Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet leader •
Maksim Gorkiy was the name of
Bovadzor –
Maxim Gorky, Soviet author •
Mikoyan was the name of
Yeghegnadzor –
Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet leader •
Mravyan was the name of
Yeghipatrush –
Askanaz Mravyan, leader of Soviet Armenia •
Ordzhonikidze was the name of
Vahan, Armenia –
Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Soviet leader •
Samed Vurgun was the name of
Hovk –
Samad Vurgun, Soviet poet •
Shavarshavan was the name of
Koti, Armenia – Shavarsh Amirkhanian (1984-1959), leader of the precursor to the Armenian KGB •
Spandaryan was the name of
Silikyan –
Suren Spandaryan, Armenian revolutionary •
Tumanyan was the name of
Dsegh –
Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer •
Vagharshapat was the name of
Echmiadzin – King
Vologases I (Vagharsh I) •
Vorontsovka was the name of
Tashir – Prince
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, viceroy of the Caucasus
Australia Austria •
Amaliendorf-Aalfang –
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma •
Arnoldstein – Austrian knight and founder named Arnold •
Bartholomäberg -
Bartholomew the Apostle • Elisabeth-Vorstadt (Salzburg) –
Empress Elisabeth of Austria •
Felixdorf – Felix Mießl (1778–1861), Mayor of Wiener Neustadt •
Hermagor-Pressegger See -
Hermagoras of Aquileia • Hugo Breitner Hof (Vienna) – Hugo Breitner (1873–1946), Social Democrat politician •
Jakomini – Kaspar Andreas von Jacomini (1726–1805) •
Josefstadt –
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor • Josef-Rautmann-Hof (Vienna) – Josef Rautmann (1890–1970) •
Kaisersdorf –
Franz Joseph I of Austria •
Leopoldsdorf –
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria • Leopoldskron-Moos (Salzburg) – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744), Archbishop of Salzburg •
Leopoldstadt –
Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor •
Paternion -
Paternian • Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung (Wien) –
Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician • Rennersdorf, Austria –
Karl Renner •
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus –
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria •
St Anton am Arlberg -
Anthony of Padua •
St. Pölten – The name
Sankt Pölten is derived from
Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to
Sankt Hippolyt, then
Sankt Polyt and finally
Sankt Pölten. •
Sankt Gerold - Saint Gerold of Saxony (c. 900–978) •
Sankt Jakob in Defereggen -
James the Great •
Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal -
Leonard of Noblac •
Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland -
Margaret of Hungary (saint) •
Sankt Martin an der Raab -
Martin of Tours •
Sankt Michael im Burgenland -
Saint Michael •
Sankt Oswald bei Haslach -
Oswald of Northumbria •
Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain -
Sigismund of Burgundy •
Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee -
Ulrich of Augsburg •
Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg –
Wolfgang of Regensburg •
Theresienfeld –
Maria Theresa •
Ulrichsberg - Ulrich I, a long-time chairman of Schlägl Abbey •
Wilhelmsburg, Austria –
William, Duke of Austria • Wilhelmsdorf (Wien) – Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793–1848)
Azerbaijan •
Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan –
Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, writer •
Babek –
Babak Khorramdin, Persian revolutionary •
Bakıxanov –
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, writer •
Cəlilabad (also spelled
Jalilabad) –
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh •
Fətəli xan –
Fatali Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani prime minister •
Firuzabad, Azerbaijan – Firuz Məlikov (1902–1965), Azerbaijani scientist •
Fizuli Rayon,
Füzuli,
Füzuli, Samukh, and
Füzuli, Shamkir –
Fuzûlî, Turkic poet •
Hacı Zeynalabdin –
Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, industrialist and philanthropist •
Həzi Aslanov –
Azi Aslanov, Azerbaijani general •
Heydarabad, Azerbaijan,
Heydərabad –
Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan •
Kuropatkino –
Aleksey Kuropatkin, Russian general •
Mircəlal –
Mir Jalal Pashayev, Azerbaijani writer •
Nərimanov raion,
Nərimankənd, Bilasuvar,
Nərimankənd, Gobustan,
Nərimanabad, Lankaran and
Nərimanov –
Nariman Narimanov, Prime Minister of Soviet Azerbaijan •
Nəsimi raion,
Nəsimi, Bilasuvar,
Nəsimi, Sabirabad and
Nəsimikənd –
Imadaddin Nasimi •
Nadirkənd – Nadir Karimov (d.1943) •
Nizami, Goranboy and
Nizami raion –
Nizami Ganjevi, Persian poet •
Qaçaq Kərəm – Qaçaq Kərəm (1860–1909), Azeri national hero •
Rəsulzadə –
Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman and First President of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan •
Sabirabad (city) and
Sabirabad Rayon – poet
Mirza Alakbar Sabir •
Salatın –
Salatyn Asgarova, Azerbaijani journalist •
Səməd Vurğun, Azerbaijan and
Vurğun –
Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijani writer •
Səmədabad, Yevlakh – Samedaga Agamali oglu (1867–1930) • Shaumyan, Dashkasan –
Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar •
Şəhriyar, Goygol –
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azerbaijani poet •
Xətai, Nakhchivan –
Ismail I of Persia •
Yusif Məmmədəliyev (village) –
Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), President of the
National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Alternate: •
Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to
Khojavend (city) –
Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni" Former: •
Ali Bayramli was the name of
Shirvan –
Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik •
Azizbekovo was the name of
Basqal –
Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary •
Elizavetpol was the name of
Ganja – Czarina
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) •
Frunze was the name of
Hacırüstəmli –
Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader • ''Il'ichëvsk
and Ilich'' were names of
Şərur –
Vladimir Ilich Lenin •
Imeni Kirova was the name of
Bankə –
Sergey Kirov •
Imeni Kirova and
Kirova were names of
Yeni Suraxanı – Sergey Kirov •
Kaganovich was the name of
Qaraçuxur –
Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician •
Kalinin was the name of
Burunqovaq –
Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leader •
Kalininkend was the name of
Vurğun – Mikhail Kalinin •
Kirovabad was the name of
Ganja –
Sergey Kirov •
Kirovkənd and
Kirovka were names of
Həsənsu – Sergey Kirov •
Kirovka was the name of
Nağaraxana – Sergey Kirov •
Kirovkənd was the name of
Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan – Sergey Kirov •
Kuybyshev was the name of
Ölcələr –
Valerian Kuybyshev, Soviet revolutionary •
Lenin,
Leninkend, and
Leninfeld were names of
Çinarlı, Shamkir – Lenin •
Leninabad was the name of
Sanqalan – Lenin •
Leninabad was the name of
Təklə, Gobustan – Lenin •
Leninavan was the name of
Həsənqaya, Tartar – Lenin •
Leninkend was the name of
Mustafabəyli – Lenin •
Molotov was the name of
Oktyabrkənd –
Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician •
Musabekov was the name of
Zəhmətkənd –
Gazanfar Musabekov, Soviet politician •
Myasnikovabad was the name of
Əliabad, Nakhchivan –
Gavril Myasnikov, Bolshevik revolutionary •
Narimankend was the name of
Qoşakənd –
Nariman Narimanov, revolutionary •
Orconikidze was the name of
Nərimankənd, Gadabay –
Sergo Ordzhonikidze • ''Pamyat' Lenina'' was the name of
Balıqçılar – Lenin •
Perozabad was the name of
Barda, Azerbaijan –
Peroz I •
Port-İliç was the name of
Liman, Azerbaijan – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin •
Pushkino was the name of
Biləsuvar –
Alexander Pushkin •
Rəsulzadə was the name of
Yeni Suraxanı –
Mammed Amin Rasulzade, Azeri statesman •
Shahumyan was the name of
Aşağı Ağcakənd –
Stepan Shahumyan, Bolshevik commissar •
Shaumyan-Akhtachi was the name of
Axtaçı, Sabirabad – Stepan Shahumyan •
Stalin was the name of
Sabail raion –
Joseph Stalin •
Stalino was the name of
Çaylı, Tartar – Joseph Stalin •
V.İ.Lenin was the name of
Böyük Kəsik – Lenin •
Voroshilovka was the name of
Aşıqlı –
Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union •
Yelizavetpol was the name of
Ganja – Czarina
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) •
Zhdanov was the name of
Beylagan –
Andrei Zhdanov Bahamas •
Abraham's Bay - Abraham Alexander Charlton, founder •
Alice Town -
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom •
Arthur's Town -
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn •
Clarence Town - named for Maj. Archibald William George Taylor´s brother •
Cockburn Town, Bahamas -
Francis Cockburn •
Colonel Hill - Colonel
Andrew Deveaux •
Dunmore Town -
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore •
George Town, Bahamas –
George III of Great Britain •
Matthew Town –
George Buckley-Mathew, Bahamian governor in 1844–1849 •
Nassau, Bahamas –
William III of England •
Nicholls Town –
Edward Nicolls Bahrain •
Hamad Town –
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah •
Isa Town –
Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah Bangladesh •
Cox's Bazar – Captain
Hiram Cox •
Faridpur District – Sufi saint Shah Fariduddin Masud, follower of the Chishti order of Ajmer •
Kamalnagar Upazila –
Ziaur Rahman´s nickname "Kamal" •
Madaripur District – Sufi saint 'Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar •
Mostafapur Union – Sufi saint Shah Mustafa •
Moulvibazar,
Moulvibazar Sadar,
Moulvibazar District – Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, Muslim cleric and judge •
Mujibnagar –
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh •
Nesarabad Upazila –
Nesaruddin Ahmad •
Osmani Nagar Upazila – General
M.A.G Osmani •
Pirojpur District – Firoz Shah •
Rajshahi District – the Puthia Raj family •
Shariatpur District –
Haji Shariatullah, eminent Islamic reformer of the Indian subcontinent in British India •
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar –
A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman •
Sherpur District – Sher Ali Gazi, the last jaghirdar of the Gazi dynasty
Barbados •
Hastings, Barbados –
Warren Hastings •
Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)
Belarus •
Barysaw – Boris-
Rogvolod Vseslavich •
Braslaw –
Bryachislav of Polotsk • Budenovka (Minsk) –
Semyon Budyonny •
Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich •
Dzyarzhynsk –
Felix Dzerzhinsky • Gusarovka (Gomel) –
Nikolai Gusarov •
Izabelin –
Izabela Czartoryska, daughter of founder •
Kirawsk –
Sergey Kirov •
Leninski –
Vladimir Lenin Belgium Belize •
Albert (Belize House constituency) –
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale •
Douglas, Belize –
Douglas Wilson (bishop) •
Flowers Bank – William Flowers (d.1786) •
Fort George (Belize House constituency) –
George III of the United Kingdom •
Georgeville, Belize –
George Cadle Price •
Hopkins –
Frederick Charles Hopkins •
Victoria Peak (Belize) –
Queen Victoria Benin •
Malanville – Henri Malan (1869–1912), French Governor of Dahomey
Bermuda •
Hamilton –
Henry Hamilton Bhutan • Jigme Dorji – King
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck •
Wangdue Phodrang – Wangdi, boy playing in a river
Bolivia •
Abel Iturralde Province – Abel Iturralde Palacios (1869–1935), Bolivian politician •
Alonso de Ibáñez Province – José Alonso de Ibáñez, resistance hero from Potosí •
Andrés Ibáñez Province – Andrés Ibáñez (1844–1877), leader of the federal revolution in Santa Cruz •
Ángel Sandoval Province – Angel Sandoval Peña (1871–1941) •
Aniceto Arce Province –
Aniceto Arce Ruiz, President of Bolivia •
Antonio Quijarro Province – Antonio Quijarro Quevedo (1831–1903), Bolivian politician •
Azurduy Province –
Juana Azurduy de Padilla, revolutionary guerrilla •
Bautista Saavedra Province –
Bautista Saavedra Mallea, President of Bolivia •
Belisario Boeto Province – Belisario Boeto (1841–1900), Bolivian diplomat during a War of the Pacific •
Bernardino Bilbao Province – General
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (1895–1983), Bolivian military figure and politician •
Bolívar Province, Cochabamba –
Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader •
Burdett O'Connor Province –
Francisco Burdett O'Connor, chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of Tarija • Carlos Medinaceli (Potosí) – Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu (1789–1841), Bolivian military •
Carrasco Province – Jose Carrasco Torrico (1863–1921), Vice president of Bolivia •
Cornelio Saavedra Province –
Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Argentine First Junta •
Daniel Campos Province – Daniel Campos Cortes (1829–1902), Bolivian poet •
Eduardo Abaroa Province – Colonel
Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific • El Carmen Rivero Tórrez (Santa Cruz) – Juan Rivero Tórres (1897–1951), a Bolivian engineer •
Eliodoro Camacho Province –
Eliodoro Camacho, Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate •
Enrique Baldivieso Province –
Enrique Baldivieso, Vice president of Bolivia under German Busch •
Esteban Arce Province – General Esteban Arce (1765–1815), Bolivian independence hero •
Eustaquio Méndez Province – Eustaquio Méndez Arenas (1784–1841), warrior leader of Tarija •
Franz Tamayo Province –
Franz Tamayo, Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician •
Federico Román Province – General Federico Roman Calderon (1875–1943), Hero of the Chaco War •
Germán Busch Province –
Germán Busch Becerra, former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War, and President of Bolivia •
Germán Jordán Province – Germán Jordán (1890–1932), a hero of the Chaco War •
Gualberto Villarroel Province –
Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia, who was killed in 1946 under his presidency •
Hernando Siles Province –
Hernando Siles Reyes, President of Bolivia •
José Ballivián Province –
José Ballivián, President of Bolivia •
José Manuel Pando Province –
José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) president of Bolivia •
José María Avilés Province – General José María Avilés (1784–1838), a hero who was fighting during the Peru–Bolivian Confederation campaign •
José María Linares Province –
José María Linares, President of Bolivia •
Ladislao Cabrera Province –
Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific •
Loayza Province – Jose Ramon Loayza (1751–1839), President of Bolivia •
Luis Calvo – Luis Calvo Calvimontes (1879–1944), Bolivian lawyer and senator •
Manco Kapac Province –
Manco Cápac •
Manuel María Caballero Province – Manuel María Caballero (1819–1865), one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution of 5 August 1861 • Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (Cochabamba) –
Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz • Maximiliano Paredes (Cochabamba) – Maximiliano Paredes (1879–1900), Bolivian soldier •
Modesto Omiste Province –
Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, Bolivian writer and politician • Monseñor Salvatierra (Santa Cruz) – José Andrés de Salvatierra (1772–1862), Bolivian priest and independence hero •
Monteagudo, Bolivia –
Bernardo de Monteagudo •
Muñecas Province – Idelfonso de las Muñecas (1776–1816), priest and leader of the War of Independence •
Narciso Campero Province –
Narciso Campero, President of Bolivia •
Nicolás Suárez Province –
Nicolás Suárez Callaú •
Ñuflo de Chávez Province – conquistador
Ñuflo de Chaves •
Obispo Santistevan Province – Monseñor José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1843–1931) •
Oropeza Province – Samuel Oropeza (d.1907), an illustrious Bolivian statesman •
Padilla, Bolivia –
Manuel Ascencio Padilla, an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief • Paz Estenssoro Viejo (Santa Cruz) –
Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia •
Puerto Siles –
Hernando Siles Reyes •
Puerto Villarroel –
Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia •
Rafael Bustillo Province – Rafael Bustillo (1813–1873), Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary • Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (Itenez, Beni) – Ramón Darío Gutiérrez (1907–1987), minister of the interior • Rufino Carrasco (Potosí) – Rufino Carrasco (1817–1891), Bolivian military during the war of the pacific •
San Ignacio de Velasco –
José Miguel de Velasco Franco, President of Bolivia •
Sebastián Pagador Province – Sebastián Pagador Miranda (1733–1781), patriot of Upper Peru •
Sucre –
Antonio José de Sucre •
Tarija –
Tariq ibn Ziyad • Teniente Bullaín (Oruro) – José Bullaín (1907–1934), Hero of the Chaco war •
Tomas Barrón Province – Colonel Tomas Barrón (d.1810), an Independence hero •
Tomás Frías Province –
Tomás Frías Ametller, President of Bolivia • Tupac Katari, Santa Cruz –
Tupac Katari •
Uriondo – Francisco Uriondo (1784–1822) • Urriolagoitia, Chuquisaca –
Mamerto Urriolagoitía •
Vaca Díez Province – Antonio Vaca Diez (1840–1897) •
Villa Abecia – Valentin Abecia (1846–1910) • Villa Banzer, Beni –
Hugo Banzer • Villa Barrientos (La Paz) –
René Barrientos •
Villa Vaca Guzmán – Santiago Vaca Guzmán (1847–1896) •
Villamontes –
Ismael Montes, President of Bolivia •
Villazón –
Eliodoro Villazón •
Waldo Ballivián Municipality – Waldo Ballivián Soria-Galvarro (1917–1946) •
Warnes, Bolivia –
Ignacio Warnes, military leader in the South American war of independence •
Zudáñez –
Jaime de Zudáñez Bosnia and Herzegovina •
Andrićgrad -
Ivo Andrić •
Mrkonjić Grad – King
Peter I of Serbia who had taken the nom de guerre "Mrkonjić" while fighting against the Ottoman Empire •
Tomislavgrad – King
Tomislav of Croatia or Prince
Tomislav of Yugoslavia Botswana •
Francistown – Daniel Francis (1840–1920), English prospector •
Gaborone –
Chief Gaborone Brazil For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people. •
Salvador, Brazil – Jesus (the Christian Savior) •
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil –
Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) •
São Paulo –
Saint Paul Brunei •
Bandar Seri Begawan –
Omar Ali Saifuddien III Bulgaria •
Anton, Sofia Province – partisan Stefan Minev "Anton" (1917–1944) •
Antonovo – Anton Krastev, who died in a battle of 1944 •
Asenovgrad – Tsar
Ivan Asen II •
Aksakovo – Russian littérateur
Ivan Aksakov •
Benkovski, Kardzhali Province – revolutionary
Georgi Benkovski •
Blagoevgrad – Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party founder
Dimitar Blagoev •
Botevgrad – Revolutionary and National Hero
Hristo Botev •
Bratya Daskalovi – The Daskalovi brothers Dimitar, Ivan and Nikola • Chervenkovtsi (Veliko Tarnovo) –
Valko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria •
Dimitrovgrad – Communist leader and Prime Minister
Georgi Dimitrov •
Dimovo – partisan Zhivko (Dimo) Puev (1903–1943) •
Dobrich – 14th-century Dobrujan ruler
Dobrotitsa •
Dospat – Despot
Alexius Slav •
Dulovo, Bulgaria – early medieval Bulgarian
Dulo clan •
Elena, Bulgaria – Bulgarian bride Elena •
Elin Pelin – writer
Elin Pelin •
General Toshevo – General
Stefan Toshev •
Georgi Damyanovo –
Georgi Damyanov, President of Bulgaria in 1950 until 1958 •
Georgi Dobrevo – Georgi Dobrev (1893–1966), Bulgarian political figure •
Gotse Delchev – revolutionary
Gotse Delchev •
Gurkovo –
Iosif Gurko, one of Russian commanders in Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) •
Hadzhidimovo – leftist Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionary
Dimo Hadzhidimov •
Isperih – Khan
Asparuh of Bulgaria •
Ivaylovgrad – Tsar
Ivaylo of Bulgaria •
Kableshkovo (disambiguation) – revolutionary
Todor Kableshkov •
Kapitan Andreevo – Bulgarian officer Nikola Kolev Andreev (1876–1912) •
Kapitan Petko voyvoda –
Petko Voyvoda •
Krumovgrad – Khan
Krum of Bulgaria •
Kubrat – Khan
Kubrat of Bulgaria •
Kyustendil – 14th-century local feudal
Constantine Dragaš •
Levski (town) – revolutionary and National Hero
Vasil Levski •
Madzharovo – revolutionary Dimitar Madzharov (1882–1949) •
Momchilgrad – medieval Bulgarian ruler
Momchil •
Nikola Kozlevo – Bulgarian National Revival revolutionary and writer Nikola Kozlev (1824–1902) •
Omurtag – Khan
Omurtag of Bulgaria •
Pavel Banya – St. Pavel (Paul) and
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia •
Polyanovo, Burgas Province and
Polyanovo, Haskovo Province –
Dimitar Polyanov (1878–1953), poet •
Radomir (town) –
Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria •
Rakovski – revolutionary
Georgi Sava Rakovski •
Roman, Bulgaria – Tsar
Roman of Bulgaria •
Samuil (village) – Tsar
Samuil of Bulgaria •
Sandanski – revolutionary
Yane Sandanski •
Shumen – Bulgarian emperor
Simeon the Great •
Simeonovgrad – Tsar
Simeon I of Bulgaria •
St. Anastasia Island –
Anastasia of Sirmium •
St. Ivan Island –
St. John the Baptist •
Stamboliyski – Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Aleksandar Stamboliyski •
Stambolovo, Haskovo Province – Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Stefan Stambolov •
Stefan Karadzhovo – Bulgarian Revolutionary
Stefan Karadzha •
Suvorovo –
Alexander Suvorov, one of the famous Russian military commanders •
Tervel – Khan
Tervel of Bulgaria •
Thompson – British officer
William Frank Thompson •
Tsar Kaloyan – Tsar
Kaloyan of Bulgaria •
Tsarevo – Tsar
Boris III of Bulgaria •
Tsenovo, Ruse Province – Influential Svishtov merchant Dimitar Apostolov Tsenov (1852–1932) •
Velingrad – Bulgarian communist revolutionary
Vela Peeva •
Yambol – Roman Emperor
Diocletian • Zhivkovo (Sofia) – Georgi Zhivkov (1844–1899), minister of education Former: •
Borisovgrad was the name of
Parvomay – Tsar
Boris III of Bulgaria •
Grudovo was the name of Sredets – Todor Grudov (1895–1935) •
Kolarovgrad was the name of Shumen –
Vasil Kolarov •
Stalin was the name of
Varna –
Joseph Stalin •
Stanke Dimitrov was the name of
Dupnitsa – revolutionary
Stanke Dimitrov •
Tolbukhin was the name of
Dobrich – Soviet marshal
Fyodor Tolbukhin Burkina Faso •
Sankara, Burkina Faso –
Thomas Sankara, Military, Revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso
Cambodia •
Phnom Penh – said to be named for Lady
Penh •
Sihanoukville (city) – King
Norodom Sihanouk Canada Alberta •
Alberta –
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta •
Poe, Alberta -
Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and writer •
Pollockville, Alberta - Robert Pollock, an early settler •
Reno, Alberta -
Jesse L. Reno •
Robb, Alberta - Peter (Baldy) Addison Robb (1887–1954), Scottish freighter and prospector •
Schuler, Alberta - Norman Banks Schuler (1879-1950), first postmaster from Iowa •
Stettler, Alberta –
Carl Stettler, Swiss postmaster •
Telfordville -
Robert Telford, mayor of Leduc and postmaster •
Wainwright, Alberta – General William Wainwright, the second vice-president of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company •
Walsh, Alberta - James Walsh, North-West Mounted Police officer •
Wardlow, Alberta - Catherine Wardlow Sutherland (1890-1955), daughter of rancher James R. Sutherland •
Worsley, Alberta - Erick Worsley, a British Cavalry Officer and fur trader
British Columbia •
Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (1829–1915) (
Canadian Pacific Railway superintendent) •
Agassiz, British Columbia - Lewis Nunn Agassiz (founder) •
Alexandria, British Columbia -
Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) •
Barkerville, British Columbia –
Billy Barker English
prospector •
Port Clements –
Herbert Sylvester Clements •
Port Douglas, British Columbia –
James Douglas (governor) •
Port McNeill –
William Henry McNeill, American marine captain and explorer •
Port Moody, British Columbia –
Richard Moody, first Lieutenant-Governor of the
Colony of British Columbia. •
Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador -
Walter Raleigh Northwest Territories •
Fort Liard - Simon-Xavier Liard, a French-Canadian fur trader who explored the area •
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories – Murdoch McPherson, a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company •
Fort Simpson –
George Simpson (HBC administrator) •
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories –
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Nova Scotia •
Halifax, Nova Scotia –
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax –
Sa'id of Egypt •
Port Tawfik –
Tewfik Pasha •
Nasser, Egypt – Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser •
Sadat City – Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat •
Saint Catherine, Egypt –
Catherine of Alexandria •
Sheikh Zayed City –
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan •
Sheikh Zuweid – Sheikh Zuweid commander of the Rashidun Islamic army who fought during the Muslim conquest of Egypt •
Victoria (neighborhood) –
Queen Victoria El Salvador •
Alegría, Usulután – Presbyter José Miguel Alegria (d.1859) •
Aguilares –
Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante and his brothers Nicolas and Vicente Aguilar •
Bolívar, La Unión –
Simón Bolívar •
Cabañas Department –
José Trinidad Cabañas •
Carolina, San Miguel –
Charles IV of Spain •
Ciudad Arce –
Manuel José Arce, Salvadorian Independence hero •
Ciudad Barrios – General
Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador • Col. Borja Moran (Ahuachapán) – Alfonso Borja Moran (1897–1986), Salvadorian deputy • Col Francisco Gavidia (San Miguel) –
Francisco Gavidia, Salvadorian writer • Col. Isidro Menendez (San Salvador) – Isidro Menendez (1795–1858) •
Colón, La Libertad –
Christopher Columbus • Comunidad Farabundo Martí (Santa Ana) –
Farabundo Martí, Salvadorian revolutionary •
Delgado, San Salvador –
José Matías Delgado, Salvadorian Independence hero •
La Reina, Chalatenango – Guatemalan resident, Maria Reina •
Morazán Department –
Francisco Morazán •
Santa Ana, El Salvador –
Saint Anne •
Santiago de María –
Santiago González (politician), President of El Salvador with his daughter Maria Concepción Gonzalez Fortis (1872–1943) •
San Antonio Pajonal –
Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa •
San Cayetano Istepeque – Cayetano Molina, President of El Salvador •
San Fernando, Chalatenango – King
Ferdinand VII of Spain •
San Fernando, Morazán –
Ferdinand III of Castile •
San Francisco Menéndez –
Francisco Menéndez, President of El Salvador •
San Francisco Morazán –
Francisco Morazán •
San Gerardo –
Gerardo Barrios, President of El Salvador •
San Ildefonso, San Vicente –
Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo •
San Jorge, San Miguel –
Jorge Meléndez, President of El Salvador •
San Luis La Herradura –
Luis Chávez y González •
San Rafael, San Miguel –
Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador •
San Rafael Cedros –
Rafael Zaldívar •
San Rafael Obrajuelo –
Rafael Zaldívar •
San Ramón, Cuscatlán – Presbyter Ramon Garcia •
San Salvador, El Salvador –
Jesus (the Christian Savior) •
San Vicente, El Salvador –
Saint Vincent of Saragossa •
Segundo Montes, Morazán –
Segundo Montes, a Jesuit priest and scholar at the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" •
Victoria, Cabañas –
Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico •
Zaragoza, La Libertad – Emperor
Caesar Augustus Equatorial Guinea •
Bioko – Adolfo Bioko, son of the King Möókáta •
Luba, Equatorial Guinea – Botuku Luba, who led a revolt against the Spanish in 1910 •
Malabo –
Malabo Lopelo Melaka •
Moka, Equatorial Guinea – King Möókáta (d.1898)
Estonia •
Anna –
Saint Anne •
Järva-Jaani –
John the Baptist •
Juhkentali – Lorenz Jauch, local landowner •
Kadriorg –
Catherine I of Russia •
Karlova – Carl Gustav von Krüdener, local landowner •
Katleri – the Kattler family, local landowners •
Klooga and
Kloogaranna – the Klugen noble family, local landowners •
Kolga-Jaani –
John the Evangelist •
Kristiine –
Christina, Queen of Sweden •
Maarja-Magdaleena –
Mary Magdalene •
Maarjamäe – Maria Egorovna Tolstaya (1841-1895), wife of
Anatol Orlov-Davydov •
Madise –
Saint Matthias •
Manilaid and
Manija –
Magnus, Duke of Holstein •
Peetri – Peter Peter, an 18th-century local farmer •
Pildiküla – Feliks Pilt (1906–1979), founder of a local housing estate •
Pirita –
Bridget of Sweden •
Suure-Jaani –
John the Evangelist •
Tondi and
Tondiraba – Jobst Dunte (1569-1615), Tallinn Burgermeister •
Tartu – possibly after
Tharapita, God of Estonian mythology •
Valga (Latvian: Valka) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family, local landowners Former: •
Harju-Jaani was the name of
Raasiku –
John the Baptist •
Kingissepa was the name of
Kuressaare –
Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian revolutionary and communist
Eswatini (Swaziland) •
Mbabane – Chief Mbabane Kunene •
Piggs Peak –
William Pigg (Early resident)
Ethiopia •
Debre Marqos – Saint
Mark the Evangelist • Habete Giorgis (Addis Adeba) –
Habte Giyorgis Dinagde, Ethiopian military commander •
Lalibela –
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Emperor of Ethiopia • Ras Makonnen (Addis Adeba) –
Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari Makonnen), Emperor of Ethiopia •
Sheikh Hussein – Sheikh Hussein (saint), a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer •
Waliso – son of Liban, Waliso, an Oromo clan
Finland •
Brahestad (Finnish: Raahe) –
Per Brahe the Younger, Governor-General of Finland •
Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) – King
Frederick I of Sweden •
Hermanni (Helsinki) (Swedish: Hermanstad) – Herman Standertskjöld-Nordenstam (1854–1934) •
Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) –
Jacob De la Gardie (The city was founded by his widow –
Ebba Brahe) •
Kaarina (Swedish: Sankt Karins) –
Catherine of Alexandria •
Kristinestad (Finnish: Kristiinankaupunki) – Queen
Christina of Sweden •
Loviisa (Swedish: Lovisa) –
Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden •
Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) – Empress
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia •
Mikkeli (Swedish: Sankt Michel) –
Archangel Michael •
Ullanlinna (Swedish: Ulrikasborg) –
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden •
Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) – King
Gustav I of Sweden France •
Albertville –
Charles Albert of Sardinia •
Althen-des-Paluds –
Jean Althen •
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda –
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily •
Apatou –
Apatou (captain) •
Beaumont-le-Roger -
Roger de Beaumont •
Bonrepos-Riquet –
Pierre-Paul Riquet •
Brie-Comte-Robert –
Robert I, Count of Dreux •
Broglie, Eure –
François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie •
Bourg-Madame –
Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême •
Carla-Bayle –
Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer •
Champagne-Vigny –
Alfred de Vigny •
Charleville-sous-Bois –
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine •
Châtillon-Coligny –
Gaspard de Coligny •
Chavaniac-Lafayette –
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette •
Chilly-Mazarin –
Cardinal Mazarin •
Colleville-Montgomery –
Bernard Montgomery •
Crillon-le-Brave (
the brave) –
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon •
Decazeville –
Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister •
Descartes –
René Descartes •
Diane-Capelle – Diane de Dommartin •
Domrémy-la-Pucelle –
Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans • Elisabethville (Yvelines) –
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians •
Eugénie-les-Bains –
Eugénie de Montijo •
Ferney-Voltaire –
Voltaire •
Fitz-James –
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick •
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain – possibly named after a Roman general Flavius •
Frédéric-Fontaine – named after
Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg •
Grenoble () – Roman Emperor
Gratian •
Guisanbourg –
Jean Samuel Guisan •
Hastingues –
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings •
Henrichemont –
Henry IV of France •
Javouhey -
Anne-Marie Javouhey •
Labastide-Murat -
Joachim Murat •
Le Bignon-Mirabeau –
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau •
La Louptière-Thénard –
Louis Jacques Thénard •
Le Plessis-Trévise –
Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso •
Les Pennes-Mirabeau –
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau •
Levallois-Perret – Nicolas Levallois (1816–1879) and Jean-Jacques Perret •
Maisons-Laffitte –
Jacques Laffitte •
Milly-Lamartine –
Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and writer •
Mont-Louis –
Louis XIV of France •
Papaïchton-Pompidouville –
Georges Pompidou, President of France •
Philippsbourg –
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg • Place Léon-Blum (Paris) –
Léon Blum, a French socialist politician •
Port-Louis, Morbihan -
Louis XIII • Quartier De Gaulle (Cayenne) –
Charles de Gaulle •
Régina – Louis Athanase Theophane Régina (1868–1922) •
Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire –
Cardinal Richelieu •
Saint-Amans-Soult –
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Prime Minister •
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni –
Auguste Baudin, Governor of French Guiana •
Saint-Léger-Vauban –
Vauban •
Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin –
Louis XIV of France •
Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne –
Michel de Montaigne •
Saint-Paterne-Racan –
Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan •
Schœlcher –
Victor Schœlcher •
Tilleul-Dame-Agnès -
Agnès Sorel •
Thorey-Lyautey –
Hubert Lyautey •
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom –
Henri d'Harcourt, 1st Duke of Harcourt •
Vendays-Montalivet –
Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet •
Vitry-le-François –
Francis I of France Gabon •
Bongoville –
Omar Bongo, President of Gabon •
Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours •
Port-Gentil –
Émile Gentil Germany •
Augsburg (state of Bavaria) – Roman
Caesar Augustus •
Brunswick (state of Lower Saxony) –
Bruno, Duke of Saxony •
Charlottenburg (state of Berlin) – Princess
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King
Frederick I of Prussia (est. 13th century, incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920) •
Cologne (state of North Rhine-Westphalia; , , CCAA) – Roman Emperor
Claudius and
Agrippina the Younger, empress consort (lit.
Claudian colony and sacrificial altar of the Agrippinensians) •
Constance (state of Baden-Württemberg; ) – Roman Emperor
Constantius Chlorus •
Friedrichstadt (state of Berlin) – King
Frederick I of Prussia (est. 1688, incorporated into Berlin on 1 January 1710) •
Hildesheim (state of Lower Saxony) – farmer Hildwin (landowner in the 10th century) •
Karlsruhe (state of Baden-Württemberg) – Margrave
Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach •
Leverkusen (state of North Rhine-Westphalia) – pharmacist
Carl Leverkus •
Ludwigsburg (state of Baden-Württemberg) –
Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg •
Ludwigshafen upon Rhine (state of Rhineland-Palatinate) – King
Louis I of Bavaria •
Saarlouis (state of Saarland) – King
Louis XIV of France •
Sankt Pauli (state of Hamburg) –
(Saul) Paul of Tarsos •
Trier (state of Rhineland-Palatinate; ) –
Augustus (lit.
City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people) •
Wilhelmshaven (state of Lower Saxony) – King
William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor (lit. ''William's harbour'') Former: •
Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of
Chemnitz –
Karl Marx •
Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of
Eisenhüttenstadt –
Joseph Stalin Georgia • Agmashenebeli (Batumi) –
David IV of Georgia • Andriatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) –
Saint Andrew • Asatiani Settlement (Kutaisi) –
Lado Asatiani, Georgian poet • Atarbekovka (Abkhazia) –
Georgi Atarbekov • Bagrationi (Batumi) –
Pyotr Bagration • Chavchavadze Settlement (Kutaisi) –
Ilia Chavchavadze •
Dedoplistsqaro, Tamariani (Lagodekhi) and Tamarisi –
Queen Tamar of Georgia • Eliatsminda (Akhaltsikhe) –
Saint Elijah • Filippovka (Akhalkalaki) –
Filipp Makaradze, President of Georgia during the soviet era • Gabashvili Hill (Kutaisi) –
Revaz Gabashvili, Georgian writer and politician • Georgiashvili (Tetritskaro) – Arsen Georgiashvili (1881–1906) • Giorgitsminda (Sagarejo) –
Saint George • Iliatsminda (Signagi) –
Ilia Chavchavadze • Javakhishvili (Batumi) –
Ivane Javakhishvili, one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University • Kalinino (Gardabani) –
Mikhail Kalinin •
Kazbegi Municipality –
Alexander Kazbegi, a Georgian writer • Khimshiashvili (Batumi) –
Sherip Khimshiashvili • Kirov (Zugdidi), Kirovka (Marneuli) –
Sergey Kirov •
Leselidze (town) – General
Konstantin Leselidze, a Georgian Colonel-General and National hero • Mikeltsminda (Akhaltsikhe) –
Saint Michael •
Mtskheta –
Mtskhetos, epic hero of Georgian mythology • Myasnikiani (Akhalkalaki) –
Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist President of Armenia • Nikoloz Baratashvili district (Rustavi) –
Nikoloz Baratashvili •
Nikortsminda –
Saint Nicholas • Ninoshvili (Guria) and Ninoshvili (Samtredia) –
Egnate Ninoshvili, a Georgian writer •
Ninotsminda –
Saint Nino, an Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia • Nutsubidze Plato (Tbilisi) –
Shalva Nutsubidze • Pirosmani (Dedoplistskaro) –
Niko Pirosmani • Rustaveli (Batumi) –
Shota Rustaveli • Saakadze (Gardabani) –
Giorgi Saakadze, a Georgian politician and military commander •
Stepantsminda –
Saint Stephen or a Georgian Orthodox monk named Stephan •
Shaumiani –
Stepan Shahumyan, a Georgian revolutionary • Shaumyanovka (Abkhazia) –
Stepan Shahumyan • Tamar (Batumi) –
Queen Tamar of Georgia • Tsereteli (Marneuli) –
Akaki Tsereteli, Georgian poet • Vakhtangisi (Gardabani) – King
Vakhtang I of Iberia • Vazha-Pshavela (Tbilisi) –
Vazha-Pshavela, Georgian writer • Vorontsovi (Tbilisi) –
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov • Zhdanovakani (Ninotsminda) –
Andrey Zhdanov • Zhiuli Shartava district (Rustavi) –
Zhiuli Shartava Former: •
Gegechkori was the name of
Martvili –
Sasha Gegechkori •
Kazbegi was the name of
Stepantsminda –
Alexander Kazbegi •
Leningori was the name of
Akhalgori –
Vladimir Lenin •
Luxemburg was the name of
Bolnisi –
Rosa Luxemburg •
Macharadze was the name of
Ozurgeti –
Filipp Makaradze •
Mayakovsky was the name of
Baghdati –
Vladimir Mayakovsky •
Orjonikidze was the name of
Kharagauli –
Sergo Ordzhonikidze •
Staliniri was the name of
Tskhinvali –
Joseph Stalin •
Stalinisi was the name of
Khashuri –
Joseph Stalin •
Tskhakaya was the name of
Senaki –
Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865–1950) •
Tsulukidze was the name of
Khoni –
Alexander Tsulukidze Ghana •
Christiansborg – King
Christian IV of Denmark •
Gwolu –
Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann • Kofi Pare – Kofi Pare, a migrant cocoa farmer • Queen Anne's Point –
Anne, Queen of Great Britain •
Techiman – Nana Takyi Firi
Greece •
Agios Nikolaos –
Saint Nicholas •
Alexandreia, Greece –
Alexander the Great •
Alexandroupoli – King
Alexander of Greece •
Aristotelis (municipality) –
Aristotle, ancient philosopher •
Athens –
Athena •
Dimitrios Ypsilantis (municipality) –
Demetrius Ypsilanti, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence •
Dionysos, Greece –
Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility •
Emmanouil Pappas (municipality) –
Emmanouil Pappas, leader in the Greek War of Independence •
Eleftherios Venizelos, Crete –
Eleftherios Venizelos •
Filippoi –
Philip II of Macedon •
Georgioupoli –
Prince George of Greece and Denmark •
Georgios Karaiskakis (municipality) –
Georgios Karaiskakis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence •
Glaraki – George Glarakis (1789–1855) • Gypareika (Athens) –
Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer •
Gyzi –
Nikolaos Gyzis •
Heraklion –
Heracles •
Ion Dragoumis (municipality) –
Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and protagonist of the Macedonian Struggle •
Kountouriotika – President of Greece
Pavlos Kountouriotis •
Kypriadou – Epameinondas Kypriadis (1888–1958) •
Ladopoulou, Patras – Evangelos G. Ladopoulos (1883–1966) •
Makrygianni, Athens –
Yannis Makriyannis •
Megas Alexandros, Pella –
Alexander the Great •
Nafplion –
Nauplius •
Nikiforos Fokas – 10th century Byzantine Emperor
Nikephoros II Phokas •
Nikolaos Skoufas (municipality) –
Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of the Greek independence movement •
Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality) –
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer •
Orestiada –
Orestes •
Papagou – Marshal
Alexandros Papagos •
Pavlos Melas (municipality) –
Pavlos Melas, a Greek hero of Macedonian struggle •
Petroupoli – Petros A. Giannaros (1878–1828), founder of the newspaper Esperini •
Probonas – Dimitrios Probonas (1874–1949) •
Ptolemaida –
Ptolemy I Soter •
Pythagoreio –
Pythagoras •
Santorini –
Saint Irene •
Skagiopouleio –
Panagiotis Skagiopoulos •
Theodoros Ziakas (municipality) –
Theodoros Ziakas, a 19th-century leader of the Greek struggle for independence •
Thessaloniki –
Thessalonike, sister of
Alexander the Great •
Traianoupoli – Roman emperor
Trajan •
Vironas –
Lord Byron, English poet and writer, National hero of Greece •
Zografou – Ioannis Zografos (1844–1927)
Grenada •
Grenville, Grenada –
George Grenville, Prime Minister of United Kingdom •
Victoria, Grenada –
Queen Victoria •
Madame Pierre town — Named after the Wife of a planter called Pierre Philip • Fedon’s camp — Named after
Julien Fedon Guatemala • Aguilar Batres (Zacapa) –
Raúl Aguilar Batres, Guatemalan civil engineer • Aparicio (Suchitepéquez) –
Francisca Aparicio de Barrios, First lady of Guatemala • Asentamiento Mario Alioto (Guatemala) – Mario Alioto Lopez Sanchez (1973–1994), Guatemalan student who was killed during a protest •
Barberena – Lic. Jose Barberena, Guatemalan secretarian under President Justo Rufino Barrios • Barrancas de Gálvez (San Marcos) –
Mariano Gálvez •
Cabañas, Zacapa –
José Trinidad Cabañas, a Honduran politician •
Ciudad Tecun Uman, San Marcos – Cacique
Tecun Uman •
Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado (Jutiapa) –
Pedro de Alvarado •
Colomba – María Colomba Barillas Robles (1875–1945), daughter of
Manuel Barillas • Col. Martinez de Lejarza (Guatemala) – Juan José Martínez de Lejarza (1785–1824) • Col. Miguel Ángel Asturias (Quetzaltenango) –
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan diplomatic and writer • Col. Monseñor Gerardi (Guatemala) – Monseñor
Juan José Gerardi Conedera • Col. Perez Guisasola (Guatemala) – Enrique Perez Guisasola (1924–1951) • Col. Ulises Rojas (Guatemala) – Ulises Rojas (1881–1959), botanist • Comunidad Hermogenes Lopez (Chimaltenango) –
Hermógenes López Coarchita • Cooperativa Mario Mendez (Peten) – Mario Mendez Montenegro (1910–1965), political leader •
Chicacao – Francisco Chicajau, indigenous villager •
Fraijanes – Two Missioners Juan Milán y Juan Álvarez • Francisco Vela (Retahuleu) – Ing. Francisco Vela (1859–1909), Guatemalan cartographer •
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas – 15th-century Spanish priest, bishop, and writer
Bartolomé de las Casas •
Flores, El Petén – Cirlio Flores Estrada, a Guatemalan physician •
Flores Costa Cuca –
José Felipe Flores, Physician and Maria Josefa Barrios y Aparicio "Maruca or Cuca" (1878–1959), daughter of Justo Rufino Barrios • Galvez (Quetzaltenango) –
Mariano Gálvez, Guatemalan Independence hero •
Granados, Baja Verapaz – former president
Miguel García Granados • Godinez (Sololá) –
Juan Godínez, Spanish conquistador •
Jerez, Jutiapa –
Máximo Jerez, a 19th-century Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and military leader • Juarez (Quetzaltenango) –
Benito Juárez, Mexican president • Kaibil Balám (Quiche) – Kaybʼil Bʼalam, a 16th-century leader of the Mam people •
La Gomera, Escuintla – Antonio Peraza de Ayala y Rojas, conde de la Gomera •
La Reforma, San Marcos –
Justo Rufino Barrios the reformer • La Union Barrios (Baja Verapaz) –
Justo Rufino Barrios •
Livingston, Guatemala – American jurist and politician
Edward Livingston • Los Ochoa (San Marcos) – Bonifacio Ochoa Barrios (1888–1964) and Victor Maria Ochoa Barrios (1872–1951) •
Melchor de Mencos – Sergeant Major, Melchor de Mencos y Barón de Berrieza (1715–1787) • Modesto Méndez (Izabal) – Modesto Méndez (1801–1863), Guatemalan military •
Morazán, El Progreso –
Francisco Morazán, a Central American leader •
Morales, Guatemala – Guatemalan Lawyer and colonel
Próspero Morales •
Nuevo San Carlos – King
Charles III of Spain •
Palencia, Guatemala – Don Matias de Palencia, Founder •
Puerto Barrios –
Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala • Quirio Cataño (Chiquimula) – Quirio Cataño, Spanish sculptor • Recuerdo a Barrios (Quetzaltenango) –
Justo Rufino Barrios •
San Carlos Sija – King
Charles III of Spain •
San Jacinto, Chiquimula –
Hyacinth of Poland, Bishop of Kraków • San Joaquin (Alta Verapaz) – Saint
Joachim • San Jorge (Zacapa) –
Jorge Ubico, president •
San Luis Jilotepeque – King
Louis IX of France •
San Miguel Dueñas – Don Miguel Dueñas, founder •
Santa Catarina Barahona –
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Sancho de Barahona, Founder •
Santa Cruz Barillas, Santa Elena Barillas (Guatemala) – General
Manuel Barillas, president of Guatemala •
Santa Lucía La Reforma –
Saint Lucy and
Justo Rufino Barrios the liberal reformer •
Santa Rosa Cuilapa –
Rose of Lima •
Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez –
Dominic of Guzman •
Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Roman Emperor
Caesar Augustus Guinea Bissau •
São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau) –
Saint Dominic of Guzman •
São Vicente, Guinea-Bissau –
Vincent of Saragossa Guyana •
Anna Regina –
Anne, Queen of Great Britain •
Buxton, Guyana –
Fowell Buxton •
Esau and Jacob -
Jacob and Esau, twins in the Bible •
Campbelltown, Guyana –
Stephen Campbell, first Amerindian member of Parliament in Guyana •
Fort Wellington, Guyana –
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington •
Georgetown –
King George III of the United Kingdom •
Jonestown –
Jim Jones, American religious and cult leader •
Lethem –
Sir Gordon James Lethem •
Linden, Guyana –
Linden Forbes Burnham Sampson, a Prime Minister and President of Guyana •
Matthews Ridge, Guyana – Matthew Young (1905–1996) •
Port Mourant - Stephen Mourant, who founded the cotton plantation •
Queenstown, Guyana –
Queen Victoria •
Stabroek, Guyana –
Nicholaas Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, and President of the Dutch West India Company •
Stewartville, Guyana – John Stewart (1789–1860) •
Victoria, Guyana –
Queen Victoria Haiti •
André, Ouest –
André Rigaud •
Bombardopolis – German benefactor, Monsieur de Bombarde •
Dessalines –
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti • Dr. François Duvalier (Hinche) –
François Duvalier • Cite Simone (Port-au-Prince) –
Simone Duvalier, First lady of Haiti •
Ennery, Artibonite –
Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, marquis of Ennerry, Governor General of Saint-Domingue •
Gressier –
Edmond Valléry Gressier •
Justin, Ouest –
Justin Lhérisson, Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher • Killick Stenio Vincent (Port-au-Prince) –
Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti • Leclerk Bidonville (Port-au-Prince) –
Charles Leclerc (general), a French Army general • Louverture, (Pétion-ville) –
Toussaint Louverture • Morne Boyer (Haiti) –
Jean-Pierre Boyer, leader of the Haitian Revolution • Nan Lavaud (Ouest) –
Franck Lavaud •
Ouanaminthe – Juana Mendez (1788–1873), mother of Buenaventura Báez, a Dominican president •
Pétion-Ville –
Alexandre Sabès Pétion, President of Haiti • Simon (Sud) –
Tirésias Simon Sam • Simone (Dessalines) –
Simone Duvalier •
Thomas, Ouest –
Thomas Madiou • Village Lamothe (Port-au-Prince) – Dr. Louis G. Lamothe (1926–1999), philanthropist • Village Lumane Casimir (Haiti) – Lumane Casimir (1920–1955), Haitian singer Former: •
Cite Simone was the name of
Cité Soleil –
Simone Duvalier •
Duvalierville was the name of
Cabaret, Ouest –
François Duvalier and
Jean-Claude Duvalier Honduras • Alfonso XIII (Santa Barbara) –
Alfonso XIII of Spain • Asentamiento Juan Benito Montoya (Copan) – Juan Benito Montoya, peasant leader who was killed in Los Horcones in 1975 • Barrio Paz Barahona (Cortes) –
Miguel Paz Barahona •
Cabañas, Copán –
José Trinidad Cabañas, President of Honduras • Cabañas (Danli) –
José Trinidad Cabañas •
Cabañas, La Paz – General
José Trinidad Cabañas • Col. Alfonso Guillen (Yoro) – Alfonso Guillen Zelaya (1887–1947), Honduran Poet • Col. Alfonso Lacayo (Cortes) – Alfonso Lacayo (1923–1985), Garifuna physician • Col. Amaya Amador (Yoro) –
Ramón Amaya Amador, Honduran author • Col. Francisco J. Mejía (Yoro) –
Francisco J. Mejía, Honduran teacher • Col. Francisco Murillo Soto (Yoro) – Prof. Francisco Murillo Soto (1893–1982) • Col. Jacobo V. Carcamo (Yoro) – Jacobo Carcamo (1916–1959), Honduran Poet • Col. Jesús Aguilar Paz (Tegucigalpa) –
Jesús Aguilar Paz, Honduran Chemist • Col. Medardo Mejia (Olancho) – Medardo Mejia (1907–1981), Honduran poet • Col. Rodas Alvarado (Ocotepeque) –
Modesto Rodas Alvarado, President of the National Congress • Col. Terencio Sierra (Cortes) –
Terencio Sierra • Col. Víctor F. Ardón (Tegucigalpa) – Víctor F. Ardón (1896–1976), Honduran educator • Froylán Turcios (Olancho) –
Froylán Turcios, Honduran Poet • Guadalupe Carney (Colon) –
James Carney (American priest), also known as Father Guadalupe Carney • Grupo Villeda Morales (Atlantida) –
Ramón Villeda Morales •
Juan Francisco Bulnes – Juan Francisco Bulnes (1808–1878), Garifuna soldier •
Jesús de Otoro – Fray Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda y Zepeda (1808–1885), bishop of Comayagua •
José Santos Guardiola –
José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras • Kennedy (Tegucigalpa) –
John F. Kennedy, American President •
Marcovia –
Marco Aurelio Soto, President of Honduras • Marcelino Champagnat (Choluteca) – Saint
Marcellin Champagnat • Melgar Castro (Marcala, La Paz) –
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, former Head of State of Honduras • Monseñor Fiallos (Tegucigalpa) – Monseñor Ernesto Fiallos (1857–1946), Honduran priest •
Morazán, Yoro –
Francisco Morazán, Honduran liberal politician • Policarpo Paz García (Yoro) –
Policarpo Paz García •
Puerto Cortés –
Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador •
Puerto Lempira – cacique
Lempira •
Ramón Villeda Morales (municipality) –
Ramón Villeda Morales, President of
Honduras • Rodas Alvarado (Danli) –
Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Honduran lawyer •
San Esteban, Olancho – Fray Esteban Verdelete •
San Francisco, Atlántida – Francisco Matute, Benefactor of the town. •
San Francisco del Valle –
Saint Francis and
José Cecilio del Valle •
San Jerónimo, Copán – Lic. Jerónimo J.Reina (1876–1918), Honduran poet and journalist •
San Jorge, Ocotepeque –
Saint George •
San Luis, Comayagua – King
Louis IX of France •
San Pedro Sula –
Saint Peter •
Santa Rosa de Aguán –
Saint Rose of Lima • Villeda Morales (Danli) –
Ramón Villeda Morales Hungary •
Abasár – King
Sámuel Aba of Hungary • Adyváros –
Endre Ady • Albertfalva -
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen •
Ambrózfalva – Baron Lajos Ambrózy (1803–1890) • Antalhegy –
Antal Grassalkovich •
Árpádhalom –
Árpád, father of the Hungarian fatherland •
Balatonmáriafürdő - Maria Alexandra von Sztáray-Szirmay (1843–1914), wife of Count Imre Széchenyi • Baross Gábor-telep -
Gábor Baross • Benczúrfalva (Szécsény) –
Gyula Benczúr, Painter •
Bocskaikert –
Stephen Bocskay, aristocrat • Cholnokyváros – Jenő Cholnoky (1870–1950) •
Császártöltés -
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor • Egry József uctai Iakotelep (Veszprém) -
József Egry • Éhen Gyula-lakótelep – Gyula Éhen (1853–1932) •
Erzsébetváros – Queen
Elisabeth of Bavaria •
Felsőszentiván -
John the Baptist •
Ferencszállás – Baron Ferenc Gerliczy (1748–1833) •
Ferencváros –
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor • Göncz Árpád városközpont -
Árpád Göncz •
Harkakötöny –
Kötöny •
Hunyadfalva –
Hunyady family •
Izsófalva –
Miklós Izsó, sculptor •
Jakabszállás -
James the Great •
Jánoshalma –
John Hunyadi, commander •
Józsefváros –
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor • József Attila lakótelep (Budapest) –
Attila József •
Kálmánháza -
Kálmán Tisza •
Károlyháza -
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria • Katonatelep – Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902) • Kecskés István-telep - István Kecskés (1880-1944), municipal officer •
Klárafalva -
Clare of Assisi • Klebelsberg-telep -
Kuno von Klebelsberg • Kossuthfalva (Budapest) –
Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary • Krepuska Géza-telep –
Géza Krepuska •
Krisztinaváros (Budapest) –
Archduchess Maria Christina • Kossuth Ferenc-telep -
Ferenc Kossuth •
Kübekháza - Karl Friedrich von Kübeck (1780-1855), Austrian statesman •
Lajoskomárom -
Lajos Batthyány •
Lipótváros (Budapest) –
Leopold II •
Máriahalom -
Mary, mother of Jesus •
Mihályfa -
Saint Michael •
Mihályháza - Mihály Keszeg (landowner) •
Nyírtass – Tas, grandson of Árpád •
Petőfibánya –
Sándor Petőfi, poet •
Petőfiszállás –
Sándor Petőfi •
Rákóczibánya –
Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian National hero •
Rákóczifalva –
Francis II Rákóczi •
Rákócziújfalu –
Francis II Rákóczi •
Rudolftelep – Rudolf Cohacht, Hungarian miner •
Sándorfalva – Viscount Sándor Pallavicini (1853–1933), founder •
Solt –
Solt •
Soltszentimre -
Saint Emeric of Hungary •
Szalkszentmárton -
Martin of Tours •
Szentantalfa -
Anthony of Padua •
Szentbékkálla -
Benedict of Nursia •
Szentdénes -
Denis of Paris •
Szentdomonkos -
Saint Dominic of Guzmán, Spanish Catholic priest •
Szentendre -
Saint Andrew •
Szentgotthárd -
Gotthard of Hildesheim, German bishop of Hildesheim •
Szentkatalin -
Catherine of Alexandria •
Szentliszló -
Ladislaus I of Hungary •
Szentlőrinc -
Saint Lawrence •
Szentpéterfa -
Saint Peter •
Szentistván -
Stephen I of Hungary • Széchenyiváros (Kecskemét) -
István Széchenyi •
Taksony –
Taksony of Hungary •
Tass – Tas, grandson of Árpád •
Terézváros –
Queen Maria Theresa •
Tiborszállás –
Tibor Károlyi, Hungarian politician •
Törökbálint –
Bálint Török •
Újlipótváros (Budapest) –
Leopold II •
Újlőrincfalva - Cardinal Lőrinc Schlauch (1824-1902) •
Üllő – Üllő, son of Árpád •
Vasszentmihály -
Saint Michael • Veres Péter-kert (Debrecen) -
Péter Veres (politician) •
Zalaszentgrót –
Gerard Sagredo Former: •
Koháryszentlőrinc was the name of
Nyárlőrinc –
Koháry family •
Leninváros was the name of
Tiszaújváros –
Vladimir Lenin •
Prónayfalva was the name of
Tázlár – Prónay family •
Sztálinváros was the name of
Dunaújváros –
Joseph Stalin Iceland •
Grímsey – Grími Ingjaldsson, who have a winter residence in their island •
Ólafsfjörður – Ólafur Bekkur Karlsson
India •
Abhimanyupur -
Abhimanyu •
Adityapur – a city and a part of
Jamshedpur was named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo (1887–1969). •
Ahmedabad –
Sultan Ahmed Shah •
Ahmednagar –
Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I,
Nizam Shahi dynasty •
Alluri Sitharama Raju district –
Alluri Sitarama Raju •
Ambedkar Nagar –
B. R. Ambedkar •
Ambedkar Nagar district –
B. R. Ambedkar, Father of the Indian Constitution •
Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar) –
Jyotiba Phule •
Annamalai Nagar –
S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar •
Annamayya district –
Annamacharya •
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh –
Ashoke Kumar Sen • Atal Nagar
Nava Raipur –
Atal Bihari Vajpayee •
Aurangabad –
Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor) •
Bardhaman –
24th and the last Tirthankar-Vardhaman Mahavir •
Bodh Gaya –
Buddha •
Bikaner –
Maharaja Rao Bika Singh Ji •
Bhadani Nagar –
Lala Gurusharan Lal Bhadani •
Chamoli district –
Shiva, one of the principal deities of Hinduism. •
Chandigarh – Goddess
Chandi •
Chennai –
Chennappa Naicker •
Churachandpur – Maharaja Sir
Churachand Singh •
CV Raman Nagar – a neighbourhood
in Bangalore named after
C. V. Raman •
Dalhousie –
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie •
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar –
B. R. Ambedkar •
Faridabad –
Shaikh Farid Bukhari •
Faridkot, Punjab –
Fariduddin Ganjshakar •
Firozpur –
Firuz Shah Tughlaq •
Gajapati district –
Krushna Chandra Gajapati •
Gandhinagar –
Mahatma Gandhi •
Gangaikonda Cholapuram – Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a
Chola dynasty emperor •
Gautam Budh Nagar district –
Buddha •
Ghaziabad – Wazir Ghazi-un-ddin, the minister of
Ahmad Shah Bahadur (Moghul Emperor) •
Haridwar –
Vishnu (Hari) •
Hyderabad – Hyder Mahal, wife of
Quli Qutub Shah. •
Indira Point –
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India •
Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar –
Jamshetji Tata •
Jaipur –
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Ji •
Jodhpur –
Maharaja Rao Jodha Singh Ji •
Jogindernagar –
Joginder Sen •
Kabisuryanagar – Kabisurjya
Baladeba Ratha •
Komaram Bheem district –
Komaram Bheem, a Gond martyr •
Krishnarajapuram – a suburb and neighbourhood in
Bangalore named after
Krishnaraja Wadiyar III •
Lucknow –
Lakshmana, a hero of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana •
Mahendragarh –
Mahendra Singh of Patiala •
Mangalore – Mangala Devi,
Mangaladevi Temple •
Margherita, Assam –
Margherita of Savoy •
Meherabad –
Meher Baba •
Modinagar –
Gujarmal Modi •
Moradabad – prince
Murad •
Mumbai –
Mumbadevi •
Nampally, Hyderabad- A Persian Diwan of
Hyderabad State, Raza Ali Khan whose title was
Nekh-Nam-Khan. •
Nizamabad City,
Nizamabad district –
Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I •
NTR district –
N. T. Rama Rao, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh •
Osmanabad –
Mir Osman Ali Khan •
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar –
Deendayal Upadhyaya •
Palitana – Jain Acharya Padlipta Suri •
Parashurampuri, Shahjahanpur -
Parashurama •
Patel Nagar –
Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st deputy Prime minister of India •
Pithoragarh –
Prithviraj Chauhan •
Port Blair –
Archibald Blair •
R. T. Nagar –
Rabindranath Tagore •
Rajendranagar mandal –
Rajendra Prasad, President of India •
Rajgurunagar –
Shivaram Rajguru •
Ramachandrapuram – Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju •
Ranga Reddy district –
K. V. Ranga Reddy •
Rishabhdeo –
First Tirthankar – Rishabha (Adinath) •
Robertsganj –
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts •
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district –
Ajit Singh (Sikhism) •
Sant Kabir Nagar district –
Sant Kabir, poet •
Santhome – locality in
Mylapore, named after the Apostle,
Saint Thomas •
Secunderabad – Named after
Sikandar Jah, the third
Nizam of the
Asaf Jahi dynasty •
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district –
Bhagat Singh, Indian National Hero •
Shimla – Goddess Shyamala, an incarnation of Hindu deity
Kali •
Sri Ganganagar – General Sir
Ganga Singh, the Maharajah of
Bikaner State from 1888 to 1943 • Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal - Sant Hirdaram Saheb (1906–2006) •
Sri Sathya Sai district –
Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru •
Surendranagar Dudhrej – Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), Ruler of Wadhwan state •
Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore –
Potti Sreeramulu, Indian revolutionary •
Tuljapur – Goddess
Tulja Bhavani Temple •
Udaipur –
Maharana Udai Singh II •
Udham Singh Nagar district – freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary
Udham Singh •
Vasco da Gama –
Vasco da Gama •
Visakhapatnam – ruled by King Visakha Varma •
Vizianagaram – Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapathi Clan) •
Vallathol Nagar –
Vallathol Narayana Menon, Malayalam poet •
Williamnagar –
Williamson A. Sangma, the founding Chief Minister of Meghalaya •
Willingdon Island – large artificial island in
Kochi, named after
Lord Willingdon •
Wellington – town in
The Nilgiris District of
Tamil Nadu, named after
the Iron Duke Indonesia • Airlangga, Gubeng,
Surabaya –
Airlangga, king of
Kediri Kingdom • Dr. Soetomo, Tegalsari, Surabaya –
Soetomo, founder of
Budi Utomo • Halim Perdana Kusumah,
Makasar, Jakarta –
Halim Perdanakusuma – Indonesian airman and national hero • Hatta,
Bakauheni,
Lampung –
Mohammad Hatta, 1st Vice President of Indonesia •
Kartini, Sawah Besar,
Jakarta –
Kartini, Javanese women's rights figure •
Port of Soekarno-Hatta –
Sukarno and
Mohammad Hatta, proclaimers of Indonesian independence •
Setiabudi, Jakarta –
Ernest Douwes Dekker, known as Danoedirdja Setiaboedi, national hero of Indonesia • Sudirman, Tanralili,
Maros,
South Sulawesi –
Sudirman, Indonesian military officer Former: •
Sukarnopura was the name of
Jayapura –
Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia
Iran •
Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq –
Mohammad Mosaddegh •
Amadegah Shahid Mohammad Montazeri –
Mohammad Montazeri •
Apamea (Media) – Apama, mother of
Antiochus I Soter •
Apamea Ragiana – a royal woman named Apama among the
Seleucids •
Bandar-Abbas –
Shah Abbas I •
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni –
Ruhollah Khomeini a Supreme leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician •
Hamidaniyeh –
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, 14th century Poet and Scholar •
Hasanabad, Tehran –
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Prime Minister of Iran •
Jammi – 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman
Jami •
Kabak Mohammad Reza –
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last king •
Kermanshah – King
Bahram IV •
Khomeyni Shahr –
Ruhollah Khomeini •
Masjed Soleyman –
Solomon, a major prophet of Islam •
Nahavand: • formerly named
Laodicea –
Laodice of Macedonia • formerly named
Antiochia – Antiochus I Soter •
Naser Khosrow, Iran –
Nasir Khusraw an 11th-century poet •
Parsabad – engineer Ibrahim Parsa (1905–1996), founder of Parsabad •
Piranshahr – Piran, son of Viseh •
Rezaiyeh, Razavi Khorasan –
Reza Shah Pahlavi •
Rudaki, Iran –
Rudaki, Persian poet •
Seleucia (Susiana) –
Seleucus I Nicator •
Seleucia (Susiana) – a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty •
Shahrak-e Ayatollah Madani –
Mir Asadollah Madani, Iranian politician •
Susa, formerly named
Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator •
Yusef Abad – Mirza Yusef Ashtiani (1813–1887) Former: •
Bandar-e Pahlavi was the name of
Bandar-e Anzali –
Reza Shah Pahlavi • ''Rezā'īyeh'' was the name of
Urmia –
Reza Shah Pahlavi Iraq •
Adhamiyah –
Abu Hanifa (al-Imām al-Aʿẓam), founder of the prominent Sunni Hanafī school of Islamic religious jurisprudence • Al-Aziziyah –
Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan •
Al-Sadiyah –
Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, commander who led the Arabs to conquer
Mesopotamia from the
Sasanian Empire •
Antiochia in Sittacene –
Antiochus I Soter •
Apamea (Babylonia) – a royal woman named Apama among the
Seleucids •
Apamea (Sittacene) – Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter •
Camp Ashraf –
Ashraf Rabiei, Iranian guerrilla and wife of Massoud Rajavi •
Charax Spasinu: • formerly named
Alexandria –
Alexander the Great • formerly named
Antiochia in Susiana –
Antiochus IV • formerly named
Charax of Hyspaosines –
Hyspaosines •
Hamza –
Bahraini Shia cleric "Ahmad Ibn Hashim Al-Ghurifi" (a.k.a. Hamza) •
Al Hashimiyah – Named after the
Hashemites •
Al-Hindiya – "
Asaf-ud-Daula Al-Hindi", who was a vizier of
Bahadur Shah Zafar •
Iskandariya –
Alexander the Great •
Kadhimiya –
Musa al-Kadhim •
Laodicea (Mesopotamia) – a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids •
Al Midhatiya –
Midhat Pasha •
Nasiriyah – "Nasir al-Saadun Pasha" (1810–1885), the
sheikh ("chief") of the
Muntafiq tribal confederation •
Al Numaniyah –
al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir •
Al-Qasim – "Al-Qasim" son of
Musa al-Kadhim •
Sadr City –
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr •
Seleucia –
Seleucus I Nicator •
Seleucia (Sittacene) – Seleucus I Nicator •
Sulaymaniyah – Sulaiman Baba, the first
Baban prince to gain control of the province of Shahrizor and its capital,
Kirkuk •
Yusufiyah – Yūsuf (
Joseph) •
Az Zubayr –
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Former: •
Saddam City was the name of
Sadr City -
Saddam Hussein Ireland (Republic of) •
Bagenalstown –
Lord Walter Bagenal •
Bellewstown – Darren Bellew •
Binghamstown – Major Denis Bingham (1765–1842) •
Canningstown –
George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh •
Charlestown –
Charles Strickland (1818–1892), Land Agent and Town Planner •
Charleville, County Cork –
Charles II of England •
Connacht –
Conn Cétchathach •
County Kerry –
Ciar •
Dún Laoghaire –
Lóegaire mac Néill •
Edgeworthstown – the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family, such as
Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, local rector,
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, economist,
Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, botanist,
Richard Lovell Edgeworth, politician, and
Maria Edgeworth, writer •
Enniskean – "island of Cian", Cian Maol Muadh (O'Mahony) of Cork •
Jamestown, County Leitrim –
James VI and I •
Knightstown, County Kerry –
Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry •
Louisburgh, County Mayo –
Louis XIV of France •
Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath –
Robert Rochfort •
Virginia, County Cavan –
Queen Elizabeth I of England Former: •
Maryborough was the name of
Portlaoise –
Mary I of England •
Philipstown was the name of
Daingean –
Philip II of Spain •
Kingwilliamstown was the name of
Ballydesmond –
William IV of the United Kingdom •
Queenstown was the name of
Cobh –
Queen Victoria Israel •
Acre, formerly named
Antiochia Ptolemais –
Alexander the Great's generals
Antiochus and
Ptolemy Soter •
Alonei Yitzhak -
Yitzhak Gruenbaum •
Ashdot Ya'akov -
James de Rothschild (politician) •
Balfourya –
Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister •
Bat Shlomo and
Mazkeret Batya -
Betty von Rothschild •
Beit Berl -
Berl Katznelson •
Beit Elazari -
Yitzhak Elazari Volcani •
Beit HaLevi -
Judah Halevi •
Beit Hanania - Dr. Robert Gottlieb Hananya, a leader of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association •
Beit Hazon -
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz •
Beit Yanai -
Alexander Jannaeus •
Beit Yehoshua -
Ozjasz Thon •
Binyamina-Giv'at Ada -
Edmond James de Rothschild •
Even Shmuel –
Samuel Bronfman •
Gan Shmuel -
Samuel Mohilever •
Ganei Yohanan - Yohanan Kreminitsky, Zionist leader •
Givat Brenner –
Yosef Haim Brenner •
Givat Shapira –
Hermann Schapira •
Givat Washington -
George Washington •
Givat Yeshayahu -
Yeshayahu Press •
Herzliya –
Theodor Herzl, a leader of Zionist movement •
Hippos, formerly named
Antiochia Hippos – an
Antiochus of the
Seleucid dynasty •
Karmei Yosef -
Yosef Sapir •
Kerem Maharal - Maharal
Judah Loew ben Bezalel •
Kfar Baruch - Baruch Kahane (1835–1927), Jewish philanthropist •
Kfar Blum -
Léon Blum •
Kfar Daniel - Daniel Frish (1897–1950), president of the Zionist Organization of America •
Kfar Giladi - Israel Giladi (1886-1918), one of the founders of the Hashomer movement •
Kfar Glikson - Moshe Glickson (1878–1939), editor of Haaretz newspaper •
Kfar Haim –
Haim Arlosoroff •
Kfar HaNassi -
Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel •
Kfar Hess –
Moses Hess •
Kfar HaRif –
Isaac Alfasi •
Kfar Haroeh -
Abraham Isaac Kook •
Kfar Kisch -
Frederick Kisch •
Kfar Maimon –
Yehuda Leib Maimon •
Kfar Malal -
Moshe Leib Lilienblum •
Kfar Masaryk –
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk •
Kfar Mordechai -
Mordechai Eliash •
Kfar Menahem –
Menachem Ussishkin •
Kfar Monash -
John Monash •
Kfar Netter –
Charles Netter •
Kfar Pines -
Yechiel Michel Pines •
Kfar Ruppin –
Arthur Ruppin •
Kfar Shmuel –
Stephen Samuel Wise •
Kfar Silver –
Abba Hillel Silver •
Kfar Sirkin –
Nachman Syrkin •
Kfar Truman –
Harry S. Truman •
Kfar Tzvi Sitrin - Howard Sitrin (1924-1949), a leader of Hapoel HaMizrachi in the United States •
Kfar Vitkin –
Yosef Vitkin •
Kfar Warburg –
Felix M. Warburg •
Kfar Yavetz –
Ze'ev Yavetz •
Kfar Yedidia -
Philo •
Kfar Yehoshua -
Yehoshua Hankin •
Kfar Zoharim -
Zohar Argov •
Kiryat Wolfson –
Isaac Wolfson •
Kiryat Shmona - Eight Jewish militiamen who died in a Battle of Tel Hai of 1920 •
Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem –
Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem •
Kokhav Michael –
Michael Sobell •
Ma'agan Michael - Michael Pollack, founder of the Nesher cement plant •
Margaliot - Haim Margaliot-Kalvarisky (1868-1947) •
Masu'ot Yitzhak -
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog •
Meir Shfeya -
Amschel Mayer Rothschild •
Merkaz Shapira -
Haim-Moshe Shapira •
Midreshet Ben-Gurion –
David Ben-Gurion •
Mishmar David –
Mickey Marcus •
Netanya –
Nathan Strauss •
Neve Granot –
Avraham Granot, Signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence •
Neve Harif -
Moshe Harif •
Neve Michael - Michael M. Weiss, American philanthropist •
Neve Monosson - Fred (Efraim) Monosson (1905-1984) •
Neve Yaakov –
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines •
Nir Akiva -
Akiva Ettinger •
Nir David -
David Wolffsohn •
Nir Moshe -
Moshe Smilansky •
Nir Yisrael - Yisrael Tiber (1894-1950), prominent industrialist •
Or Yehuda -
Judah Alkalai •
Pardes Hanna-Karkur -
Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery •
Qiryat Bialik – writer
Hayyim Nahman Bialik •
Ramat Aharon – Rabbi
Aharon Kotler •
Ramat David -
David Lloyd George •
Ramat Eshkol –
Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel •
Ramat Raziel -
David Raziel •
Ramat Sharett –
Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel •
Ramat Shlomo –
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach •
Ramat Yohanan -
Jan Smuts •
Sde David – Zalman David Levontin (1856–1940) •
Sde Eliezer –
Robert Rothschild •
Sde Eliyahu – 19th-century Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher •
Sde Moshe -
Maurice de Hirsch •
Sde Nehemia –
Nehemia de Lieme •
Sde Nitzan -
Louis Bloomfield and Bernard Bloomfield (1904-1984) •
Sde Uziyahu -
Uzziah •
Sde Ya'akov -
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines •
Sde Yitzhak -
Yitzhak Sadeh •
Sdei Avraham –
Avraham Herzfeld •
Seleucia Samulias – a Seleucus among the
Seleucid dynasty •
Shadmot Dvora -
Dorothy de Rothschild •
Talmei Elazar - Elazar Warmassar, one of the heads of the PJCA •
Talmei Eliyahu – Eliyahu Krauze (1878–1962) •
Talmei Yaffe –
Leib Yaffe •
Talmei Yehiel - Yechiel Chelnov (1863-1918), a Russian Zionist leader •
Talmei Yosef -
Yosef Weitz •
Tel Yosef -
Joseph Trumpeldor •
Tiberias –
Tiberius Caesar Augustus •
Tzur Yitzhak –
Yitzhak Rabin •
Yad Binyamin -
Binyamin Mintz •
Yad Hana -
Hannah Szenes •
Yad Mordechai -
Mordechai Anielewicz •
Yad Natan -
Ottó Komoly (Nathan Zeev Kohn) •
Zikhron Ya'akov -
James Mayer de Rothschild Former: •
Wilhelma (colloquially; formally: Hamîdije Wilhelma) was the name of
Bnei Atarot – Sultan
Abdul Hamid II, King
William II of Württemberg and
William II, German Emperor Italy •
Alessandria –
Pope Alexander III •
Andorno Micca –
Pietro Micca •
Aosta –
Augustus •
Arquà Petrarca –
Petrarch •
Augusta – "Augusto" di
Federico II di Svevia •
Bosisio Parini –
Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet •
Caprese Michelangelo –
Michelangelo, painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer •
Castagneto Carducci –
Giosuè Carducci, poet •
Castelnuovo Don Bosco –
John Bosco •
Castel Vittorio –
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Father of the Italian fatherland •
Cava Manara –
Luciano Manara, patriot •
Corridonia –
Filippo Corridoni, Italian socialist,
IWW hero •
Corteno Golgi –
Camillo Golgi, pathologist •
Ercolano –
Heracles •
Grazzano Badoglio – Marshall
Pietro Badoglio, soldier, politician, Prime Minister of Italy •
Grizzana Morandi –
Giorgio Morandi •
Gropello Cairoli –
Benedetto Cairoli, politician, Prime Minister of Italy •
Guidonia Montecelio –
Alessandro Guidoni, air force general •
Incisa Scapaccino – Giovanni Battista Scapaccino (1802–1834), soldier •
Jolanda di Savoia –
Yolanda of Savoy •
Ladispoli – Prince Ladislao Odescalchi (1846–1920) •
Livorno Ferraris –
Galileo Ferraris •
Mafalda –
Mafalda of Savoy •
Manfredonia –
Manfred of Sicily •
Marconia –
Guglielmo Marconi •
Margherita di Savoia – Queen
Margherita of Savoy •
Milena – Queen
Milena of Montenegro •
Morra De Sanctis –
Francesco de Sanctis •
Paderno Ponchielli –
Amilcare Ponchielli •
Pienza –
Pope Pius II •
Riese Pio X –
Pope Pius X • Rome –
Romulus (disputed; see also: Rome#Etymology) •
Sagliano Micca –
Pietro Micca, Piedmontese hero •
San Gimignano –
Saint Geminianus •
San Mauro Pascoli –
Giovanni Pascoli, poet •
Sanremo –
Saint Romulus of Genoa •
Sasso Marconi –
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer •
Serra San Bruno –
Saint Bruno of Cologne •
Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII –
Pope John XXIII •
Umbertide –
Umberto I of Italy •
Terranuova Bracciolini –
Poggio Bracciolini, Renaissance humanist •
Virgilio –
Publius Vergilius Maro, classical Roman poet •
Vittorio Veneto –
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Ivory Coast •
Bingerville –
Louis-Gustave Binger, former French colonial governor • Jean-Baptiste Mockey (Abidjan) –
Jean-Baptiste Mockey • Marie Koré (Abidjan) – Marie Koré (1912–1953), Ivorian independence activist •
Port-Bouët –
Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, French admiral •
San-Pédro, Ivory Coast –
Saint Peter •
Treichville –
Marcel Treich-Laplène, French resident in Ivory Coast •
Yamoussoukro – Queen Yamoussou (died in 1909)
Jamaica •
Aberdeen, Jamaica –
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen •
Albert Town, Jamaica –
Albert, Prince Consort •
Alexandria, Jamaica –
Alexander Bustamante, First Prime Minister of Jamaica • Berry Hill (Manchester) –
Curtis Philip Berry •
Brown's Town –
Hamilton Brown, Scots-Irish planter • Darlingford, Jamaica –
Charles Henry Darling, Governor of Jamaica •
Denham Town –
Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica •
Gordon Town, Jamaica –
George William Gordon •
Granville, Jamaica –
Granville Sharp •
Kingston, Jamaica – King
William III of England •
Lionel Town, Jamaica -
Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet •
Mandeville, Jamaica –
George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, viscount Mandeville •
Moore Town, Jamaica –
Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet •
Nanny Town –
Nanny of the Maroons • Norman Gardens (Kingston) –
Norman Manley •
Petersfield, Jamaica –
Peter Beckford, Governor of Jamaica •
Port Esquivel, Jamaica -
Juan de Esquivel • Queensborough, Kingston –
Queen Victoria •
Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica –
Lady Anne Hyde •
Trenchtown – Daniel Power Trench (1813–1884)
Japan •
Asaka, Saitama –
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family • Asano (Kitakyushu) –
Asano Sōichirō •
Aoyama, Tokyo –
Aoyama Tadanari, a Tokugawa general and chief retainer •
Date, Hokkaidō –
Date Kunishige, a Japanese samurai •
Dōtonbori – Nariyasu Dōton • Hayakawa (Yaita) –
Tokuji Hayakawa •
Hiroshima –
Ōe no Hiromoto + Fuku
shima Motonaga (disputed) •
Iidabashi – Iida Kihee, an Edo-period farmer •
Ikeda, Hokkaido – Nakahiro Ikeda (1877–1948) •
Imakane, Hokkaidō – Imamori Tōjirō (1870–1952) + Kanamori Tōjirō (1865–1909) •
Ina, Saitama –
Ina Tadatsugu, a civil officer •
Isezakichō – Isaburō Aihara (1827–1901) and Akira Sasaki (1806–1876) • Kamashi (Kanto) –
Fujiwara no Kamatari • Kano (Kobe) – Soshichi Kano (1827–1887) • Karashima (Kumamoto) – Karashima Itaru (1854–1913), former mayor of Kumamoto •
Kita, Hokkaido – Yuji Kitamura (1871–1903) • Kikusui (Sapporo) – Shuki Kikutei (1857–1905) • Kogane Kiyoshigaoka (Chiba) – Kiyoshi Matsumoto (1909–1973), former mayor of Matsudo •
Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō – Kyōgoku Takanori (1858–1928), a former noble of the Kyōgoku clan • Meiji (Nagoya) –
Emperor Meiji • Moriya (Yokohama) – Kosuke Moriya (1861–1931), Japanese lawyer •
Narashino, Chiba – Shinohara Kunimoto (1837–1877), a prominent military commander •
Niki, Hokkaidō – Niki Takeyoshi (1834–1915), a Japanese pioneer •
Noda, Chiba – Noda Umanosuke, Japanese military commander during the Muromachi period • Nogizaka, Tokyo –
Nogi Maresuke •
Numata, Hokkaido – Kisaburo Numata (1834–1923) • Ojin (Tokushima) –
Emperor Ōjin • Okawa (Kawasaki) – Heizaburō Ōkawa (1860–1936), Japanese businessman •
Ono, Fukushima –
Ono no Takamura, Japanese poet • Sakuragaoka (Nagoya) – Sakura Okamoto (1878–1935), Japanese businessman and president of Toho Gas •
Sanjō, Niigata – Sanjo Saemon, a legendary hero during the Edo period • Senda (Hiroshima) –
Sadaaki Senda • Shiroishi (Kawasaki) – Motojiro Shiraishi (1867–1945), Japanese businessman •
Shōwa, Fukushima –
Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) •
Susukino – Tatsuyuki Usui (1829–1916) • Suzuki (Kawasaki) – Saburosuke Suzuki (1858–1931), Ajinomoto Company´s founder •
Tadaoka, Osaka – Taira no Tadayuki, son of a Japanese warrior • Takashimadaira –
Takashima Shūhan •
Tendō, Yamagata – Kitabatake Tendōmaru, owner of Tendō castle during the Muromachi period •
Torahime, Shiga – Tora Gozen, a late Heian period prostitute •
Toyota, Aichi –
Sakichi Toyoda and
Kiichiro Toyoda •
Tsukigata, Hokkaidō – Tsukigata Kiyoshi (1847–1895), Japanese Samurai •
Tsuruga, Fukui – Tsunuga Arashito, Japanese Samurai •
Wake, Okayama –
Wake no Kiyomaro, a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period
Jordan •
Abila, formerly named
Seleucia – a Seleucus among the
Seleucid dynasty •
Al-Abdali –King
Abdullah I of Jordan •
Amman –
Ammon •
Umm Qais: • formerly named
Antiochia –
Antiochus III the Great • formerly named
Seleucia –
Seleucus II Callinicus Kazakhstan •
Abay (town).
Abay, Aktobe,
Abay, Almaty and
Abay District, East Kazakhstan –
Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher •
Altynsarin District –
Ybyrai Altynsarin, a Kazakh educator •
Amangeldi –
Amankeldı İmanov (1873–1919), Kazakh national leader • Auezov district (Almaty) –
Mukhtar Auezov, a Kazakh writer •
Ayteke Bi District – Aiteke Biy (1644–1700), Kazakh biy and tribesman •
Ayteke Bi – Ayteke Biy •
Balpyk Bi – Kazakh military hero
Balpyk Derbisaliuly • Bauyrjan Momyshuly – Kazakh military officer
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly •
Baydibek District – Baidibek Karashauly (1356–1419), legendary hero •
Bayganin District – Nurpeis Baiganin (1860–1945), Kazakh folk singer •
Bayzak District – Bayzak Mambetuly (1789–1864), Kazakh military leader and politician •
Beimbet Mailin District – Beimbet Mailin (1894–1938), Kazakh writer •
Bokey Orda District – Bokei Khan, chairman of the Khan's Council during the Aishuak Khan • Budennovka (Akmola) –
Semyon Budyonny •
Bukhar-Zhyrau District –
Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov, a Kazakh poet •
Chapaev, Kazakhstan –
Red Army hero of the Russian Civil War
Vasily Chapayev •
Fort-Shevchenko – Ukrainian poet
Taras Shevchenko •
Gabit Musirepov District –
Gabit Musirepov, Kazakh writer • Hamit Ergaliev (Atyrau) – Hamit Ergaliev (1916–1997), writer • Imeni Baymaganbeta Iztolin (North Kazakhstan) – Baymaganbet Iztolin (1899–1921), poet • Imeni Dinmukhamed Kunaev (Zhambyl) and
Qonaev –
Dinmukhamed Kunaev •
Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy – Kazakh composer and dombura player
Dina Nurpeisova • Imeni Imangali Biltabanov (Aktobe) – Imangali Biltabanov (1925–1945), Kazakh hero • Imeni Kudaibergen Zhubanov (Aktobe) – Kudaibergen Zhubanov (1899–1938), philologist • Imeni Rakhim Sabdenov (Zhambyl) – Rakhim Sabdenov (1929–2000), Socialist workers' hero • Imeni Kasim Kaysenova (East Kazakhstan) –
Qasim Qaysenov (1918–2006), Kazakh writer and military officer • Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Aktobe) and Imeni Shamshi Kaldayakov (Turkistan) –
Shamshi Kaldayakov, a Kazakhstani composer • Imeni Tattibay Duisebayev (Zhambyl) – Tattibay Duisebayev (1923–1996), Kazakh police general • Imeni Temirbek Zhurgenov (Aktobe) – Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898–1938), writer •
Jambyl District, Jambyl – Kazakh akyn (folk singer)
Jambyl Jabayev • Karim Mynbayev (Karaganda) – Karim Mynbayev (1906–1948), Kazakh scientist and teacher •
Kurchatov – Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Kurchatov •
Kurmangazy District – Kazakh composer
Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly •
Magzhan Zhumabayev District – Kazakh writer
Magzhan Zhumabayev •
Makhambet –
Makhambet Otemisuly, Kazakh Poet •
Mamlyut – Mavlyut Valguzin, a Tatar peasant • Mantai Zharymbetov (Turkistan) – Mantai Zharymbetov (1912–1967), Socialist worker's hero • Nurmukhamed Esentaev (Turkistan) – Nurmukhamed Esentaev (1909–1975), Socialist worker's hero •
Panfilov District, Kazakhstan –
Ivan Panfilov •
Pavlodar –
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia •
Petropavl –
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul •
Raiymbek District –
Raiymbek Batyr •
Ridder –
Philip Ridder; between 1941 and 2002 the city was called
Leninogorsk after
Lenin •
Satpayev – Kazakh geologist and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
Kanysh Satpayev •
Shal akyn District – Tileuke Kulekeuly (Shal Akyn), a Kazakh poet •
Tole Bi District –
Töle Biy • Turar Ryskulov, Turkistan – Kazakh politician
Turar Ryskulov •
Turar Ryskulov District –
Turar Ryskulov, President of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic •
Ualikhanov District –
Shoqan Walikhanov, ethnographer •
Zhambyl District, Almaty Region –
Jambyl Jabayev. Kazakh traditional folk singer •
Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region –
Jambyl Jabayev •
Zhangeldi District – Alibi Zhangeldi (1884– 1953), Kazakh revolutionary •
Zhansugirov –
Ilyas Zhansugurov, Kazakh writer •
Zhanybek District –
Janibek Khan, a co-founder and the second Khan of the Kazakh Khanate from 1473–1480 Former: •
Dzhambul was the name of
Taraz – Kazakh poet
Zhambyl Zhabayev •
Guryev was the name of
Atyrau – Russian merchant Dmitry Guryev •
Leninsk was the name of
Baikonur –
Vladimir Lenin •
Nur-Sultan was the name of
Astana –
Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan •
Panfilov was the name of
Zharkent –
Ivan Panfilov •
Shevchenko was the name of
Aqtau –
Taras Shevchenko •
Yermak was the name of
Aksu – Russian
national hero and explorer of
Siberia Yermak Timofeyevich Kenya •
Karen, Kenya –
Karen Blixen, a Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa • Kenyatta, Nairobi –
Jomo Kenyatta •
Machakos – Masaku wa Munyati, an Akamba chief who arrived in the area in 1816 from the area around Sultan Hamud • Port Victoria (Kenya) –
Queen Victoria •
Thomson's Falls –
Joseph Thomson (explorer) Kosovo •
Ferizaj – Feriz Shasivari •
Obilić –
Miloš Obilić •
Skenderaj –
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg Former: • Đeneral Janković was the name of
Elez Han –
Božidar Janković Kuwait • Abdullah as-Salim suburb –
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah •
Al Ahmadi, Kuwait –
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah • Fahd al-Ahmad Suburb –
Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah • Jabir al-Ahmad City –
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah • Sabah al-Ahmad City –
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah • Sabah as-Salim suburb –
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Kyrgyzstan • Аbdrakhmanov (Issyk-Kul) – Yusup Abdrakhmanov (1901–1938), Kyrgyz politician • Abdy-Suerkulov (Toktogul) – Abdy Suerkulov (1912–1992), Kyrgyz Prime Minister • Absamat Masaliev (Kadamjay) –
Absamat Masaliyev •
Aitmatov District –
Chinghiz Aitmatov, author • Aldashev (Jeti-Ögüz) – Abdulkhai Aldashev (1918–2003), Kyrgyz pharmacologist, toxicologist and translator • Alla-Anarov (Aravan) – Alla Anarov (1907–1979), cotton producer • Aydaraliev (Talas) – Rysbek Aidaraliev (1922–1998), Kyrgyz public figure • Amanbayevo – Aldabergen Amanbaev (1927–1975), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero •
Anan'yevo – one of the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, Nikolay Yakovlevich Anan'yev (1912–1941) • Atai Ogonbaev (Talas) – Atai Ogonbaev (1900–1949), Kyrgyz musician and compositor •
Baetov – Kyrgyz singer and composer Musa Baetov (1902–1949) •
Baytik –
Baytik Batyr (1823–1886), one of the leaders of the Solto tribe who fought the Kokand Khanate • Berdike Baatyr (Talas) – Berdike Baatyr (1740–1790) •
Bishkek – Bishkek Batyr (1700–1757), Commander of the Kyrgyz army in the war against the invaders of Dzungar in the 18th century. •
Bokonbayevo – Kyrgyz poet and dramatist, Dzhoomart Bokonbaev (1910–1944) •
Cholponbay – Cholponbai Tuleberdiyev (1922–1944), World War II hero • Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (Ysyk-Ata) – Dokturbek Kurmanaliev (1948–2004) • Ibraimov – Kyrgyz Prime Minister
Sultan Ibraimov • Imeni Aliaskara Toktonalieva (Ysyk-Ata) – Aliaskar Toktonaliev (1929–1990), Finance Minister • Isanov (Osh) –
Nasirdin Isanov, Kyrgyz Prime Minister •
Jalal-Abad –
Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar •
Jayyl District – Jayyl Batyr (1692–1780), one of the heroes of the Solto tribe • Karasaev (Tüp) – Kusein Karasaev (1901–1998), Kyrgyz linguist • Kaynazarova (Chuy) –
Zuurakan Kaynazarova • Kazybek (Naryn) – Kazybek Mambetimin uulu (1901–1936), poet • Kochubaev (Osh) – Toi'chu Tagaevich Kochubaev (1922–1981), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero • Kochkorbaev (Chuy) – Isak Kochkorbaev (1890–1965), Kyrgyz Socialist workers' hero • Kulatov (Nookat) – Turabay Kulatov (1908–1984), Kyrgyz Prime Minister • Kurmanbek (Suzak) – Kurmanbek Batyr, mythical hero • Kurmanjan Datka (Batken) and Kurmanjan Datka (Osh) –
Kurmanjan Datka •
Lenin District, Bishkek –
Vladimir Lenin •
Manas District –
Manas, mythical Kyrgyz national hero • Mavlyanov (Aksy) – Junai Mavlyanov (1923–2003), writer and poet • Mombekovo (Nooken) – Yusup Mombekov (1926–1983), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero • Nurzhanov (Talas) – Akmatbek Nurzhanov (1922–1987), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero • Ormon-Khan aliyl (Naryn) –
Ormon Khan • Ömüraliev (Talas) – Baky Ömüraliev (1932–2003), Kyrgyz actor and film director • Osmonkulov (Talas) – Iskender Osmonkulov (1907–1992), Kyrgyz socialist workers' hero •
Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan –
Ivan Panfilov •
Pristan'-Przheval'sk –
Nikolay Przhevalsky •
Shabdan – Shabdan Baatyr (1839–1912) •
Shopokov – Kyrgyz World War II hero Duyshenkul Shopokov (1915–1941) •
Süymönkul Chokmorov – Kyrgyz film actor
Suimenkul Chokmorov •
Sverdlov District, Bishkek –
Yakov Sverdlov •
Razzakov –
Iskhak Razzakov •
Toktogul – Kyrgyz Musician
Toktogul Satilganov • Togolok-Moldo Rural District (Naryn) –
Togolok Moldo, Kyrgyz poet • Toktomat Zulpuev (Nookat) – Toktomat Zulpuev (1925–1995) • Urazbekov (Batken) –
Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1889–1938), Kyrgyz statesman • Yusupov aliyl (Osh) – Sultan Yusupov (1918–2004), Kyrgyz music teacher •
Zharkynbayevo – Kazak Zharkynbaev (1911–1969), Kyrgyz hero Former: •
Frunze was the name of
Bishkek from 1926 through 1991 –
Mikhail Frunze •
Przhevalsk was the name of
Karakol from 1888 through 1921 and 1939 through 1991 –
Nikolai Przhevalsky Laos •
Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet province –
Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos
Latvia •
Jēkabpils –
Jacob Kettler, Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia •
Lucavsala – Klauss Lucavs •
Pāvilosta – after
Paul von Lilienfeld, governor of
Kurzeme •
Pētersala-Andrejsala –
Peter the Great •
Valdemārpils –
Krišjānis Valdemārs, writer and politician •
Valka (Estonian: Valga) – possibly after the de Walko (de Walco) family Former: •
Stučka was the name of
Aizkraukle –
Pēteris Stučka, Latvian revolutionary and communist
Lebanon • Foch-Allenby district (Beirut) –
Ferdinand Foch and
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Former: •
Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of
Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the
Seleucid dynasty
Lesotho •
Mohale's Hoek – Mohale, a King
Moshoeshoe I's brother
Liberia • A.B. Tolbert Community – Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (died in 1980), a former President's son •
Arthington, Liberia – Robert Arthington, an attorney and philanthropist from Leeds, England •
Barclayville –
Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia •
Buchanan –
Thomas Buchanan, American diplomat •
Careysburg –
Lott Carey, a Baptist minister •
Clay-Ashland –
Henry Clay, an American lawyer, planter, and statesman •
Greenville, Liberia – Judge James Green •
Harbel –
Harvey S. Firestone and his wife
Idabelle •
Harper, Liberia –
Robert Goodloe Harper, American politician •
Monrovia –
James Monroe, President of the United States •
Robertsport –
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, First President of Liberia • Samuel K. Doe Community (Monrovia) –
Samuel Doe • Schieffelin,
Margibi County –
Henry M. Schieffelin, American philanthropist and Consul-General in Liberia •
Tubmanburg –
William Tubman, President of Liberia
Libya •
ʽAziziya –
Abdulaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire •
Benghazi – Sidi Ghazi, Benefactor of the city •
Ptolemais – a king of the
Ptolemies, probably
Ptolemy III Euergetes •
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar –
Omar Mukhtar, Libyan resistance leader
Lithuania •
Garliava – Józef Godlewski, founder •
Grigiškės –
Grzegorz Kurec, Polish architect •
Janapolė – Jan Dominik Łopaciński, benefactor •
Jonava – Jan Mikołaj Kossowski •
Kaišiadorys – a Tatar noble, Khaishadar •
Kudirkos Naumiestis –
Vincas Kudirka, Lithuanian poet •
Marijampolė –
Blessed Virgin Mary Former: •
Kapsukas was the name of
Marijampolė –
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Lithuanian communist politician •
Sniečkus was the name of
Visaginas –
Antanas Sniečkus, Lithuanian communist politician
Luxembourg •
Ettelbruck – Etzel (
Attila the Hun)
Malawi •
Aaron, Malawi – biblical prophet
Aaron • Banda (Central) –
Hastings Banda •
Cape Maclear –
Thomas Maclear • Fort Maguire (Southern) – Captain Cecil Montgomery Maguire (died in 1891) •
Livingstonia, Malawi –
David Livingstone •
Liwonde – Chief Liwonde Former: •
Fort Anderson was the name of
Mulanje – Sir Henry Percy Anderson (1831–1896), Harry Johnston's father-in-law •
Fort Hill was the name of
Chitipa –
Clement Lloyd Hill, British diplomat •
Fort Johnston was the name of
Mangochi –
Harry Johnston, British botanist and colonial administrator •
Fort Lister was the name of
Phalombe –
Thomas Villiers Lister, British diplomat •
Fort Manning was the name of
Mchinji –
William Manning (colonial administrator), Governor of Nyasaland
Malaysia •
Beaufort, Malaysia –
Leicester Paul Beaufort, colonial governor of North Borneo •
Bandar Dato' Onn –
Onn Jaafar, Malayan politician •
Bandar Menjalara – Paduka Seri Cik Menjalara (1853-1941) •
Bandar Muadzam Shah –
Abu Bakar of Pahang, fourth Sultan of Pahang •
Bandar Seri Putra –
Tunku Abdul Rahman •
Bandar Tun Abdul Razak –
Abdul Razak Hussein, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia •
Bandar Tun Razak –
Abdul Razak Hussein •
Bandar Tun Razak, Jengka –
Abdul Razak Hussein •
Butterworth, Penang –
William John Butterworth, governor of the Straits Settlements •
Cameron Highlands –
William Cameron, British geologist •
Carey Island – Edward Valentine John Carey (1865–1914), English planter in Malaya •
FELDA L.B. Johnson –
Lyndon B. Johnson, American president •
FELDA Soeharto –
Suharto, Indonesian president •
Fraser's Hill – Louis James Fraser, Scottish pioneer •
George Town, Penang –
George III the United Kingdom •
Gohtong Jaya –
Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman & entrepreneur •
Hang Tuah Jaya –
Hang Tuah, legendary hero • Kampung Gandhi –
Mahatma Gandhi •
Pekan Gurney –
Henry Gurney, British colonial administrator •
Port Dickson –
John Frederick Dickson, British colonial administrator •
Putrajaya –
Tunku Abdul Rahman, father of Malayan independence •
Seri Iskandar –
Iskandar of Perak, 30th Sultan of Perak •
Shah Alam –
Hisamuddin of Selangor, King of Malaysia •
Taman Tun Dr Ismail –
Ismail Abdul Rahman, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia •
Taman Tun Sardon –
Sardon Jubir, governor of Penang • Taman Tun Teja – Princess Tun Teja •
Taman U-Thant –
U Thant, UN Secretary-General from 1961 until 1971 •
Templer's Park –
Gerald Templer, senior British Army officer •
Victoria, Labuan –
Queen Victoria •
Weston –
Arthur Joseph West, British North Borneo railway engineer Former: •
Jesselton was the name of
Kota Kinabalu – Sir
Charles Jessel, British colonial administrator
Mali •
Ouezzindougou –
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Burkinabé politician •
Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region
Malta •
Cottonera – Grandmaster
Nicolas Cotoner •
Floriana – architect
Pietro Paolo Floriani •
Manoel Island – Grandmaster
António Manoel de Vilhena •
Paola – Grandmaster
Antoine de Paule •
Paceville – Giuseppe Pace (1890–1971) •
Qormi (Città Pinto) – Grandmaster
Manuel Pinto da Fonseca •
San Ġiljan –
St. Julian •
San Ġwann –
St. John • San Lawrenz –
St. Lawrence •
San Pawl il-Baħar –
Paul the Apostle •
Santa Luċija –
St. Lucy •
Santa Venera –
St. Venera •
Senglea – Grandmaster
Claude de la Sengle •
Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) – Grandmaster
Ferdinand von Hompesch •
Valletta – Grandmaster
Jean Parisot de Valette •
Victoria –
Queen Victoria •
Żabbar (Città Hompesch) – Grandmaster
Ferdinand von Hompesch •
Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) – Grandmaster
Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc •
Żejtun (Città Beland) –
Ferdinand von Hompesch's mother
Mauritania •
Arafat, Mauritania –
Yasser Arafat •
Boubacar Ben Amer – Abu Bakr Ibn Omar (d.1087) Former: • "Fort Gouraud" was the name of
Fderîck –
Henri Gouraud • "Fort-Trinquet" was the name of
Bir Moghrein – Maurice-Numa-Émile Trinquet (1879–1941) • "Port-Étienne" was the name of
Nouadhibou –
Eugène Étienne Mauritius •
Mahébourg –
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais •
Port Louis –
Louis XV of France •
Souillac –
François de Souillac Mexico •
Apodaca, Nuevo León – Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto, bishop •
Ciudad Juárez –
Benito Juárez, president •
Ciudad López Mateos –
Adolfo López Mateos, president •
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl –
Nezahualcoyotl, poet •
Ciudad Obregón –
Álvaro Obregón, president •
Ciudad Victoria –
Guadalupe Victoria, first president •
General Escobedo –
Mariano Escobedo •
Hermosillo – José María González Hermosillo •
Guadalupe, Zacatecas and other communities named Guadalupe –
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mary) •
Guerrero state and several other localities –
Vicente Guerrero,
independence leader and president •
Hidalgo, state and several other localities –
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, independence leader and
Father of the Nation •
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán –
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, president •
Morelia –
José María Morelos, independence leader •
Morelos state and several other localities – José María Morelos, independence leader •
San Luis Potosí City and state – King
Louis IX of France •
San Nicolás de los Garza – Pedro de la Garza, benefactor of the town •
Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez, independence leader •
Quintana Roo –
Andrés Quintana Roo, politician
Moldova •
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Cahul –
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia •
Cantemir, Moldova –
Dimitrie Cantemir • Ciorescu, Chişinău – Ion Gheorghe Ciorescu (founder) •
Frunză, Ocnița –
Mikhail Frunze • Ion Vodă, Florești –
John III the Terrible • Lazo, Ștefan Vodă –
Sergey Lazo, Moldavian revolutionary • Lebedenco, Cahul –
Nikita Lebedenko, Soviet military leader •
Miciurin –
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin • Regina Maria, Soroca –
Marie of Romania •
Ștefan Vodă –
Stephen III of Moldavia Former: • "Kotovsk" was the name of
Hîncești –
Grigory Kotovsky • "Kutuzov" was the name of
Ialoveni –
Mikhail Kutuzov • "Lazovsk" was the name of
Sîngerei –
Sergey Lazo • "Suvorovo" was the name of
Ștefan Vodă –
Alexander Suvorov Mongolia •
Choibalsan city,
Dornod –
Khorloogiin Choibalsan •
Choibalsan sum,
Dornod –
Khorloogiin Choibalsan •
Khatanbulag –
Börte, Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire • Magsarjav (Khovd) –
Khatanbaatar Magsarjav •
Öndörkhaan (now Chinggis Khot) –
Genghis Khan •
Sükhbaatar city –
Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian independence hero •
Sükhbaatar district –
Damdin Sükhbaatar •
Sükhbaatar Province –
Damdin Sükhbaatar •
Ulaanbaatar –
Damdin Sükhbaatar Montenegro •
Danilovgrad –
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro •
Herceg Novi – Duke (
Herceg)
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača •
Petrovac – King
Peter I of Serbia •
Tomaševo – Tomaš Žižić, Montenegrin national hero Former: •
Titograd was the name of
Podgorica from 1946 to 1992 –
Josip Broz Tito •
Ivangrad was the name of
Berane from 1946 to 1992 –
Ivan Milutinović Morocco •
El Mansouria, Morocco -
Ahmad al-Mansur •
Errachidia -
Al-Rashid of Morocco •
Hay Hassani -
Hassan II of Morocco •
Hay Mohammadi -
Mohammed V of Morocco •
Mohammedia – King
Mohammed V of Morocco •
Moulay Rachid (district) –
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco •
Moulay Yacoub -
Yaqub al-Mansur •
Youssoufia, Morocco -
Yusef of Morocco Mozambique •
Beira, Mozambique –
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (titled
Prince of Beira) • Chissano (Gaza) –
Alberto Chissano, Mozambican sculptor •
Maputo – Chief Maputsu I of the Tembe clan •
Mozambique Island –
Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab Muslim chief of the early 16th century • Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) –
Josina Machel, a former President's wife •
Manhiça District – Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area •
Ressano Garcia – Frederico Ressano Garcia (1847–1911), Portuguese politician and engineer •
Vila Eduardo Mondlane –
Eduardo Mondlane, President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) Former: •
António Enes was the name of
Angoche –
António José Enes (1848–1901), Portuguese journalist and colonial administrator •
Augusto Cardoso was the name of
Metangula – Augusto Cardoso (1859–1930), Portuguese explorer •
Caldas Xavier was the name of Cambulatsitse – Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852–1896), Portuguese colonial administrator •
Cidade Salazar was the name of
Matola –
António de Oliveira Salazar •
João Belo was the name of
Xai-Xai – João Belo (1878–1928), Portuguese military •
Lourenço Marques was the name of
Maputo –
Lourenço Marques (explorer) •
Malvernia was the name of
Chicualacuala (Vila Eduardo Mondlane) –
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern •
Porto Amélia was the name of
Pemba, Mozambique – Queen
Amélie of Orléans •
Vila Coutinho was the name of
Ulongué – João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira (1865–1944) •
Vila Fontes was the name of
Caia, Mozambique –
Fontes Pereira de Melo •
Vila Gomes da Costa was the name of Alto Changane –
Manuel Gomes da Costa, Portuguese president •
Vila Gouveia was the name of
Catandica –
Manuel António de Sousa, Portuguese military captain •
Vila Junqueiro was the name of
Gurúè – Manuel Saraiva Junqueiro (d.1959) •
Vila Machado was the name of
Nhamatanda –
Joaquim José Machado •
Vila Paiva de Andrada was the name of
Gorongosa – Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada (1846–1928) •
Vila Pery was the name of
Chimoio – João Pery de Lind (1861–1930), Governor of Mozambique Company Territories of Manica and Sofala •
Vila Pinto Teixeira was the name of
Mabalane – Francisco dos Santos Pinto Teixeira (1887–1983), Portuguese military engineer •
Vila Trigo de Morais was the name of
Chokwe, Mozambique – António Trigo de Morais (1895–1966), Portuguese engineer •
Vila Vasco da Gama was the name of Chiputo –
Vasco da Gama Myanmar •
Maha Bandula Park – General
Maha Bandula •
Mindon, Myanmar –
Mindon Min, King of Burma •
Thibaw, Shan State –
Thibaw Min, King of Burma
Namibia •
Caprivi Strip –
Leo von Caprivi, German general and statesman •
Henties Bay, Namibia – Major Hentie van der Merwe (1871–1954) •
John Pandeni Constituency –
John Pandeni, a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) •
Judea Lyaboloma Constituency – Judea Lyaboloma (died in 1968), a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla •
Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman, German trader •
Lüderitz –
Adolf Lüderitz •
Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt •
Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency –
Moses ǁGaroëb, a Namibian Politician •
Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency –
Nehale Mpingana, Namibian National hero •
Samora Machel Constituency –
Samora Machel, President of Mozambique •
Tobias Hainyeko constituency –
Tobias Hainyeko, a guerrilla war hero Former: •
Caprivi Region was the name of
Zambezi Region, named after
Leo von Caprivi •
Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann (since 2013 called Luhonono)
Nepal •
Bhimdatta –
Bhimdatta Panta, a revolutionary farmer leader •
Birendranagar –
King Birendra of Nepal •
Birendranagar, Chitwan –
King Birendra of Nepal •
Birgunj –
Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali statesman •
Byans –
Vyas, legendary author of Hinduism •
Dasharathchand –
Dashrath Chand, a martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement •
Janakpur –
King Janak, an ancient Indian king of Videha, •
Jaya Prithvi –
Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a humanist, peace advocate, writer and social activist •
K.I. Singh Rural Municipality –
Kunwar Inderjit Singh, 20th Prime Minister of Nepal •
Krishnapur, Nepal –
Krishna •
Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality –
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa •
Mahendrakot and
Mahendranagar, Dhanusha –
Mahendra of Nepal •
Phalgunanda Rural Municipality –
Phalgunanda •
Prithivinagar –
Prithvi Narayan Shah •
Ramprasad Rai –
Ram Prasad Rai, a Nepali revolutionary who was disappeared and killed in 1951 •
Siddharthanagar – from
Buddha's given name Siddhartha •
Siddhicharan Municipality –
Siddhicharan Shrestha •
Tribhuwannagar –
Tribhuvan of Nepal •
Vyas – Sage Vyasadeva (
Vyas)
Netherlands •
Anna Paulowna –
Anna Pavlovna of Russia • Emmaberg – Queen
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont •
Frederiksoord –
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands •
Geertruidenberg –
Gertrude of Nivelles •
's-Gravenzande (lit. ''The Count's Sand'') –
William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland) •
Heerhugowaard – lord ('heer') Hugo of
Assendelft •
's-Hertogenbosch (lit. ''The Duke's Forest'') –
Henry I, Duke of Brabant •
Julianadorp – Queen
Juliana of the Netherlands •
Koningsbosch (lit. ''King's Forest'') –
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor • Koningsoord (Het Hogeland) –
William III of the Netherlands •
Mariaparochie –
Mary, mother of Jesus •
Lelystad – ir.
Cornelis Lely •
Odiliapeel –
Odilia of Cologne •
Oud-Beijerland,
Nieuw-Beijerland and
Zuid-Beijerland –
Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch:
Sabina van Beieren) •
Philippine, Netherlands –
Philip I of Castile •
Prins Alexander –
Alexander, Prince of Orange •
Sint Annaparochie –
Saint Anne •
Sint Jacobiparochie –
James, son of Zebedee •
Sint Maarten –
Martin of Tours •
Sint Nicolaasga –
Saint Nicholas •
Sint-Oedenrode –
Saint Oda •
Sint Pancras –
Saint Pancras •
Sint Willebrord –
Saint Willibrord •
Van Ewijcksluis – Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Built (1786–1858), Dutch Politician • Wilhelminadorp, Best – Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands •
Wilhelminadorp, Goes –
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands •
Wilhelminaoord –
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange • Willemsdorp – King
William I of the Netherlands •
Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland – King
William II of the Netherlands •
Willemstad, North Brabant –
William the Silent, Father of the Dutch fatherland
New Zealand • Addisons Flat,
West Coast – unknown African American gold prospector •
Aidanfield – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858–1958) •
Albert Town –
Prince Albert •
Alexandra –
Alexandra of Denmark •
Allanton – James Allan •
Alfredton –
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha •
Andersons Bay – James Anderson and family •
Arthurs Point – Thomas Arthur •
Ashers – William Asher •
Ashburton –
Francis Baring,
Baron Ashburton •
Auckland –
George Eden, Earl of Auckland •
Ballance –
John Ballance •
Bell Block –
Dillon Bell •
Benneydale –
Matt Benney and Tom Dale •
Blaketown – Isaac Blake •
Brockville –
Frederick Brock-Hollinshead •
Bronte –
Admiral Lord Nelson,
Duke of Bronté •
Brunner –
Thomas Brunner •
Brydone –
Thomas Brydone •
Carterton –
Charles Carter •
Charleston – Captain Charles Bonner •
Christchurch –
Jesus Christ (indirectly via
Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in England) •
Clarkville – Joseph Clark •
Clendon Park -
James Reddy Clendon •
Clive –
Robert Clive ("Clive of India") •
Clinton –
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle •
Clyde –
Lord Clyde •
Coatesville –
Gordon Coates, Prime Minister •
Cobden –
Richard Cobden •
Collingwood –
Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood •
Colville –
Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross •
Cromwell – possibly
Oliver Cromwell •
Dargaville – Joseph Dargaville •
Days Bay – George Day •
Dennison – R.B. Denniston •
Dobson – George Dobson •
Duders Beach – Thomas Duder •
Evansdale – William Evans •
Eyreton –
Edward John Eyre •
Featherston –
Isaac Featherston •
Feilding –
William Feilding •
Fendalton – Walpole Chesshyre Fendall (1830–1913) •
Fordlands – Harry Ford (1878-1969) •
Foxton –
William Fox, Premier •
Frankton – Frances Rees, wife of
William Gilbert Rees •
Franz Josef / Waiau –
Franz Joseph I of Austria •
Frasertown – Major James Fraser •
Gabriel's Gully –
Gabriel Read •
Gisborne –
William Gisborne •
Gladstone –
William Ewart Gladstone •
Godley Head –
John Robert Godley •
Gore –
Thomas Gore Browne •
Greerton – Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur Greer •
Grey River / Māwheranui,
Greymouth,
Greytown –
George Grey, Governor •
Haast –
Julius von Haast •
Halswell –
Edmund Storr Halswell QC (1790–1874) •
Hamilton –
John Fane Charles Hamilton •
Hampden –
John Hampden •
Hanmer Springs – Thomas Hanmer •
Harrisville –
Benjamin Harris •
Hastings –
Warren Hastings •
Havelock –
Henry Havelock •
Havelock North –
Henry Havelock •
Helensville – Helen McLeod, wife of John McLeod •
Herbert -
Sydney Herbert •
Herbertville - Joseph and Sarah Herbert •
Hinds –
Samuel Hinds •
Hope – Jane Hope •
Hunterville –
George Hunter •
Hyde – John Hyde Harris •
Invercargill –
William Cargill •
Jack's Point – "Maori Jack" Tewa •
Jacksons – Michael Jackson •
Kennedys Bush – Thomas Kennedy •
Kimbell – Frederick J. Kimbell •
Levin –
William Hort Levin •
Lincoln –
Earl of Lincoln •
Linton – James Linton •
Lower Hutt – Sir
William Hutt •
Lyell –
Charles Lyell •
Lyttelton – the
Lyttelton family •
Macraes – John MacRae •
Mackenzie Basin –
James Mckenzie •
Mackenzie District –
James Mckenzie •
Macetown – brothers Charles, Harry, and John Mace •
Mairtown – Gilbert Mair and family •
Martinborough –
John Martin •
Massey –
William Massey, Prime Minister •
Masterton –
Joseph Masters •
Mauriceville –
Maurice O'Rourke •
Maxwell (now
Pākaraka) – Sergeant George Maxwell •
McLaren Park, New Zealand –
Bruce McLaren •
Melville – James Dougal Melville (1841–1909) •
Mercer – Captain Henry Mercer •
Moncks Bay – John Stanley Monck •
Millers Flat – Walter Miller •
Murchison –
Roderick Murchison •
Napier –
Charles James Napier •
Nelson –
Admiral Horatio Nelson •
Ormondville –
John Davies Ormond •
Palmerston –
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston •
Palmerston North –
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston •
Picton –
Thomas Picton •
Plimmerton –
John Plimmer •
Port Albert –
Prince Albert •
Port Chalmers –
Thomas Chalmers •
Port Levy –
Solomon Levey •
Port Underwood – Joseph Underwood •
Prestons – Thomas Herbert Preston •
Pyes Pa –
Charles Pye,
VC •
Queenstown –
Queen Victoria •
Raglan –
Lord Raglan •
Rātana Pā –
T. W. Ratana •
Renwick –
Thomas Renwick •
Ross –
George Ross •
Saint Arnaud –
Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud •
Seddon –
Richard Seddon, Prime Minister •
Seddonville –
Richard Seddon, Prime Minister •
Sumner –
John Bird Sumner •
Tasman –
Abel Tasman •
Upper Hutt – Sir
William Hutt •
Victoria –
Queen Victoria •
Vogeltown –
Julius Vogel, Premier •
Wakefield –
Arthur Wakefield •
Waldronville – Bill Waldron (1909–1976) •
Ward –
Joseph Ward •
Wellington –
Duke of Wellington •
Wellsford – an acronym derived from the surnames of the first European families who settled in the region •
West Eyreton –
Edward John Eyre •
Whitford – Richard Whitford •
Winton – Thomas Winton •
Wyndham –
Charles Ash Windham Nicaragua • Ahmed Campos Correa (Chontales) – Ahmed Campos Correa (1956–1982), a Nicaraguan Poet • Arlen Siu (Granada) –
Arlen Siu, a guerrilla revolutionary heroine • Bernardino Diaz Ochoa (Granada) – Bernadino Diaz Ochoa (1941–1971), a Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary •
Bluefields –
Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s •
Carazo Department –
Evaristo Carazo, President of Nicaragua •
Cárdenas –
Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua •
Ciudad Darío –
Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet •
Ciudad Sandino – Revolutionary
Augusto César Sandino •
El Viejo – Cacique Agateyte • Filiberto Morales (Chinandega) – Filiberto Morales Darce (d.1979) • German Pomares (Jinotega), German Pomares (Nueva Segovia) – German Pomares Ordonez (1936–1979), a Nicaraguan national hero •
Greytown, Nicaragua –
Charles Edward Grey, a British judge and colonial governor • Gaspar García (Rivas) –
Gaspar García Laviana • Hilario Sanchez (Managua) – Hilario Sánchez Vásquez (1953–1983), a Nicaraguan military • Jesus Rivera (Jinotega) – Manuel de Jesus Rivera "La Mascota" (1965–1978), a Nicaraguan revolutionary kid • Jose Benito Escobar (Matagalpa) and Jose Benito Escobar (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) – Jose Benito Escobar (1936–1978), revolutionary •
La Concepción, Masaya –
Immaculate Conception of Mary •
Larreynaga –
Miguel Larreynaga, Nicaraguan philosopher • Leon Diaz (Jinotega) – General José León Diaz, Salvadoran military of one of 30 militaries during the Nicaraguan Revolution • Leonel Rugama (Estelí) – José Leónel Rugama (1949–1970), Nicaraguan poet • Macario Brenes (Masaya) – Macario Brenes Alvarez (died in 1979) •
Madriz Department –
José Madriz, President of Nicaragua • Marlon Zelaya (Rio San Juan) – Marlon Zelaya Cruz (1962–1983), a student martyr • Monseñor Madrigal (Nueva Segovia) – Monseñor Nicolás Antonio Madrigal y García (1898–1977) • Pablo Ubeda (Boaco) –
Rigoberto Cruz (died in 1967), also known as Pablo Ubeda, one of the founders of the FSLN • Padre Ramos (Chinandega) – Father Francisco Ramos, Nicaraguan priest • Puerto Benjamín Zeledón –
Benjamín Zeledón, national hero of Nicaragua •
Puerto Cabezas – Rigoberto Cabezas, journalist, military figure and politician • Puerto Diaz, Chontales –
Adolfo Díaz, President of Nicaragua •
Puerto Morazán –
Francisco Morazán, a Honduran Politician • Puerto Salvador Allende (Managua) –
Salvador Allende • Ricardo Morales Avilés (Granada) – Ricardo Morales Avilés (1939–1973) • Rigoberto López Pérez (Managua) –
Rigoberto López Pérez, Nicaraguan poet •
Rivas Department –
Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua •
Rivas, Nicaragua – Francisco Rodriguez de Rivas (1674–1743), Captain General of Guatemala • Roman Esteban Toledo (Carazo) – Roman del Carmen Esteban Toledo (1950–1979), revolutionary • Rubén Darío (South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region) –
Rubén Darío •
San Dionisio, Matagalpa –
Dionisio de Herrera, president of Nicaragua •
San Fernando, Nueva Segovia – King
Ferdinand III of Spain • San Francisco Chontales (Villa Sandino) – Rev. Frank Setzer (1911–2000) •
San Francisco del Norte – Saint Francis •
San José de Cusmapa –
José Dolores Estrada •
San José de los Remates –
José María Guerrero de Arcos, director of the State of Nicaragua •
San Lorenzo de los Tellez –
Saint Lawrence and Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area •
Santa Lucía, Boaco –
Saint Lucy •
Santa María, Nueva Segovia –
Saint Mary •
San Nicolás, Estelí –
Saint Nicholas •
San Pedro del Norte –
Saint Peter •
San Ramón, Matagalpa –
Saint Raymond Nonnatus •
Santa Teresa, Carazo –
Saint Teresa of Ávila •
Santo Tomás del Norte – (1777–1819), Priest and independence hero • Socrates Sandino (Masaya) – Socrates Sandino Tiffer (1875–1935), a Sandino's paternal brother •
Villa Carlos Fonseca –
Carlos Fonseca, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front •
Villa Sandino – revolutionary
Augusto César Sandino Niger • Cité Fayçal (Niamey) –
Faisal of Saudi Arabia Nigeria •
Port Harcourt –
Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt •
Victoria Island, Lagos –
Queen Victoria North Korea •
Kimchaek – Korean People's Army (KPA) general,
Kim Chaek •
Kimhyonggwon County – Korean revolutionary
Kim Hyong-gwon •
Kimhyongjik County – Korean independence activist
Kim Hyong-jik •
Kimjongsuk County – Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla and Kim Il-sung's first wife
Kim Jong-suk •
Mundok County -
Ŭlchi Mundŏk North Macedonia •
Čučer-Sandevo – Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande (1920–1943), participant in the National Liberation War • Dame Gruev (Skopje) –
Dame Gruev •
Delčevo –
Goce Delčev, revolutionary hero •
Gazi Baba Municipality – Ottoman poet
Aşık Çelebi •
Gjorče Petrov Municipality – revolutionary
Gjorče Petrov • Jane Sandanski (Skopje) –
Yane Sandanski •
Josifovo – Josif Josifovski (1915–1943) •
Sveti Nikole –
Saint Nicholas •
Titov Vrv –
Josip Broz, President of Yugoslavia Former: •
Titov Veles (meaning: "Tito's Veles") was the name of
Veles –
Josip Broz Norway •
Barentsburg -
Willem Barentsz •
Edgeøya –
Thomas Edge •
Emma Hjorth, Norway -
Emma Hjorth, Norwegian educato •
Eydehavn –
Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer •
Filipstad, Norway – pharmacist Philip Moth •
Fredrikstad – King
Frederick II of Denmark and Norway •
Hiorthhamn -
Fredrik Hiorth •
Jan Mayen – Captain
Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout •
Kongsberg – King
Christian IV of Denmark and Norway •
Kongsvinger – King
Christian V of Denmark and Norway •
Kristiansand – King
Christian IV of Denmark and Norway •
Kristiansund – King
Christian VI of Denmark and Norway •
Longyearbyen – world's northernmost town –
John Munro Longyear •
Olonkinbyen -
Gennady Olonkin Former: •
Christiania (from 1624 through 1877) and then
Kristiania (from 1877 through 1925) were the names of
Oslo – King
Christian IV of Denmark and Norway •
Fredrikshald was the name of
Halden from 1665 through 1928 – King
Frederick III of Denmark and Norway •
Fredriksvern was the name of
Stavern from 1799 through 1930 – King
Frederick V of Denmark and Norway •
Victoriahavn was the name of
Narvik from 1887 through 1902 – Crown princess of Norway,
Victoria of Baden Oman •
Al-Mazyunah -
Mazoon bint Ahmad Al Mashani, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said's mother •
Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos –
Qaboos bin Said •
Sultan Haitham City -
Haitham bin Tariq, current Sultan of Oman
Pakistan •
Abbottabad –
James Abbott •
Aliabad, Hunza –
Ali, cousin of
Muhammad •
Aziz Bhatti Town –
Raja Aziz Bhatti, Pakistani military officer •
Bahawalnagar –
Bahawal Khan V •
Bahawalpur – Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi (1715–1749) •
Bulri Shah Karim Tehsil -
Shah Abdul Karim Bulri •
Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil –
Raja Muhammad Sarwar, Pakistani army officer •
Dera Allah Yar – Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa (d.1985) •
Dera Ismail Khan – Ismail Khan •
Dera Murad Jamali – Mir Muhammad Murad Jamali, an assassinated Pakistani leader •
Faisalabad –
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia •
Fatehpur Thakiala – Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi (d.1988) •
Fort Abbas –
Abbas Abbasi, Amir of the Bahawalpur State and former governor of Punjab •
Haripur, Pakistan –
Hari Singh Nalwa •
Haroonabad, Bahawalnagar – Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi (1924–1972), son of Nawab of Bahawalpur sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V •
Hayatabad –
Hayat Sherpao •
Iqbal Town, Lahore –
Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani national poet •
Jacobabad –
John Jacob •
Jafarabad District –
Jafar Khan Jamali, a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan •
Jamalabad Gojal –
Jamal of Hunza •
Jamshed Town –
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, first elected Mayor of Karachi •
Jauharabad –
Mohammad Ali Jauhar, one of several prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement • Jinnahabad (Abbottabad) –
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Father of the nation •
Khairpur Nathan Shah – Sufi Saint Hazrat Nathan Shah (d.1983) •
Kot Chutta - Chutta Khan Gurmani •
Kot Ghulam Muhammad –
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, one of the pioneers of the Pakistan Movement •
Latifabad -
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai •
Liaquatabad Town and
Liaquatpur –
Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman •
Minchinabad – Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829–1899), British political Agent •
Miranshah –
Miran Shah •
Mir Ali, Pakistan - Mirza Ali Khan Wazir (
Faqir of Ipi) •
Muzaffarabad – Sultan Raja Muzaffar Khan •
Muzaffargarh –
Nawab Muzaffar Khan (d.1818), Afghan Popalzai governor of Multan •
Nankana Sahib –
Guru Nanak •
Nasirabad District – Muhammad Nasir Khan I (1710–1794), ruler of Kalat •
Nazimabad –
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan •
Nishtar Town –
Abdur Rab Nishtar, a Pakistan movement leader •
Phool Nagar –
Phool Muhammad Khan, former Minister of the area •
Pindi Bhattian -
Dulla Bhatti •
Port Qasim –
Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab Commander •
Qilla Abdullah – Sardar Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai, a Khan of Kalat •
Quaidabad –
Muhammad Ali Jinnah •
Rahim Yar Khan – Crown Prince Rahim Yar Khan (1877–1881), who died by burns in a fire •
Rajanpur – Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah •
Sadiqabad – Amīr
Sadiq Mohammad Khan V •
Safdarabad – Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar (d.1989) •
Shaheed Benazirabad District –
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, a two-time prime minister of Pakistan •
Shaheed Fazil Rahu –
Fazil Rahu •
Sheikhupura –
Jahangir's nickname Shekhu •
Shujabad – Nawab Shuja Khan •
Tando Muhammad Khan – Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani •
Toba Tek Singh –
Tek Singh, Sikh religious figure Former: •
Edwardesabad was the name of Bannu –
Sir Herbert B. Edwardes •
Fort Sandeman was the name of
Zhob –
Sir Robert Sandeman •
Lyallpur was the name of
Faisalabad –
Alfred Comyn Lyall •
Montgomery was the name of
Sahiwal –
Sir Robert Montgomery Panama •
Alcalde Díaz – Mauricio Díaz Garcés (1901–1972), former mayor of Panama •
Almirante, Bocas del Toro – Altamirante
Christopher Columbus •
Amador, Panama –
Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President •
Amelia Denis de Icaza (corregimiento) – Panamanian romantic poet
Amelia Denis de Icaza •
Antón – Antón Rodrigo Cuadrado, Spanish entourage pilot •
Arnulfo Arias, Panama –
Arnulfo Arias, president of Panama •
Arosemena, Panama –
Pablo Arosemena •
Belisario Frías - Belisario Frías (1915-1985), pioneer and creator of San Miguelito district •
Belisario Porras, Panama –
Belisario Porras Barahona, president of Panama • Candelario Ovalle (Cocle) - Candelario Ovalle, rural teacher •
Carlos Santana Ávila – Carlos Santana Ávila, former legislator of Panameñista Party and founder of Expreso Veragüense •
Colón –
Christopher Columbus •
Chepigana – Cacique Chepi •
Chepo – Cacique Chepori •
David, Chiriquí – King
David •
Edwin Fábrega – Panamanian politician Edwin Fábrega Velarde (1929–1983) •
Ernesto Córdoba Campos – Ernesto Córdoba Campos (1935-1999), former deputy and Governor of Panama Province •
Feuillet, Panama – Panamanian poet
Tomás Martín Feuillet • General Victoriano Lorenzo (Cocle) -
Victoriano Lorenzo •
Gonzalo Vásquez – Captain Gonzalo Vásquez •
Herrera (corregimiento) –
Tomás de Herrera •
Hurtado, Panama -
Manuel José Hurtado, father of Panamanian education •
José Domingo Espinar – Panamanian patriot José Domingo Espinar (1791–1865) •
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama –
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, president of Panama •
Juan Díaz, Panama City – Juan Díaz, spanish soldier •
Justo Fidel Palacios – Justo Fidel Palacios (1956–1987), panamanian journalist •
Los Díaz – General Domingo Díaz • Manuel E. Amador Terrero (Veraguas) – Manuel Encarnación Amador (1869–1952), designer who created the flag of Panama •
Manuel Ortega, Emberá – Professor Manuel Ortega (d.1983) •
Mateo Iturralde – General Mateo Iturralde •
Mendoza, Panama – Carlos A. Mendoza, former president •
Obaldía, Panama –
José Domingo de Obaldía •
Omar Torrijos, Panama – Commander
Omar Torrijos • Omar Torrijos Herrera District (Colón) –
Omar Torrijos, Leader of the Panamanian Revolution •
Parque Lefevre –
Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre •
Pedasí, Los Santos – Cacique Peazi •
Penonomé, Coclé – Cacique Nomé •
Pinogana – Cacique Pino •
Puerto Armuelles – Colonel
Tomás Armuelles, hero of the Coto War who died of a train accident •
Puerto Obaldía –
José Domingo de Obaldía, President of Panama •
Puerto Vidal – father superior Francisco Xavier Vidal •
Purio – Cacique Puri •
Río de Jesús -
Jesus •
Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado – Rodolfo Aguilar Delgado (1939–1963), trade unionist leader • Rodrigo Luque (Veraguas) - Rodrigo Luque (1957-2005), former baseball player and mayor of Santiago de Veraguas •
Rubén Cantú, Panama – American pilot Rubén Cantú (1922–1967) •
Rufina Alfaro, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary
Rufina Alfaro •
San Carlos, Panamá Oeste -
Charles Borromeo •
San Félix, Chiriquí - Saint
Felix of Nola •
San Juan de Dios (Coclé, Panama) -
John of God •
San Lorenzo, Chiriquí -
Saint Lawrence •
San Miguel, Panamá Province -
Saint Michael •
Santa Clara, Chiriquí -
Claire of Assisi •
Santo Domingo, Chiriquí -
Saint Dominic •
Santiago de Veraguas -
James the Great •
Victoriano Lorenzo, Panama – Panamanian revolutionary
Victoriano Lorenzo •
Villa Carmen, Panama – Carmen Madrid de Arias (d.1943), mother of Arnulfo Arias •
Villa Rosario - Rosario Guardia Vieto de Arias (1891–1987), wife of Harmodio Arias Madrid
Papua New Guinea • Alexishafen –
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia •
Duke of York Rural LLG –
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany •
Finschhafen –
Otto Finsch •
Gloucester Rural LLG –
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester •
Goodenough Island Rural LLG –
James Graham Goodenough • Gurney (Alotau) –
Charles Raymond Gurney • Hatzfeldhafen –
Paul von Hatzfeldt • Heldsbach – German missioner Friedrich Held, who died of malaria in 1901 •
Lake Murray Rural LLG –
Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua •
Louisiade Rural LLG –
Louis XV of France •
Marienberg Rural LLG – Marie von Bismarck (1848–1926) •
Markham District –
Clements Markham •
Milne Bay Province –
Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet •
Morehead Rural LLG –
Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Premier of Queensland •
Mount Hagen – Curt von Hagen (1859–1897) •
Mount Wilhelm Rural LLG –
Wilhelm von Bismarck •
Port Moresby – Admiral Sir
Fairfax Moresby • Queen Carola Harbour –
Carola of Vasa •
West Ferguson Rural LLG –
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Paraguay •
Alberdi, Paraguay –
Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine writer •
Ayolas -
Juan de Ayolas •
Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay –
Tomas Benjamin Aceval (1845–1900), a Paraguayan diplomat •
Capitán Bado – José Matías Bado, an army officer •
Capitán Carmelo Peralta – Carmelo Peralta (1910–1940), paraguayan aviator •
Capitán Mauricio José Troche –
Mauricio José Troche (liberator) •
Capitán Meza – Pedro Ignacio Meza (1813–1865) •
Capitán Miranda - Emeterio Miranda (1910-1935), Chaco War Hero •
Carlos Antonio López, Paraguay -
Carlos Antonio López, First President • Col.Juan Sinforiano Bogarin (Caaguazu) –
Juan Sinforiano Bogarín, Archbishop of Paraguay • Col.Padre Guido Coronel (Alto Paraná) – Guido Coronel (1911–1990) •
Coronel Bogado – Jose Felix Bogado, a Paraguayan Hero •
Coronel Oviedo – Florentin Oviedo, a hero of Paraguayan war •
Doctor Cecilio Báez –
Cecilio Báez, president of Paraguay •
Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia – Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, lawyer and politician •
Doctor Juan León Mallorquín District – Juan León Mallorquín (1880–1947), President of Supreme court of Justice •
Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos –
Juan Manuel Frutos, President of Paraguay •
Doctor Moisés Bertoni –
Moisés Santiago Bertoni, a Swiss naturalist •
Doctor Pedro P. Peña –
Pedro Peña, President of Paraguay • Doctor Raúl Peña, Paraguay – Carlos Raúl Peña del Molino Torres (1904–1984), a former president Pedro Peña's son •
Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paraguay -
Domingo Martínez de Irala •
Edelira – Edelira Barthe Cueto (1884–1921) •
Eusebio Ayala –
Eusebio Ayala, President of Paraguay •
Escobar, Paraguay –
Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay •
Félix Pérez Cardozo, Paraguay -
Félix Pérez Cardozo •
Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay –
Fernando de la Mora (politician), a father of Paraguayan independence from Spain • Fortín Pratts Gill (Boquerón) - Salvador Pratts Gill (1909-1934) •
General Artigas – Uruguayan national hero,
José Gervasio Artigas •
General Delgado – Jose Maria Delgado, a military of Paraguayan war •
General Elizardo Aquino – Elizardo Aquino, a hero of Paraguayan war •
General Eugenio A. Garay – Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1874–1937), a Paraguayan military and journalist •
General Francisco Álvarez – Francisco Caballero Alvarez (1896–1958), Paraguayan military •
General Higinio Morínigo –
Higinio Morínigo, President of Paraguay •
General Isidoro Resquín – Francisco Isidoro Resquín •
General José Eduvigis Díaz – José Eduvigis Díaz, a Hero of Paraguayan war • General Patricio Colmán (Alto Paraná) – Patricio Colmán Martinez (1911–1972) •
Hernandarias District – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, a Spanish conquistador •
José Fassardi – Giusseppe Fassardi (1866–1940), Italian businessman •
José Ocampos – Jose Domingo Ocampos (1885–1993), founder •
Juan Emilio O'Leary – Juan Emiliano O'Leary (1879–1969), Paraguayan journalist, poet, historian, and politician • Juan R. Chavez (Caaguazu) – Juan Ramon Chavez (1901–1995) •
Julián Augusto Saldívar – Julian Augusto Saldivar Viera (1896–1987), Paraguayan diplomat •
Luque - Miguel Antón de Luque •
Mariano Roque Alonso –
Mariano Roque Alonso, a consul of the republic •
Mariscal Estigarribia – Marshall
José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay •
Mariscal Francisco Solano López –
Francisco Solano López, Second President of Paraguay •
Mayor José Dejesús Martínez – Jose Dejesus Martinez, a hero of Paraguayan war •
Mayor Otaño - Major Julio Dionisio Otaño (1907-1936), Chaco War Hero •
Natalio - Natalio, indigenous landowner •
Obligado - Pastor S. Obligado (1841-1924) •
Pedro Juan Caballero –
Pedro Juan Caballero •
Presidente Franco District –
Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay •
Puerto Casado –
Carlos Casado del Alisal •
Raúl Arsenio Oviedo – Raúl Arsenio Oviedo (d.1960), Paraguayan politician who was killed by the guerrillas who faced the Stroessner's regime •
San Alberto, Paraguay – Capt. Alberto Fernandez Valenzuela (1906–2005), a captain of the Paraguayan navy •
San Alfredo –
Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay •
San Carlos, Paraguay -
Charles III of Spain •
San Lázaro – Capt. Lazaro Aranda (1873–1945), founder •
Sargento José Félix López – José Félix López Pesoa (1860–1870), Paraguayan child martyr who died at Battle of Cerro Corá •
Teniente Esteban Martínez – Teniente Esteban Martínez (d.1932), Hero of the Chaco war •
Teniente Primero Manuel Irala Fernández – Manuel Irala Fernández (1893–1979), Hero of the Chaco war •
Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguay –
Tomás Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay •
Valenzuela, Paraguay – father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela •
Villa Elisa, Paraguay – Elisa von Poleski (1866–1946) •
Villa Florida -
José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca •
Villa Hayes –
Rutherford Hayes, US president •
Yegros –
Fulgencio Yegros, Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay Former: •
Doña Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias was the name of
Alto Verá – Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias, Alfredo Stroessner's sister •
Domingo Robledo was the name of
Natalio – Domingo Robledo (1911–1972), Intendent of Encarnacion •
Fortin Lopez de Filippis was the name of
Mariscal Estigarribia – Captain Cesar Lopez de Filippis, Paraguayan military who died during the Chaco War in 1933 •
Puerto Presidente Stroessner was the name of
Ciudad del Este –
Alfredo Stroessner Peru • Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (Peru) – Alejandro Sánchez Arteaga (1937–1951), a Child Hero of the School Police of Peru •
Alonso de Alvarado District –
Alonso de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador •
Antonio Raymondi Province –
Antonio Raimondi, native Italian geographer •
Bolívar, Peru –
Simón Bolívar •
Bolognesi Province –
Francisco Bolognesi, hero of the Battle of Arica •
Cáceres del Perú District – 19th-century Peruvian president
Andrés Avelino Cáceres •
Cañete Province –
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete •
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province –
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald •
Castilla District –
Ramón Castilla • Castrovirreyna – Doña Teresa de Castro •
Condorcanqui Province –
Túpac Amaru II (also known as Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui), a leader of a large Andean uprising •
Contralmirante Villar Province – Contralmirante Manuel Villar Olivera, Peruvian mariner •
Coronel Castañeda District – Colonel Jose Maria Castañeda, Peruvian military •
Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District – Gregorio Albarracín (1817–1882) •
Coronel Portillo Province – Pedro Portillo, Prefect of Loreto •
Daniel Alcides Carrión Province – medical student
Daniel Alcides Carrión •
Daniel Alomías Robles District –
Daniel Alomía Robles, Peruvian compositor •
Daniel Hernández District –
Daniel Hernández Morillo •
Deán Valdivia District – Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo (1796–1884), Peruvian priest •
Eleazar Guzman Barron District – Eleazar Guzmán Barrón (1899–1957), physician •
Elías Soplín Vargas District – Elías Soplín Vargas (1909–1933), Peruvian national hero •
Emilio San Martín District – Emilio San Martín (1861–1880), Peruvian national hero •
Espinar Province – Ladislao Espinar Carrera (1842–1879), hero of Cusco • Fernando Belaunde (Piura) –
Fernando Belaunde Terry, President of Peru •
Fernando Lores District – Fernando Lores Tenazoa (1906–1933), hero of the Colombia–Peru War •
Fidel Olivas Escudero District – Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850–1935), Peruvian bishop •
Fitzcarrald District –
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald •
General Sánchez Cerro Province – former Peruvian army officer and president
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro •
Grau Province – Rafael Grau (1876–1917), Peruvian lawyer and politician who was assassinated in 1917 • Grau (Nauta) –
Miguel Grau, Peruvian naval officer and national hero •
Grocio Prado District – José Santos Grocio Prado Linares (1857–1880), hero of the Battle of the Peak of the Alliance • Gustavo Mohme Llona (Piura) –
Gustavo Mohme Llona, businessman and politician •
Hermilio Valdizán District –
Hermilio Valdizán, Peruvian physician •
Heroínas Toledo District – María e Higinia Toledo and their mother Cleofé Ramos, heroines of Peruvian independence •
Ignacio Escudero District – Ignacio Escudero y Valdivieso (1820-1866), Peruvian patrician •
Irazola District – Francisco Irazola (1869–1945), Spanish explorer •
Jacobo Hunter District – Jacob Dixon Hunter (1837–1926), Scottish doctor •
Jenaro Herrera District – Genaro Herrera (1861–1939), lawyer, narrator and politician •
Jorge Basadre Province –
Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peruvian historian •
Jorge Chávez District –
Jorge Chávez, Peruvian aviator •
José Crespo y Castillo District – Juan José Crespo y Castillo, Peruvian independence hero •
José Domingo Choquehuanca District – José Domingo Choquehuanca (1794–1854), Peruvian lawyer and politician •
José Luis Bustamante District –
Jose Luis Bustamante, President of Peru • José María Arguedas District –
José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist •
José María Quimper District – José María Químper (1828–1902), Minister of the Interior • Jose Olaya (Nauta) –
José Olaya, Peruvian independence hero •
Juan Espinoza Medrano District –
Juan Espinoza Medrano, Peruvian writer • Juan Velasco Alvarado (Melgar) –
Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general •
Justo Apu Sahuaraura District –
Justo Sahuaraura Inca, Peruvian independence hero •
La Mar Province –
José de La Mar, President of Peru •
Leoncio Prado Province,
Leoncio Prado District, Huaura – Peruvian mariner
Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez •
Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro District –
Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro, Peruvian explorer •
María Parado de Bellido District –
María Parado de Bellido, Peruvian indigenous revolutionary •
Mariano Dámaso Beraun District – Mariano Dámaso Beraun (1813–1894), Peruvian physician and educator •
Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel District –
Mariano Valcárcel •
Mariscal Benavides District –
Oscar Benavides •
Mariscal Cáceres Province – 19th-century Peruvian president
Andrés Avelino Cáceres •
Mariscal Castilla District, Chachapoyas,
Mariscal Castilla District, Concepción –
Ramón Castilla, President of Peru •
Mariscal Gamarra District –
Agustín Gamarra, President of Peru •
Mariscal Luzuriaga Province – Peruvian marshal and Argentine general
Toribio de Luzuriaga •
Mariscal Nieto Province – Marshall
Domingo Nieto, Peruvian politician •
Melgar Province and
Mariano Melgar District –
Mariano Melgar, Peruvian patriot, poet, artist and warrior •
Micaela Bastidas District –
Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a martyr for Peruvian independence •
Miguel Checa District – Don Miguel Checa y Checa (1861–1935), Peruvian politician who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910 •
Miguel Iglesias District –
Miguel Iglesias, Peruvian soldier, general, and politician, 35th President of Peru •
Nicolás de Piérola District –
Nicolás de Piérola, President of Peru •
Pachacútec District –
Pachacuti •
Padre Abad Province – Francisco Alonso de Abad, Franciscan missionary •
Padre Marquez District – Father Buenaventura Márquez •
Pedro Vilca Apaza District – Pedro Vilca Apaza (1741–1782), Quechua indigenous rebel leader •
Puerto Bermúdez District –
Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru •
Puerto Maldonado – Faustino Maldonado, Peruvian explorer •
Ramón Castilla – Marshall
Ramón Castilla, President of Peru •
Requena Province – Francisco Requena y Herrera, Governor of Maynas •
Ricardo Palma District –
Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician •
Rodríguez de Mendoza Province –
Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Peruvian academic •
Rosa Panduro District –
Carmen Rosa Panduro (1918–1989), Peruvian housewife who
participated in the
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War •
Salas District, Ica – Juan José Salas, Peruvian independence hero • Sargento Elmer Pacaya (Nauta) – Sargent Elmer Pacaya del Águila (1966–1983) •
San Martín Province –
José de San Martín, Argentine general, Protector of Peru •
San Román Province –
Miguel de San Román President of Peru •
Sánchez Carrión Province –
José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, pro-independence politician from Peru •
Sucre Province –
Antonio José de Sucre, Grand Marshal of Ayacucho •
Teniente Cesar Lopez Rojas District – César Augusto López Rojas (1915–1941) •
Teniente Manuel Clavero District – José Manuel Sixto Clavero Muga (1879–1911), hero killed in a battle on the Colombian border •
Túpac Amaru District –
Túpac Amaru II •
Tupac Amaru Inca District –
Túpac Amaru II •
Vargas Guerra District – Alfredo Vargas Guerra (1910–1933) •
Víctor Fajardo Province – Colonel Victor Fajardo •
Víctor Larco Herrera District –
Victor Larco Herrera, Peruvian philanthropist • Víctor Raúl (Nauta) –
Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre •
Villa María del Triunfo – María Delgado de Odría (1900–1990), First Lady of Peru •
Zúñiga District –
Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva Philippines •
Aurora –
Aurora Quezon,
First Lady of the Philippines •
Dasmariñas, Cavite –
Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, Governor-General of the Philippines (1590–1593) •
General Santos – General
Paulino Santos, Commanding General of the Philippine Army (1936–1938) and Governor of
Lanao (1936–1939) •
General Trias –
Mariano Trías, Filipino revolutionary considered to be the first
de facto Vice President of the Philippines •
Isabela, Basilan – Queen
Isabella II of Spain •
Isabela Province – Queen
Isabella II of Spain •
Lapu-Lapu, Cebu –
Lapu-Lapu •
Legazpi, Albay –
Miguel López de Legazpi •
Quezon –
Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines •
Quezon City –
Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines •
Quirino –
Elpidio Quirino •
Rizal –
José Rizal, National hero •
Roxas, Capiz –
Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines •
San Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte –
Lorenzo Ruiz •
San Pablo, Laguna –
St. Paul the First Hermit •
San Pedro, Laguna –
St. Peter the Apostle •
Santa Rosa, Laguna –
St. Rose of Lima •
Santiago –
Saint James the Apostle •
Sultan Kudarat –
Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat •
Trece Martires –
Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite •
Valenzuela –
Pío Valenzuela Poland •
Aleksandrów Kujawski –
Emperor Alexander II Romanov, benefactor of the town •
Aleksandrów Łódzki –
Emperor Alexander I Romanov •
Annopol –
Anna Jabłonowska, wife of founder •
Augustów –
King Sigismund II Augustus, founder •
Baborów –
Bavor ze Strakonic, founder •
Barczewo – Walenty Barczewski (1858–1928), Polish Catholic priest •
Bemowo –
Józef Bem, national hero •
Bemowo-Lotnisko –
Józef Bem, national hero •
Bodzentyn –
Jan Bodzanta, founder •
Boernerowo - Ignacy Boerner (1875-1933), Minister of Post and Telegraphs •
Bolesławiec –
Duke Bolesław the Pious, founder •
Chomiczówka – Bolesław Chomicz and Józef Chomicz, founders, businesspeople •
Czukty – Mikołaj Czukta, founder •
Duły – Jan Duła, founder •
Dybowo – Jan Dybowski, founder •
Dzierżoniów – Father
Jan Dzierżon, Polish apiarist, discovered the parthenogenesis of bees •
Fort Bema –
Józef Bem, national hero •
Frampol –
Franciszka Butler, wife of founder •
Giżycko –
Gustaw Gizewiusz, political figure •
Janów – Jan Aleksander Koniecpolski, founder •
Janów Lubelski –
Jan Zamoyski, son of founder •
Jordanów –
Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan, founder •
Józefów –
Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, founder •
Kazimierz Dolny –
Duke Casimir II the Just, donor of the town to the Order of Norbertines •
Kętrzyn –
Wojciech Kętrzyński, historian •
Kolonowskie –
Philipp Colonna, founder •
Konstancin –
Konstancja Skórzewska, mother of founder •
Konstantynów Łódzki –
Grand Duke Constantine Romanov •
Korfantów –
Wojciech Korfanty, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland •
Łaskarzew –
Andrzej Łaskarz, founder •
Łaszczów – Aleksander Łaszcz, founder •
Lubecki Colony –
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, politician and diplomat •
Mariensztat – Maria Potocka, co-founder and landowner •
Mieszkowice –
Duke Mieszko I •
Mirów –
Wilhelm Mier, military officer and statesman •
Mrągowo –
Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz, Protestant pastor •
Pieniężno –
Seweryn Pieniężny (1890–1940), journalist •
Platerówka –
Emilia Plater, national heroine •
Przemków –
Duke Przemko of Ścinawa, founder •
Rejowiec –
Mikołaj Rej, founder •
Rembertów -
Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg •
Rymanów –
Nicolao Reymann, founder •
Sobków – Stanisław Sobek, founder •
Sokołowsko –
Alfred Sokołowski, resident and benefactor of the town •
Srokowo –
Stanisław Srokowski, geographer and diplomat •
Szczuczyn –
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka, founder •
Szlichtyngowa –
Jan Jerzy Szlichtyng, founder •
Tarnobrzeg –
Stanisław Tarnowski, founder •
Tarnogród –
Stanisław Tarnowski, founder •
Terespol –
Teresa Słuszka, wife of founder •
Tomaszów Lubelski –
Tomasz Zamoyski, owner and benefactor of the town, son of founder •
Tomaszów Mazowiecki –
Tomasz Adam Ostrowski, founder •
Tyczyn –
Bartold Tyczner, founder •
Ursynów –
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz •
Wejherowo –
Jakub Weyher, founder •
Władysławowo –
King Wladislaus IV Vasa, founder of the town's port •
Załuski –
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, founder, statesman, and bishop •
Zaklików – Stanisław Zaklika Czyżowski, founder •
Zawadzkie –
Franciszek von Zawadzky, founder •
Żyrardów –
Philippe de Girard, co-founder Former: •
Aleksandrowo was the initial name of
Gościnowo –
Aleksander Zborowski, founder •
Bierutowice was the name of
Karpacz Górny (now part of
Karpacz) 1949–1991 –
Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland •
Hermannsbad was the name of
Ciechocinek 1939–1945 –
Hermann Göring •
Hindenburg was the name of
Zabrze 1915–1945 –
Paul von Hindenburg •
Iwanogród was the name of
Dęblin 1842–1915 –
Ivan Paskevich •
Litzmannstadt was the name of
Łódź 1940–1945 –
Karl Litzmann •
Löwenstadt was the name of
Brzeziny 1943–1945 –
Karl Litzmann •
Nowa Aleksandria was the name of
Puławy 1846–1916 –
Emperor Alexander I Romanov •
Nowogeorgiewsk was the name of
Modlin Fortress 1834–1915 –
Saint George •
Schröttersburg was the name of
Płock 1941–1945 –
Friedrich von Schrötter •
Stalinogród was the name of
Katowice 1953–1956 –
Joseph Stalin Portugal • Aldeia de João Pires (Castelo Branco) – João Pires, landowner and agricultural owner •
Aldeia de Paio Pires –
Paio Peres Correia • Almargem do Bispo – Bishop Miguel de Castro (1536–1625) •
Caldas da Rainha – Queen
Eleanor of Viseu • Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis -
Francis of Assisi • Casal de Álvaro (Aveiro) – Álvaro da Cunha, Lord of Pombeiro • Costa Cabral (Porto) –
António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar • Doutor Augusto de Castro (Lisboa) – Augusto de Castro (1883–1971), lawyer, diplomat and politician • Doutor Mário Madeira (Lisboa) – Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira (1901–1985), former governor of Lisboa •
Fernão Ferro – Fernão Ferro Peres • Fernão Joanes (Guarda) – Fernão Joanes, local figure of the village •
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo – count
Rodrigo González Girón • Gomes Aires (Beja) – Gomes Aires, first lord of the area • Gomes da Costa (Porto) –
Manuel Gomes da Costa • Granja do Marquês (Sintra) –
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal • Guerra Junqueiro (Porto) –
Guerra Junqueiro •
Guimarães –
Vímara Peres •
Lisbon (
Latin,
Olisipo,
Olisipo Felicitas Iulia,
Felicitas Julia Olissipo,
Ulyssipolis,
Ulisseia) –
Ulysses • Marechal Carmona (Lisboa) –
Óscar Carmona, President • Marques de Pombal (Lisboa) –
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal •
Montijo e Afonsoeiro – King
Afonso I of Portugal • Norton de Matos (Coimbra) –
José Norton de Matos, a Portuguese general and politician • Nossa Senhora da Expectação (Portalegre) –
Mary, mother of Jesus (Our Lady of Expectation) •
Porto Moniz – Francisco Moniz • Padre Cruz (Lisbon) –
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, Portuguese priest • Paio Mendes (Ferreira do Zêzere) –
Paio Mendes • Penha Garcia (Castelo Branco) – D. Garcia Mendes, former landowner of the town • Rainha D. Leonor (Albufeira) –
Eleanor of Viseu • Samora Correia (Santarém) –
Paio Peres Correia •
Santa Joana (parish) –
Joanna, Princess of Portugal •
Santo Aleixo da Restauração –
Alexius of Rome •
Santo Condestável, Lisbon –
Nuno Álvares Pereira •
Santo Isidoro, Marco de Canaveses –
Isidore of Seville •
São João de Brito, Lisbon –
John de Britto • São Pedro de Solis (Beja) –
Saint Peter •
São Vicente, Madeira –
Vincent of Saragossa • Vale de Afonsinho –
Afonso I of Portugal •
Vila Boa do Bispo – D. Sisnando, bishop of Porto •
Vila do Bispo – Bishop Fernando Coutinho •
Vila do Conde –
Mumadona Dias • Vila Fernando (Elvas) - D. João Fernandes de Lima, landowner • Vila Fernando (Guarda) –
Ferdinand I of Portugal • Vila Nova da Rainha (Tondela) – Queen
Amelia of Orleans •
Vila Real – King
Denis of Portugal •
Vila Real de Santo António –
Joseph I of Portugal Qatar •
Umm Salal Ali – Ali bin Jassim Al Thani (1893-1972), a son of Qatar's former ruler •
Umm Salal Mohammed – Sheikh
Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani Romania •
Ady Endre –
Endre Ady, Hungarian poet •
Alexandria –
Alexandru II Ghica, Prince of Wallachia •
Alexandru Odobescu, Călărași –
Alexandru Odobescu, writer and politician •
Avram Iancu, Alba and
Avram Iancu, Bihor –
Avram Iancu •
Bucharest –
Bucur, legendary shepherd •
C. A. Rosetti, Buzău,
C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea –
Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, liberal Wallachian politician •
Ciprian Porumbescu, Suceava –
Ciprian Porumbescu •
Constanța –
Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of
Constantine the Great •
Constantin Daicoviciu, Caraș-Severin –
Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian (died 1973) •
Costache Negri, Galați –
Costache Negri, revolutionary •
Costinești –
Emil Costinescu, Minister of Finance and landowner •
Cuza Vodă, Călărași,
Cuza Vodă, Constanța,
Cuza Vodă, Galați –
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia •
Dragalina, Călărași – General
Ion Dragalina •
General Berthelot –
Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general •
George Enescu, Botoșani –
George Enescu, Romanian composer •
Gheorghe Doja, Ialomița –
György Dózsa, a
Székely from Transylvania •
Gheorghe Lazăr, Ialomița –
Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar •
Giurgiu –
Saint George •
Horia, Constanța,
Horia, Neamț,
Horia, Tulcea –
Vasile Ursu Nicola (known as Horea) •
I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea –
Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania •
Ion Corvin, Constanța –
John Hunyadi •
Ion Creangă, Neamț –
Ion Creangă •
Ion Roată, Ialomița –
Ion Roată, a Romanian peasant and political figure •
Medgidia –
Abdülmecid I •
Mihai Eminescu, Botoșani –
Mihai Eminescu •
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța,
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Ialomița,
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea –
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prime Minister of Romania •
Mihai Viteazu, Cluj,
Mihai Viteazu, Constanța –
Michael the Brave •
Mircea Vodă, Brăila,
Mircea Vodă, Constanța –
Mircea I of Wallachia •
Moldovenești – Ioan Micu Moldovan, a Romanian professor •
Nicolae Bălcescu, Bacău,
Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași,
Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanța,
Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea –
Nicolae Bălcescu •
Nicolae Titulescu, Olt –
Nicolae Titulescu, a Romanian diplomat and politician •
Negru Vodă – probably
Radu Negru •
Onești –
Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana •
Ovidiu –
Ovid •
Petru Rareș, Bistrița-Năsăud –
Petru Rareș •
Roman –
Roman I of Moldavia •
Saligny, Constanța –
Anghel Saligny •
Sfântu Gheorghe,
Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea –
Saint George •
Ștefan cel Mare, Argeș,
Ștefan cel Mare, Călărași,
Ștefan cel Mare, Neamț,
Ștefan cel Mare, Olt,
Ștefan cel Mare, Vaslui,
Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău –
Stephen III of Moldavia •
Traian, Bacău,
Traian, Brăila,
Traian, Ialomița,
Traian, Olt,
Traian, Teleorman –
Trajan •
Traian Vuia, Timiș –
Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviator •
Tudor Vladimirescu, Brăila,
Tudor Vladimirescu, Galați –
Tudor Vladimirescu •
Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș –
Victor Vlad Delamarina, Romanian poet •
Vlad Țepeș, Călărași,
Vlad Țepeș, Giurgiu –
Vlad the Impaler Former: •
Stalin was the name of
Brașov –
Joseph Stalin •
Vasile Roaită was the name of
Eforie Sud –
Vasile Roaită, a communist shot during the
Grivița strike of 1933 •
Ferdinand I was the name of
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța –
Ferdinand I of Romania •
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej was the name of
Onești –
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, communist leader •
Dr. Petru Groza was the name of
Ștei –
Petru Groza, Prime Minister of Romania
Russia •
Akhmat-Yurt –
Akhmad Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic •
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky – Emperor
Alexander II of Russia • Aslanbek-Sheripovo (Chechenia) – Aslanbek Sheripov (1897–1919), revolutionary leader •
Andropovsky District –
Yuri Andropov, President •
Babushkin –
Ivan Babushkin, revolutionary leader •
Bagrationovsk –
Pyotr Bagration •
Borisoglebsk – Saints
Boris and Gleb •
Budyonnovsk – Marshall
Semyon Budyonny •
Chaykovsky –
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer •
Chekhov –
Anton Chekhov, playwright •
Chernokozovo – Khrisanf Pavlovich Chernokozov (1885–1966) •
Chernyakhovsk – General
Ivan Chernyakhovsky •
Chersky – Polish paleontologist and explorer
Jan Czerski •
Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast – General
Mikhail Ivanovich Chertkov (1829–1905) •
Demidov – Bolshevik leader Yakov Demidov •
Dikson – Scottish-Swedish explorer
Oscar Dickson •
Dimitrovgrad –
Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian communist leader and also as a Prime Minister of Bulgaria •
Dmitrov –
Saint Demetrius •
Dzerzhinsk –
Felix Dzerzhinsky, politician •
Engels –
Friedrich Engels, philosopher •
Furmanov –
Dmitry Furmanov, author •
Gagarin –
Yury Gagarin, cosmonaut •
Georgiyevsk –
Saint George •
Gorodovikovsk – General
Oka Gorodovikov •
Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – Major General
Stepan Guryev •
Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast – Dimitri Alexandrovich Guryev, Minister of Finance •
Imeni Poliny Osipenko (rural locality) –
Polina Osipenko, military pilot •
Ivangorod – Tsar
Ivan III of Russia •
Kaliningrad –
Mikhail Kalinin, President •
Khabarovsk – explorer of Siberia
Yerofey Khabarov •
Kingisepp – Bolshevik
Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist revolutionary •
Kirov –
Sergey Kirov, bolshevik leader •
Kirovgrad –
Sergey Kirov •
Kirovsk –
Sergey Kirov •
Korolyov – rocket engineer
Sergey Korolyov •
Kotovsk –
Grigore Kotovski, politician •
Kropotkin –
Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist philosopher •
Kuznetsovo, Chukhlomsky District, Kostroma Oblast –
Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) •
Kuybyshevo, Rostov Oblast – Commander
Nikolay Kuibyshev •
Leninsk-Kuznetsky –
Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician •
Leninogorsk –
Vladimir Lenin •
Lermontov –
Mikhail Lermontov, writer and poet •
Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) –
Leo Tolstoy, writer •
Lomonosov – writer and scientist
Mikhail Lomonosov •
Makarov –
Stepan Makarov, Imperial Russian naval officer and oceanographer •
Makhachkala – Daghestani revolutionary, Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev (1882–1918) •
Mamonovo – Nikolay Vasilyevich Mamonov •
Mariinsk – Empress
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) •
Mariinsky Posad – Empress
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) •
Marks –
Karl Marx, philosopher •
Mayakovskoye –
Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet •
Michurinsk – selectionist
Ivan Michurin •
Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast – army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller •
Muravlenko – Viktor Muravlenko (1912–1977), engineer •
Nagurskoye – Polish pioneer of aviation
Jan Nagórski •
Novoalexandrovsk – Emperor
Alexander I of Russia •
Novokuybyshevsk –
Valerian Kuybyshev, revolutionary •
Nesterov – Stepan Kuzmich Nesterov (1906–1944) •
Nevelsk –
Gennady Nevelskoy, navigator •
Noginsk – Bolshevik leader
Viktor Nogin •
Pavlovsk – Emperor
Paul I •
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Apostles
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul •
Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast –
Peter the Great, Father of the Russian fatherland •
Petrozavodsk – Tsar
Peter the Great •
Prokopyevsk – Prokopiy of Ustug •
Pushkin –
Aleksandr Pushkin, writer •
Rostov-na-Donu –
Dimitry of Rostov •
Saint Petersburg –
St. Peter, as the patron saint of
Peter the Great (
St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city) •
Salavat –
Salawat Yulayev •
Sergiyev Posad – St.
Sergii Radonezhsky •
Shelekhov –
Grigory Shelikhov, marine •
Sholokhovsky District –
Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist •
Stakhanovets and Stakhanovo (Tula) –
Alexey Stakhanov, miner •
Tolyatti (or Togliatti) –
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician •
Ulyanovsk –
Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov • Voroshilovka (Smolensk) and
Voroshilovo –
Kliment Voroshilov •
Yaroslavl – Prince
Yaroslav I the Wise •
Yekaterinburg, Russia –
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Empress
Catherine I of Russia •
Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast –
Georgy Zhukov, Military leader •
Zhukovsky –
Nikolay Zhukovsky, scientist, a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. Former: •
Andropov was the name of
Rybinsk –
Yuri Andropov,
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet •
Brezhnev was the name of
Naberezhnye Chelny –
Leonid Brezhnev,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union •
Chernenko was the name of
Sharypovo –
Konstantin Chernenko,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union •
Gorky was the name of
Nizhny Novgorod –
Maxim Gorky •
Chkalov was the name of
Orenburg – aircraft test pilot
Valery Chkalov •
Georgiu Dezh was the name of
Liski – Romanian communist
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej •
Kalinin was the name of
Tver –
Mikhail Kalinin,
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union •
Königsberg was the name of
Kaliningrad – King
Ottokar II, "the Iron", of Bohemia •
Kuybyshev was the name of
Samara –
Valerian Kuybyshev •
Leningrad was the name of
Saint Petersburg –
Vladimir Lenin •
Molotov was the name of
Perm –
Vyacheslav Molotov •
Novonikolaevsk was the name of
Novosibirsk – Emperor
Nicholas II •
Ordzhonikidze was the name of
Vladikavkaz –
Sergo Ordzhonikidze •
Petrovsk-Port was the name of
Makhachkala –
Peter the Great •
Stalingrad was the name of
Volgograd –
Joseph Stalin •
Stalinogorsk was the name of
Novomoskovsk –
Joseph Stalin •
Stalinsk was the name of
Novokuznetsk –
Joseph Stalin •
Sverdlovsk was the name of
Yekaterinburg –
Yakov Sverdlov •
Ustinov was the name of
Izhevsk –
Marshal Dmitry Ustinov •
Voroshilov was the name of
Ussuriysk –
Kliment Voroshilov •
Yekaterinodar was the name of
Krasnodar –
Catherine the Great Saint Kitts and Nevis •
Charlestown, Nevis –
Charles II of England Saint Lucia •
Castries –
Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries, French Marshal •
Rodney Bay – British naval officer
George Brydges Rodney Saint Vincent and the Grenadines •
Charlestown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines –
Charles II of England •
Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines –
George III the United Kingdom •
Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Queen
Elizabeth II São Tomé e Príncipe • Agostinho Neto (São Tomé) –
Agostinho Neto, Angolan President
Saudi Arabia •
Al Aziziah (Riyadh) -
Ibn Saud •
Al Faisaliyyah (Riyadh) -
Faisal of Saudi Arabia •
Al-Khalidiah (Riyadh) -
Khalid of Saudi Arabia •
Hotat Khalid -
Khalid of Saudi Arabia •
King Abdul Aziz Port –
Ibn Saud •
King Abdullah District -
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia •
King Abdullah Economic City –
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia •
King Khalid Military City –
Khalid of Saudi Arabia •
Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mousaed Economic City -
Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Al Jiluwi •
Salah al-Din (Riyadh) -
Saladin Senegal • Djily Mbaye (Dakar) – El Hadj Djily Mbaye (1927–1991) •
Mermoz-Sacré-Cœur -
Jean Mermoz •
Richard Toll –
Jean Michel Claude Richard, French botanist •
Saint-Louis –
Louis XIV of France
Serbia •
Aleksa Šantić –
Aleksa Šantić, poet •
Aleksandrovac – King
Alexander I of Serbia •
Andrićev Venac –
Ivo Andrić •
Bajina Bašta – Baja Osman •
Blok Sava Kovačević – Partisan World War II war hero
Sava Kovačević •
Braće Jerković – Nebojša and Dušan Jerković •
Bosilegrad – King Busil •
Čelarevo – Commander
Zdravko Čelar, Serbian national hero •
Despotovac – Despot
Stefan Lazarević •
Dimitrovgrad –
Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria •
Donji Milanovac –
Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia •
Dr Ivan Ribar – Doctor
Ivan Ribar, President of Yugoslavia •
Gornji Milanovac –
Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia •
Jaša Tomić –
Jaša Tomić, journalist •
Kačarevo – Svetozar Kačar, Serbian national hero •
Karađorđevo –
Karađorđe, Father of the Serbian Fatherland •
Kljajićevo – Miloš Kljajić, Serbian national hero •
Knićanin –
Stevan Knićanin, Serbian military commander •
Kraljevo –
Milan I of Serbia •
Kruščić – Vukman Kruŝĉić, Serbian national hero •
Lazarevac –
Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic •
Lekino Brdo –
Aleksandar Ranković •
Lukićevo – Veljko Lukić, Serbian farmer and national hero •
Miletićevo –
Svetozar Miletić, advocate, journalist, author, politician •
Minićevo – Milun Minić, Serbian national hero •
Mladenovo –
Mladen Stojanović •
Nikola Tesla (Niška Banja) –
Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer •
Obilić –
Miloš Obilić, a Serbian knight •
Obrenovac –
Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia •
Petrovac, Serbia –
Milutin Petrović, Serbian revolutionary •
Radoševo – Radoš Bojović, Serbian national hero •
Ratkovo – Ratko Pavlović, Serbian fighter •
Sava Kovačević, Zemun – Partisan World War II hero
Sava Kovačević •
Svetozar Miletić (village) –
Svetozar Miletić •
Tomislavci –
Tomislav of Yugoslavia •
Tošin Bunar – Teodor Toša Apostolović (1745–1810), Serbian merchant and philanthropist •
Zrenjanin –
Žarko Zrenjanin, National Hero of Yugoslavia Former: •
Svetozarevo was the name of
Jagodina –
Svetozar Marković •
Rankovicevo was the name of
Kraljevo –
Aleksandar Ranković •
Titova Mitrovica was the name of
Kosovska Mitrovica –
Josip Broz Tito •
Titovo Užice was the name of
Užice –
Josip Broz Tito Seychelles •
Mahé – largest island in the country, named after
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, the French naval officer •
Victoria – capital of Seychelles, named after
Queen Victoria Sierra Leone •
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone –
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen •
Bureh Town –
Bai Bureh, a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader •
Charlotte, Sierra Leone –
Princess Charlotte of Wales •
Granville Town, Province of Freedom –
Granville Sharp •
Newton, Sierra Leone – British abolitionist
John Newton •
Ricketts, Sierra Leone –
Henry Ricketts •
Samuel Town, Sierra Leone – Pa Samai, great Mende warrior from the south of Sierra Leone •
Wellington, Freetown –
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Singapore •
Alexandra, Singapore –
Alexandra of Denmark •
Balestier –
Joseph Balestier •
Clementi, Singapore –
Cecil Clementi •
MacPherson, Singapore – Lieutenant Colonel Ronald MacPherson (1837–1869) •
Mountbatten, Singapore –
Lord Louis Mountbatten •
Mount Faber – Captain Charles Edward Faber •
Mount Vernon, Singapore – British Royal Navy Vice Admiral
Edward Vernon •
Newton, Singapore –
Alfred Howard Vincent Newton •
Queenstown, Singapore – Queen
Elizabeth II •
Thomson, Singapore –
John Turnbull Thomson Slovakia Source: •
Bernolákovo –
Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and Catholic priest •
Bohúňovo –
Peter Michal Bohúň, Slovak painter •
Bottovo –
Ján Botto, Slovak poet •
Bratislava –
Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia •
Gabčíkovo –
Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier involved in Operation Anthropoid •
Golianovo –
Ján Golian, Slovak Brigade General •
Hamuliakovo – Martin Hamuljak (1789-1859), Slovak writer •
Hurbanovo –
Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Slovak writer and national leader •
Hviezdoslavov –
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet • Jánošíková (Dunajská Lužná) - Anton Jánošík (1904-1971), Slovak linguist •
Jesenské –
Janko Jesenský, Slovak writer •
Kalinkovo – Joachim Kalinka (1601–1678), Slovak poet and priest •
Kalinčiakovo - Ján Kalinčiak (1822-1871), Slovak author •
Kolárovo -
Ján Kollár, Slovak writer •
Kmeťovo –
Andrej Kmeť, Slovak scientist •
Koceľovce –
Koceľ, Prince of Lower Pannonia •
Kraskovo, Slovakia -
Ivan Krasko, Slovak poet •
Kubáňovo – Ľudovít Kubáni (1830-1869), Slovak writer •
Kukučínov –
Martin Kukučín, Slovak writer •
Leopoldov –
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor •
Malinovo, Slovakia –
Rodion Malinovsky, Soviet Marshal •
Martin –
Saint Martin of Tours •
Matúškovo –
Janko Matúška, Slovak poet •
Michalovce –
Saint Michael •
Mojmírovce –
Mojmír I, Moravian prince •
Mojzesovo –
Štefan Moyses, Slovak priest and national leader •
Mudroňovo – Ján Mudroň (1866-1926), Slovak politician •
Nálepkovo –
Ján Nálepka, anti-fascist Slovak captain •
Palárikovo – Ján Palárik (1822–1876), Slovak playwright •
Rastislavice –
Rastislav of Moravia, ruler of Great Moravia •
Sasinkovo – František Víťazoslav Sasinek (1830-1914), Slovak historian •
Sládkovičovo –
Andrej Sládkovič, Slovak poet •
Šrobárová –
Vavro Šrobár, Slovak politician •
Štefanovičová – Samuel Dobroslav Štefanovič (1822-1910), Slovak national leader •
Štúrovo –
Ľudovít Štúr, 19th-century Slovak national leader •
Svätoplukovo –
Svätopluk, Prince of Moravia •
Tešedíkovo – Samuel Tešedík (1742–1820), Slovak Lutheran priest •
Tomášikovo –
Samo Tomášik, Slovak poet •
Veľké Blahovo – Matúš Blaho (1777-1837), Slovak national leader •
Záborské –
Jonáš Záborský, Slovak writer Former: •
Gessayov was the name of
Zálesie – Ignác Gessay (1874-1928), Slovak-American journalist •
Hodžovo was the name of
Lipové –
Milan Hodža, Slovak politician •
Palkovičovo was the name of
Sap – Juraj Palkovič (1769–1850), Slovak writer and teacher •
Sklenárovo was the name of
Mierovo –
Juraj Sklenár, Slovak historian and teacher •
Slávikovo was the name of
Orávka – Juraj Slávik (1890-1969), Slovak politician •
Šafárikovo was the name of
Tornaľa –
Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Slovak writer •
Štefánikovce was the name of
Rovinka –
Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician •
Švermovo was the name of
Telgárt –
Jan Šverma, Czech communist politician
Slovenia •
Josipdol, Ribnica na Pohorju -
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor •
Kidričevo –
Boris Kidrič, Prime Minister of Slovenia •
Primoži –
Primož Trubar, Father of the Slovenian nation •
Sveti Andrej, Moravče -
Andrew the Apostle •
Sveti Jernej, Slovenske Konjice -
Bartholomew the Apostle •
Sveti Jurij, Rogašovci -
Saint George •
Sveti Lenart, Cerklje na Gorenjskem -
Leonard of Noblac •
Sveti Štefan, Šmarje pri Jelšah -
Saint Stephen •
Sveti Vid, Cerknica -
Saint Vitus •
Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah -
Saint Giles Somalia Former: •
Bandar Qassim was the name of
Bosaso – named after city's founder Qassim •
Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi was the former name of
Jowhar – named after HRH
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi of Savoy
South Africa •
Benoni – the original name of the Biblical
Benjamin •
Durban – Sir
Benjamin d'Urban •
Johannesburg – Johannes Rissik; Johannes Meyer •
Pietermaritzburg –
Two theories exist. • In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of
Voortrekker leaders
Piet Retief and
Gert Maritz. • In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form. •
Port Elizabeth – Elizabeth Donkin (wife of acting governor Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin) •
Pretoria –
Andries Pretorius •
Stellenbosch –
Simon van der Stel South Korea •
Danwon-gu –
Gim Hongdo •
Sejong City –
Sejong the Great •
Chungmu-ro – Admiral
Yi Sun-sin •
Euljiro – General
Ŭlchi Mundŏk Spain •
Alar del Rey –
Charles IV of Spain • Alberche del Caudillo –
Francisco Franco •
Alcázar del Rey –
Alfonso VIII of Castile •
Alcázar de San Juan –
John the Baptist (indirectly) •
Alcocero de Mola – General
Emilio Mola • Aldea Moret (Cáceres) -
Segismundo Moret, Prime Minister of Spain • Alfonso XIII (Seville) – King
Alfonso XIII of Spain • Alonso de Ojeda (Miajadas) –
Alonso de Ojeda • Alvarado (Badajoz) –
Pedro de Alvarado •
Arenas del Rey –
Alfonso XII of Spain •
Arganda del Rey –
Philip II of Spain •
Argüelles (Madrid) –
Agustín Argüelles, a Spanish liberal politician •
As Pontes de García Rodríguez – Count García Rodríguez de Valcárcel, Galician knight and noble •
Barcelona (
Carthaginian:
Barcino) –
Hamilcar Barca (etymology disputed) •
Belmonte de Gracián –
Baltasar Gracián y Morales •
Betancuria –
Jean de Béthencourt •
Cáceres, Spain –
Julius Caesar •
Calatrava la Vieja () – 'Fortress of Rabah,' named after an Arab nobleman who held the area •
Casares, Málaga –
Julius Caesar •
Casas de Benítez – Gines Benitez, founder •
Casas de Don Pedro –
Peter of Castile •
Casas de Fernando Alonso – Fernando Alonso, clergyman and founder •
Castrillo de Don Juan – Juan Delgadillo de Avellaneda, Lord of Castrillo de Don Juan •
Chillarón del Rey –
Alfonso VIII of Castile •
Ciudad Rodrigo – Count
Rodrigo González Girón • Col. Carlos Haya (Badajoz) - Carlos de Haya González (1902-1938), aviator •
Don Álvaro –
Álvaro de Luna, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago •
Don Benito – D. Benito, son of Conde of Medellín •
Doña Mencía –
Mécia Lopes de Haro, Wife of captain Alvaro Perez de Castro •
Dos Hermanas – Two sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, Elvira and Estefania Nazareno •
El Cubo de Don Sancho –
Sancho IV of Castile •
El Puente del Arzobispo –
Pedro Tenorio (bishop) •
El Puerto de Santa María –
Saint Mary •
El Valle de Altomira (formerly known as Puebla de Don Francisco) – Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo (1901–1990), Minister of Justice •
Espinoso del Rey –
Philip II of Spain • Estella del Marqués (Cádiz) -
Fernando Primo de Rivera, Marquis of Estella •
Fernán Caballero, Ciudad Real – Ferrant Cavallero, knight in the Reconquista •
Fernán Núñez – Fernán Núñez de Témez, IV Master of the Order of Alcántara •
Fuente la Reina –
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon •
Fuentes de Valdepero -
Pedro Ansúrez, Lord of Valladolid • Girón (Valladolid) –
José Antonio Girón, Minister of labor • Guadalema de los Quintero (Seville) –
Quintero brothers, Spanish dramatists •
Hermisende –
Ermesinda, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Asturias • Hernán Cortés (Badajoz) –
Hernán Cortés •
Hinojosa del Duque – Francisco Sotomayor, duke of Belalcázar • Infanta Isabel (Cáceres) -
Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti •
Isla Cristina –
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies • Jaume Roig (Valencia) –
Jaume Roig • Joaquina Eguaras (Granada) - Joaquina Eguaras Ibáñez (1897-1981), first female professor at the University of Granada • Juan de la Cierva (Getafe) -
Juan de la Cierva •
Lanzarote –
Lancelotto Malocello () •
La Carolina –
Charles III of Spain • La Isabela (Jaén) - Queen
Isabella II of Spain •
La Luisiana –
Infante Luis of Spain •
Las Navas del Marqués – Marquis Don Pedro de Dávila •
Llanos del Caudillo –
Francisco Franco • Los Cinco de la Riuela (Sevilla) – Manuel Lama Suárez (1886–1936), Francisco Ponce Martín (1898–1936), José Vargas Garrido (1905–1936), José Blanco Osuna (1907–1936) and Antonio González de la Rosa (1905–1936), Five journalists who are assassinated in 1936 •
Los Gallardos – Captain Francisco Pedro Gallardo •
Losa del Obispo – Bishop Juan de Rocabertí •
Medellín () –
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (founder) • Miguel Ángel Blanco (Albacete) – Miguel Ángel Blanco (1968–1997), councilor of the People's Party of Ermua •
Molins de Rei –
Alfonso II of Aragon •
Monterrei –
Ferdinand IV of Castile •
Morales de Rey –
Alfonso VII of León and Castile •
Moscardó (Madrid) –
José Moscardó Ituarte, 1st Count of the Alcázar of Toledo, Grandee of Spain •
Mulhacén –
Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada •
Nava del Rey –
Philip II of Spain • Núcleo General Franco (Málaga) -
Francisco Franco •
Olías del Rey –
Philip V of Spain • Oliver (Zaragoza) - Manuel Oliver Altavás (d.1938), priest •
Olmeda del Rey –
Ferdinand VII of Spain •
Pamplona () –
Pompey the Great (founder) • Pedro Lamata (Albacete) – Pedro Lamata (1912–1974), trade unionist, writer and journalist •
Pedro Martínez, Granada – Pedro Martínez, Captain General of Duke of Gor •
Pedro Muñoz – Pedro Muñoz, archdeacon of Alcaraz • Pío XII (Jerez de la Frontera) –
Pope Pius XII • Pizarro (Cáceres) –
Francisco Pizarro • Poblado de Doña Blanca (Cádiz) -
Blanche of Bourbon • Poblado de Gabriel y Galán (Extremadura) –
José María Gabriel y Galán •
Prado del Rey –
Charles III of Spain •
Puebla de Don Fadrique –
Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba •
Puebla del Príncipe –
Philip II of Spain •
Puebla de Guzmán -
Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia •
Puerto Banús – Jose Banus (1906–1984), businessman and builder •
Puerto Seguro – Luis Carvajal y Melgarejo, marquis of Puerto Seguro (1871–1937) •
Puerto Serrano – Ginés Serrano de Molina •
Quintanilla de Onésimo –
Onésimo Redondo, Castillian lawyer and politician • Rincón del Obispo (Cáceres) – Manuel Llopis Ivorra (1902–1981), bishop of Diocese of Coria-Cáceres from 1950–1977 • San Enrique de Guadiaro (Cádiz) – Enrique Crooke y Larios (1857–1938) •
San Fernando de Henares –
Ferdinand VI of Spain •
San Fernando –
Ferdinand VII of Spain • San Francisco de Olivenza (Badajoz) –
Francisco Franco •
San Fulgencio –
Fulgentius of Cartagena, Bishop of Ecija (Astigi) •
San Leonardo de Yagüe –
Juan Yagüe, a Spanish army officer •
San Martín del Rey Aurelio – King
Aurelius of Asturias •
San Martín del Tesorillo – Martín Larios y Larios (1839–1889) •
San Pablo de Buceite – Pablo Antonio Larios y Tassara (1819–1879) • San Rafael de Olivenza (Badajoz) –
Rafael Cavestany, Minister of Agriculture •
San Sebastián –
Saint Sebastian •
San Sebastián de los Reyes –
Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Isabella I of Castile, the Catholic Kings •
San Silvestre de Guzmán -
Pope Sylvester I and Francisco de Guzmán, Marquis of Ayamonte •
San Vicente de Alcántara – IV Master of the Order of Alcántara, Vicente García Sánchez •
Sant Carles de la Ràpita –
Charles III of Spain •
Sant Lluís –
Louis XV of France •
Santiago de Alcántara –
Saint James the Great •
Santiago de Compostela –
Saint James the Great •
Santo Domingo de la Calzada –
Dominic de la Calzada (founder) •
Santa Amalia -
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony •
Santa Bárbara de Casa -
Saint Barbara •
Santa Marina del Rey –
Ferdinand II of León •
Sos del Rey Católico – lit. "You are a Catholic King",
Ferdinand II of Aragon •
Talavera de la Reina –
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile •
Torrejón del Rey –
Alfonso VI of León and Castile •
Torrelavega –
Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder) •
Valderrodrigo – Count
Rodrigo González Girón •
Valencia de Don Juan –
John, Duke of Valencia de Campos •
Valladolid () –
Al-Walid I •
Villa de Don Fadrique –
Fadrique Alfonso of Castile •
Villacarlos –
Charles III of Spain •
Villacarrillo –
Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña • Villafranco del Guadalhorce –
Francisco Franco • Villafranco del Guadiana –
Francisco Franco •
Villamanrique –
Rodrigo Manrique de Lara •
Villamanrique de la Condesa –
Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans •
Villanueva de la Reina – Queen
Isabella II of Spain •
Villanueva del Arzobispo –
Pedro Tenorio, archbishop of Toledo •
Villanueva del Rey –
Philip IV of Spain •
Villanueva de Teba - Eugenia María Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 20th Countess of Teba (1880-1962) and
Carlos Alfonso de Mitjans, 21st Count of Teba •
Villares de la Reina –
Berengaria of Castile •
Villarreal –
James I of Aragon • Villarreal de San Carlos –
Charles III of Spain •
Villareal de Urrechu –
John I of Castile •
Villarrodrigo – Maestre de Santiago Don Rodrigo Manrique (1474–1476) •
Viso del Marqués –
Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz •
Vivar del Cid –
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid •
Zaragoza () – Emperor
Augustus Former: •
El Ferrol del Caudillo –
Francisco Franco's birthplace (now restored its original name Ferrol) •
Barbate de Franco – one of the many towns where
Francisco Franco spent his holidays •
Guadiana del Caudillo –
Francisco Franco (now given a new name, Guadiana)
Sudan •
Abu Hamad – Sheikh Abu Hamed •
Suakin, formerly named
Ptolemais Theron –
Ptolemy II Philadelphus Suriname •
Albina, Suriname – Albina Josefine Liezenmaier (1815–1904) •
Bakhuys – Louis August Bakhuis (1855–1931) •
Benzdorp – Henry Albert Wilhelm Benz (1889–1962), Dutch consul and bullion dealer •
Bernharddorp – Saint
Bernard of Clairvaux •
Brownsweg – John Brown, 19th century gold miner •
Cabendadorp – Chief Joseph Cabenda (1925–2012) •
Corneliskondre – Chief Cornelis Tapopi •
Donderskamp –
Peter Donders •
Julianatop –
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands •
Lelydorp –
Cornelis Lely (the Dutch governor of Suriname in 1905) •
Marshallkreek – Captain Marshall, who explored in Marshall's Creek, Suriname •
Stoelmanseiland – Philip Samuel Stoelman (1744–1800)
Sweden •
Borstahusen – Rasmus Andersson Borste and Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen •
Charlottenberg – Charlotta Larsson (1797–1856) (wife of the founder of the industry) •
Dorotea –
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen •
Eskilstuna –
Saint Eskil •
Filipstad – Karl Filip, the son of King
Charles IX of Sweden •
Flemingsberg – Henrik Klasson Fleming, Lord Marshal, owner, 16th century •
Fredrika –
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen •
Gustavsberg – Gustaf Oxenstierna, father of
the owner, 17th century •
Jakobsberg – Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century •
Karlsborg (Västra Götaland) – King
Charles XIV John of Sweden •
Karlsborg, Kalix Municipality – King
Charles XV of Sweden •
Karlshamn – King
Charles X Gustav of Sweden •
Karlskoga – King
Charles IX of Sweden •
Karlskrona – King
Charles XI of Sweden •
Karlstad – King
Charles IX of Sweden •
Katrineholm – Catharina von der Linde, daughter of the estate owner, 17th century •
Kramfors – Christoffer Kramm (1690–1752) •
Kristianopel – King
Christian IV of Denmark •
Kristianstad – King
Christian IV of Denmark •
Kristinehamn – Queen
Christina of Sweden •
Kungens Kurva – King
Gustav V of Sweden •
Kungsängen – King
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden •
Mariefred –
Mary, mother of Jesus •
Mariestad – Queen Mary, wife of
Charles IX of Sweden •
Örnsköldsvik –
Per Abraham Örnsköld, county governor of
Västernorrland County, 1762–1769 •
Oskarshamn – King
Oscar I of Sweden •
Ulricehamn – Queen
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden •
Vilhelmina –
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, Swedish queen
Switzerland •
Augst (near the ancient city of
Augusta Raurica) – Roman Emperor
Augustus •
Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) – Augustus •
Saint-Aubin, Fribourg –
Albinus of Angers •
Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland –
Bartholomew the Apostle •
Saint-Brais –
Brice of Tours •
Saint-Cergue –
Cyriacus •
Saint-George –
Saint George •
Saint-Gingolph –
Gangulphus •
Saint-Imier –
Imerius of Immertal •
Saint-Léonard, Switzerland –
Leonard of Noblac •
Saint-Livres –
Pope Liberius •
Saint-Martin, Fribourg and
Saint-Martin, Valais –
Martin of Tours •
Saint-Maurice, Switzerland –
Saint Maurice •
Saint-Oyens –
Eugendus •
Saint-Prex – Saint Protatius, bishop of Lausanne •
Saint-Saphorin –
Saint Symphorian •
Saint-Sulpice, Vaud –
Sulpicius the Pious •
San Vittore, Switzerland -
Victor Maurus •
Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona -
Anthony the Great •
Santa Maria in Calanca -
Mary, Mother of Jesus •
St. Gallen –
Saint Gall •
St. Martin, Graubünden -
Martin of Tours •
St. Margrethen –
Margaret the Virgin •
St. Moritz –
Saint Maurice •
St. Niklaus –
Nicholas of Myra •
St. Silvester –
Pope Sylvester I •
St. Stephan –
Saint Stephen •
St. Ursen –
Ursus of Aosta Syria •
Abu Kamal – the Kamal Family •
Al-Bitariyah –
Salah al-Din al-Bitar •
Al-Hamidiyah – Sultan
Abdul Hamid II •
Al-Malikiyah –
Adnan al-Malki, a Syrian Army officer •
Al-Qadmus –
Cadmus, Phoenician prince •
Apamea (Syria) –
Apama, wife of
Seleucus I Nicator •
Arwad, formerly
Antiochia in Pieria –
Antiochus I Soter •
Latakia, formerly
Laodicea –
Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator •
Marj al-Sultan – Sultan
Abdul Hamid I •
Mount Simeon District –
Simeon Stylites •
Muadamiyat al-Sham –
Al-Mu'azzam Isa,
Kurdish Sultan from
Ayyubid dynasty •
Palmyra (modern) (Tadumr) – named after a daughter of one of Noah's distant descendants, who was buried in a city •
Salaheddine District –
Saladin •
Sayyidah Zaynab –
Zaynab bint Ali Former: •
Laodicea ad Libanum was the name of a
Hellenistic settlement – a woman named
Laodice among the
Seleucids •
Seleucia ad Belum was the name of a
Hellenistic settlement – a Seleucus of the
Seleucid dynasty • Dahiyat al-Assad was the name of
Dahiyat Harasta during
Baathist Syria –
Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria • Qura al-Assad was the name of
Qura al-Sham during
Baathist Syria –
Hafez al-Assad Tajikistan • Avicenna District (Dushanbe) –
Avicenna, Persian polymath •
Ayni District – Tajik national poet
Sadriddin Ayni •
Devashtich District –
Divashtich, a medieval Sogdian ruler in Transoxiana •
Dustmurod Aliev (jamoat) – Dustmurod Aliev (1950–1989), Tajik musician and singer •
Dzhami District – 15th century Tajik-Persian poet Abdurahman
Jami • Ferdowsi district (Dushanbe) –
Ferdowsi, Persian poet •
Ghafurov – Tajik historian and President of Tajikistan during the Soviet era,
Bobojon Ghafurov • Gojo Berdiboev (Murghob) – Gojo Berdiboev (1940–2001), President of the Murgab region •
Hamadoni District – 14th-century Persian poet
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani •
Ismoili Somoni –
Isma'il ibn Ahmad •
Jabbor Rasulov District – Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the Soviet era,
Jabbor Rasulov • Mirsaid Mirshakar (town or jamoat) –
Mirsaid Mirshakar, a Tajik administrator, author, playwright and poet • Muminsho Abdulvosiev (Rushon) – Muminsho Abdulvosiev (1933–1992), Tajik statesman • Nazarsho Dodhudoev (Rushan) – Nazarsho Dodhudoev (1915–2000), Tajik statesman •
Nosiri Khusrav District – 11th century Persian-Tajik poet
Nosiri Khusrav •
Rahimzoda – Boki Rahimzoda (1910–1980), Tajik Poet •
Rudaki, Tajikistan –
Rudaki, a Persian Poet •
Rumi District – Tajik-Persian poet and philosopher Jaloliddin
Rumi •
Safar Amirshoev – Safar Amirshoev (1912–1944), World War II hero • Shah Mansur district (Dushanbe) – King
Mansur I •
Shamsiddin Shohin District – Tajik Poet
Shamsiddin Shohin •
Spitamen District –
Spitamenes, a Sogdian warlord leader of the uprising •
Temurmalik District – Tajik Medieval hero
Timur Malik •
Tursunzoda – Tajik national poet
Mirzo Tursunzoda •
Tursun Uljaboev –
Tursun Uljabayev, Prime Minister of Tajikistan during the soviet era Former: •
Alexandria Eschate was the name of
Khujand in antiquity –
Alexander the Great •
Leninabad was the name of
Khujand from 1936 through 1991 –
Vladimir Lenin •
Stalinabad was the name of
Dushanbe from 1929 through 1961 –
Joseph Stalin Tanzania • Nyerere (Ward of Zanzibar City) –
Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania
Thailand •
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Buriram – Named after golden jubilee of
King Bhumibol •
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Ratchasima – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol •
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol •
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Nan – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol •
Chaloem Phra Kiat district, Saraburi – Named after golden jubilee of King Bhumibol •
Chaophraya Surasak –
Chaophraya Surasakmontri •
Chulabhorn district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province – Princess
Chulabhorn •
Galyani Vadhana district, Chiang Mai Province – Princess
Galyani Vadhana •
Mae Fa Luang district – Princess Mother
Srinagarindra (Mae Fa Luang) •
Phaya Mengrai district, Chiang Rai Province –
King Mangrai (Mengrai) •
Prachaksinlapakhom district – Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856–1924) •
Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani Province – HRH Princess
Sirindhorn •
Srinagarindra district, Phatthalung Province – HRH Princess
Srinagarindra •
Ubolratana district, Khon Kaen Province – Princess
Ubol Ratana •
Vibhavadi district, Surat Thani Province – Princess
Vibhavadi Rangsit •
Wachirabarami district, Phichit Province – Prince Vajiralongkorn (, now
King Vajiralongkorn) •
Watthana district, Bangkok – Princess Galyani Vadhana, alternative transliteration
Timor-Leste •
Dom Aleixo Administrative Post –
Aleixo Corte-Real • Vila Salazar (Baucau) –
António de Oliveira Salazar, a Portuguese statesman Former: •
Vila Armindo Monteiro was the name of
Bobonaro –
Armindo Monteiro (1896–1955), Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat, and politician •
Vila Eduardo Marques was the name of
Bazartete – Eduardo Marques (1867–1944), Portuguese military and officer •
Vila Filomeno da Câmara was the name of
Same – Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral (1873–1934), Governor of Portuguese Timor •
Vila General Carmona was the name of
Aileu –
Óscar Carmona, Portuguese president •
Vila Salazar was the name of
Baucau –
António de Oliveira Salazar Trinidad and Tobago •
Charlotteville –
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz •
Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer) • Duncan Village (Penal–Debe) – Phillip Duncan de Montroe II •
Princes Town –
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and King
George V • Williamsville –
Eric Williams Tunisia •
El-Mansuriya –
al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah •
Mahdia, formerly
Aphrodisium –
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah •
Menzel Bourguiba –
Habib Bourguiba, first President of Tunisia •
Menzel Bouzaiane - Hocine Bouzaiane (1925-1956), constitucionalist leader •
Menzel Farsi - 15th-century Persian saint and scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Isfahani •
Mohamedia, Tunisia -
Ahmad I ibn Mustafa Former: •
Ferryville was the name of
Menzel Bourguiba –
Jules Ferry Turkey •
Adampol –
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski •
Adana, formerly
Antiochia in Cilicia and
Antiochia ad Sarum – one of the
Seleucids named
Antiochus • Adnan Menderes, Keçiören –
Adnan Menderes, Prime minister of Turkey • Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (Ankara) –
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish intellectual •
Alabanda, formerly
Antiochia of the Chrysaorians –
Antiochus III •
Antakya, formerly
Antiochia –
Antiochus, father of
Seleucus I Nicator •
Antioch, Pisidia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus •
Antioch on the Maeander –
Antiochus I Soter •
Antiochia, Lydia –
Antiochus IV •
Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus •
Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV •
Antiochia ad Pyramum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus •
Antiochia ad Taurum – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus •
Antiochia Paraliou – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus •
Antiochia in Mesopotamia also known as
Antiochia in Arabia: • named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus • later named
Antoninopolis – one of the
Antonines, probably
Antoninus Pius • yet later named
Constantia and
Constantina – Roman emperor
Constantius Chlorus • yet later named
Maximianopolis – Roman emperor
Maximian •
Apamea (Euphrates) –
Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator •
Apamea (Phrygia) – Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator •
Apamea Myrlea: • named for Apama, wife of King
Prusias I of Bithynia • later site of Roman colony,
Colonia Iulia Concordia –
Julius Caesar •
Aydın: • named for Mehmed Bey, the founder of the
Anatolian beylik of
Aydinids in 1307 • formerly
Antiochia – Antiochus, father of Seleucus • also formerly
Seleucia ad Maeandrum – Seleucus I Nicator • also formerly
Caesarea and
Kaisareia – Julius Caesar •
Aziziye -
Abdulaziz •
Balışeyh –
Sheikh Edebali •
Battalgazi –
Battal Gazi, a Muslim, saintly figure and warrior based in Anatolia •
Bayrampaşa –
Bayram Pasha, a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier •
Beypazarı, Ankara –
Osman I •
Cebrene: • formerly
Alexandria –
Alexander the Great • formerly
Antiochia in Troad – Antiochus I Soter •
Dursunbey - Emir Dursun, Commander during Orhan Gazi´s sultanate •
Edirne, formerly
Hadrianopolis – Roman emperor
Hadrian •
Emirgazi -
Emir Gazi •
Ereğli, formerly
Heracleia –
Heracles • Eski Stambul: • formerly
Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas –
Augustus and Alexander the Great • formerly
Alexandria Troas – Alexander the Great • formerly
Antigonia Troas –
Antigonus I Monophthalmus •
Eyüpsultan -
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari • Fahri Korutürk (Mamak) –
Fahri Korutürk, President of Turkey •
Fethiye - Captain Fethi Bey (1891-1914), pilot of the Ottoman Air Force who died during an airplane crash •
Fevzipaşa –
Fevzi Çakmak •
Gaziosmanpaşa –
Gazi Osman Pasha, a prominent Ottoman general who was active in the Balkans • Gn.Zeki Doğan (Mamak) – Zeki Doğan (1895–1961), Turkish soldier •
İsmetpaşa –
İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey •
Iğdır - İğdir Bey, the eldest son of Deniz Han •
Istanbul, formerly
Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople –
Constantine I • Kazım Orbay (Mamak) –
Kazım Orbay, a Turkish general and senator •
Kazımkarabekir –
Kâzım Karabekir, commander •
Karacabey – Turkish soldier during the Ottoman era, Karaca Bey •
Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu – Güzelce Kasım Paşa •
Kayseri – after the title
Caesar – Emperor, specifically Emperor
Augustus •
Kemaliye -
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk •
Kemalpaşa and
Kemalpaşa, Artvin –
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey •
Kocasinan –
Mimar Sinan •
Ladik, formerly
Laodicea Pontica – one of the Seleucids named Laodice •
Lalapaşa –
Lala Şahin Pasha •
Laodicea on the Lycus –
Laodice I, wife of
Antiochus II •
Laodicea Combusta –
Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator •
Lysimachia –
Lysimachus •
Mahmudiye -
Mahmud II • Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Ankara) –
Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet •
Melikgazi -
Gazi Gümüshtigin •
Merkezefendi –
Merkez Efendi, an Ottoman sufi •
Mihalgazi -
Köse Mihal •
Mopsuestia: • formerly named
Seleucia on the Pyramus – Seleucus I Nicator • formerly named
Hadria – Hadrian • formerly named
Decia – Roman emperor
Decius • Muhsin Ertuğrul, Cankaya –
Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish theatre director •
Muradiye -
Murad IV •
Muratpaşa – Murat Pasha of Karaman •
Mustafakemalpaşa –
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, First President of Turkey • Namık Kemal (Ankara) –
Namık Kemal, an Ottoman writer and political activist •
Nusaybin, formerly
Antiochia Mygdonia – Antiochus I Soter •
Orhangazi -
Orhan •
Osmancık,
Osmaneli,
Osmangazi and
Osmaniye -
Osman I • Peyami Safa (Mamak) –
Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist •
Saimbeyli – Saim Bey (1893-1921), Turkish National Movement commander •
Samosata, formerly
Antiochia in Commagene – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus •
Şanlıurfa: • formerly
Antiochia on the Callirhoe – Antiochus IV • formerly
Justinopolis – Byzantine emperor
Justinian •
Şahinbey –
Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander • Şehit Cengiz Topel (Mamak) –
Cengiz Topel, a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force •
Şehitkamil - Mehmet Kamil (1906-1920), first martyr of the Antep Defense • Şehit Kubilay (Keçiören) –
Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay •
Seleucia Pieria – Seleucus I Nicator •
Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator •
Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator •
Seleucia Sidera: • named for Seleucus I Nicator • later called
Claudioseleucia – Roman emperor
Claudius •
Zeugma, formerly
Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator¨ •
Seyitgazi - Seyyid
Battal Gazi •
Silifke, formerly
Seleucia – Seleucus I Nicator •
Sinanpaşa – Sinan Paşa, a son of a lord of the Akkoyunlu Turks •
Sinop –
Sinope – disputed • Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (Ankara) –
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha •
Stratonicea (Lydia): • named for a royal wife named
Stratonice, possibly the wife of
Eumenes II • later named
Hadrianopolis – Hadrian •
Stratonicea (Caria): • named for
Stratonice of Syria • later named
Hadrianopolis – Hadrian •
Sultanhisar - Nilüfer Sultan, daughter of Aydın Bey •
Süleymanpaşa –
Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan) •
Tarsus, formerly
Antiochia on the Cydnus – Antiochus IV • Yavuz Sultan Selim (Kahramankazan) and
Yavuzeli –
Selim I •
Yusufeli - Prince
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin • Zübeyde Hanım (Ankara) –
Zübeyde Hanım Former: •
Antioch was the name of an antique city near today's
Antakya –
Antiochus Turkmenistan •
Aba Annaýew –
Aba Annaýew, great-uncle of
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the second
president of Turkmenistan. • Agaýusup adyndaky (Mary) – Aga Yusup Alyýew (1882–1970), Hero of Socialist Labor • Akmyrat Hümmedow adyndaky (Mary) – Akmyrat Hümmedow (1931–2000), Turkmen actor • Alty Garlyev (Ahal) –
Alty Karliev, Turkmen stage and film actor, director and dramatist •
Andalyp (city) – Nurmuhammet Andalyp (1660–1740), Turkmen philosopher • Annagylyç Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Annagylyç Ataýew (1912–1943), Hero of Turkmenistan •
Arkadag –
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Arkadag), former president •
Ashgabat –
Arsaces I of Parthia • Aşyr Kakabaýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Aşyr Kakabaýew (1909–1968), Turkmen cotton grower •
Babadaýhan – Bābā-Dihqān, Iranian mythological figure • Balta Myradow adyndaky (Lebap) – Balta Myradow (1908–1984), Turkmen businessman and politician • Balyş Öwezow (Görogly) –
Balysh Ovezov, Prime Minister of Turkmenistan during the soviet era • Berdy Kerbabaýew adyndaky and Kerbabayeva –
Berdy Kerbabayev, Turkmen writer •
Deňizhan –
Deniz han, (also spelled Dengiz khan) Deňiz han in Turkmen, mythical khan of the
Oghuz Turks. • Döwletmämmet Azady adyndaky (Lebap) –
Döwletmämmet Azady, Turkmen poet • Gurban Durdy (Ahal) – Gurban Durdy (1917–1976), Hero of Turkmenistan •
Görogly (city) – Koroghlu, a semi-mystical hero • Hüdük Myradow adyndak (Dashoguz) – Hüdük Myradow (1921–1987), Hero of Socialist Labor • J.Atajanov (Mary) – Jumadurdy Atajanow (1913–1969), Hero of Turkmenistan • Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Jumanyýaz Hudaýbergenow (1912–1943), World War II hero • Kulyýewa adyndaky (Lebap) – Gylyç Kulyýew (1913–1990), Turkmen writer and diplomat •
Magtymguly District –
Magtymguly Pyragy, Turkmen poet • Magtymguly Garlyýew (Akdepe) – Magtymguly Garly (1889–1957), Turkmen musician •
Mollanepes – Turkmen National writer,
Mollanepes (1810–1862) • Nyýazow adyndaky (Mary) –
Saparmurat Niyazov • Nobat Gutlyýew adyndaky (Lebap) – Nobat Gutlyýew (1910–1967), Hero of Socialist Labor •
Oguzhan (town) –
Oghuz Khagan, the mythical progenitor of the Turkic nations • Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Orazgeldi Ärsaryýew (1900–1978), Turkmen hero • Rejepguly Ataýew adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Rejepguly Ataýew (1920–1972), Hero of Socialist Labor •
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy –
Saparmurat Niyazov • Sadylla Rozmetow adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Sadylla Rozmetow (1920–2011), Hero of Turkmenistan •
Seýdi – Seitnazar Seidi (1775–1836), Turkmen patriot and poet •
Shabat, Turkmenistan – Anusha, Khan of Khiva • Şabende adyndaky (Dashoguz) – Abdylla Şabende (1720–1800), Turkmen writer • Şükür bagşy adyndaky (Ahal) – Şükür bagşy (1831–1928), Turkmen folk bard • Tagan Baýramdurdyýew adyndaky (Ahal) – Tagan Baýramdurdyýew (1909–1977), Turkmen hero •
Turkmenbashi –
Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov • Zelili adyndaky (Lebap) – Zelili (1795–1850), Turkmen poet •
Zynhary (village) – Abdirahim Zynhary (1791–1880), Tukrmen poet Former: •
Alexandria was given the name of
Merv –
Alexander the Great •
Antiochia in Margiana was given the name of
Merv –
Antiochus I Soter •
Atamyrat was given the name of
Kerki –
Atamyrat Niyazov, Father of Saparmurat Niyazov who died during World War II •
Gurbansoltan Eje was given the name of
Andalyp (city) –
Gurbansoltan Eje, former president
Saparmurat Niyazov's mother •
Kalinin was given the name of
Boldumsaz –
Mikhail Kalinin •
Kirovsk was given the name of
Babadaýhan –
Sergei Kirov •
Leninsk was given the name of
Turkmenabat –
Vladimir Lenin •
Nyýazow was given the name of
Shabat, Turkmenistan –
Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan •
Stalin was given the name of
Murgap, Turkmenistan –
Joseph Stalin •
Telmansk was given the name of
Gubadag –
Ernst Thälmann • ''Voro'silovabad'' was given the name of
Boldumsaz –
Kliment Voroshilov Uganda •
Fort Portal – Sir
Gerald Portal (British commissioner) •
Murchison Falls – Sir
Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet •
Port Bell – Sir
Hesketh Bell (British commissioner)
Ukraine •
Alchevsk –
Oleksiy Alchevsky •
Apostolove –
Danylo Apostol •
Barvinkove –
ataman •
Berdychiv – after a servant of Kyiv boyar Kalenyk Myshkovych (progenitor of
Tyszkiewicz family) Berdych •
Boryspil –
Boris •
Budaniv – Jakub Bodzanowski, founder •
Chystiakove – a merchant from
Taganrog Chistiakov •
Dokuchaievsk –
Vasily Dokuchaev •
Hoholeve –
Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol) •
Horlivka –
Pyotr Gorlov •
Ivano-Frankivsk – writer
Ivan Franko •
Izmail – Ottoman Grand Vizier (
Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha?) •
Kakhovka – Vasiliy Kakhovsky (1738–1794) •
Kharkiv – Cossack Kharyton (Chariton) •
Khmelnytskyi –
Bohdan Khmelnytsky •
Khutir-Mykhailivskyi –
Mikhail Tereshchenko •
Klavdiievo-Tarasove –
Southwestern Railways Director and
Taras Shevchenko •
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi –
Taras Shevchenko •
Kostiantynivka – Kostiantyn Nomikossov (1812–1907), son of former landowner •
Kotsiubynske –
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky •
Krolevets – King ()
Sigismund III of Poland •
Kropyvnytskyi –
Marko Kropyvnytskyi •
Kyiv –
Kyi •
Liubar –
Liubartas •
Lviv –
Leo I of Halych •
Makiivka – Cossack Makei •
Malyn –
Mal (prince of the
Drevlyans) or
Malusha •
Mariupol –
St. Mary or Empress consort of Russia
Maria Fyodorovna •
Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske – writer
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky •
Mohyliv-Podilskyi –
Ieremia Movilă •
Mykolaiv –
Saint Nicholas •
Myronivka – Myron Zelenyi,
cossack or free settler •
Nemishaieve –
Southwestern Railways Director •
Novovorontsovka –
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov •
Olevsk –
Oleg of Drelinia •
Ovidiopol –
Ovid •
Pavlohrad –
Paul I of Russia • Pyrohove – a neighborhood of
Vinnytsia, former village named after
Nikolay Pirogov •
Radyvyliv –
Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł •
Romaniv –
Roman the Great •
Sadhora – Piotr Mikołaj Gartenberg Sadogórski, founder •
Sheptytskyi – Father
Andrey Sheptytsky, Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lemberg (Lviv) •
Shevchenkove –
Taras Shevchenko •
Siedove –
Georgy Sedov •
Skadovsk –
hydrobiologist and
biochemist •
Smila – unnamed local heroine •
Smoline – Mykola Smolin (1928–1974), Ukrainian geologist •
Starokostiantyniv –
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski • Susval – Petro Ostapovych Susval (1990–2014), soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces •
Synelnykove –
Ivan Sinelnikov (
uk,
ru) •
Tairove – Armenian and Soviet scientist •
Teofipol – •
Terezyne –
Teresa Radziwiłł (1889–1975) •
Ternopil –
Jan Tarnowski (and
Tarnowski family) •
Tomashpil –
Tomasz Zamoyski •
Tytarenkove – Serhiy Tytarenko (1992–2014), a fallen soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces •
Vakulenchuk –
Grigory Vakulenchuk •
Vasylivka –
Vasili Stepanovich Popov •
Vasylkiv –
Basil of Caesarea •
Verkhivtseve – •
Volodymyr –
Vladimir the Great •
Yakymivka – Yakym Kolosov, regional police
ispravnic •
Yavornytske –
Dmytro Yavornytsky •
Yenakiieve – • Zalizniak (Sumy) –
Maksym Zalizniak •
Zhovkva –
Stanisław Żółkiewski Former: •
Aleksandrovsk,
Oleksandrivsk was the name of
Zaporizhzhia – Emperor
Alexander I •
Artemivsk was the name of
Bakhmut – revolutionary
Artem •
Dniprodzerzhynsk was the name of
Kamianske –
Felix Dzerzhinsky •
Dnipropetrovsk was the name of
Dnipro – Bolshevik
Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in the 1920s–30s •
Illichivsk was the name of
Chornomorsk – Vladimir Illich Lenin •
Katerynopil was the name of
Kalynopil –
Catherine the Great •
Kirovohrad was the name of
Kropyvnytskyi –
Sergey Kirov •
Kryndachivka was the name of
Khrustalnyi – local landowner Kryndacha •
Krystynopol was the name of
Sheptytskyi –
Krystyna Lubomirska, wife of
Feliks Kazimierz Potocki •
Mykytyn Rih was the name of
Nikopol – Cossack Mykyta Tsyhan (as
Cygan) •
Nogaisk,
Nohaisk was the name of
Berdiansk –
Nogai Khan •
Novooleksandrivka was the name of
Melitopol – after
Alexander I of Russia •
Oleksiivka was the name of
Chystiakove – after a son of Russian general Leonov •
Osypenko was the name of
Berdiansk –
Polina Osipenko (originally Osypenko) •
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi was the name of
Pereiaslav –
Bohdan Khmelnytsky •
Sergo,
Serho was the name of
Kadiivka –
Sergo Ordzhonikidze •
Stakhanov was the name of
Kadiivka – famous miner
Aleksei Stakhanov •
Stalino was the name of
Donetsk –
Joseph Stalin •
Stanisławów,
Stanyslaviv was the name of
Ivano-Frankivsk – Polish magnate
Stanisław Potocki •
Sverdlovsk was the name of
Dovzhansk –
Yakov Sverdlov •
Torez was the name of
Chystiakove –
Maurice Thorez •
Usivka was the name of
Oleksandriia – Cossack Usyk •
Vatutine was the name of
Bahacheve –
Nikolai Vatutin •
Voroshilovgrad,
Voroshylovhrad was the name of
Luhansk –
Kliment Voroshilov •
Yekaterinin Shanets was the name of Olviopol within
Pervomaisk –
Catherine the Great •
Yekaterinoslav was the name of
Dnipro –
Catherine the Great •
Yelizavetgrad,
Yelyzavethrad was the name of
Kropyvnytskyi –
Saint Elizabeth and Empress regnant
Elizabeth of Russia •
Yuzivka was the name of
Donetsk – British businessman
John Hughes •
Zhdanov was the name of
Mariupol –
Andrey Zhdanov •
Zinovievsk was the name of
Kropyvnytskyi –
Grigory Zinoviev United Arab Emirates •
Khalifa City –
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates •
Madinat Zayed and
Zayed City –
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan •
Port Rashid –
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai
United Kingdom England •
Albert Village –
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha •
Bognor Regis –
George V of United Kingdom •
Bury St Edmunds –
Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia •
Camden Town –
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden •
Campbell Park –
Lord Campbell of Eskan •
Canning Town –
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning •
Carterton, Oxfordshire - William Carter (1852–1921), founder •
Charlestown, Derbyshire - Charles Croft, an 18th-century farmer and landowner •
Cubitt Town –
William Cubitt (politician) •
Denmark Hill –
Prince George of Denmark •
Eden Park, London – William Eden (1744–1814) •
Emerson Park – Emerson Balston Carter (1878–1963) •
Fitzrovia –
Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton •
Gerrards Cross – Gerard of Chalfont, early landowner •
Halsetown –
James Halse •
Harold Wood –
Harold Godwinson •
King's Cross, London –
George IV of United Kingdom •
King's Lynn –
Henry VIII of England •
Kingstanding –
Charles I of England •
Kingston upon Hull –
Edward I of England •
Kingston upon Thames – King
Æthelstan •
Kington, Herefordshire –
Henry I of England •
Knutsford –
King Canute •
Maryland, London –
Henrietta Maria of France •
Nicholstown – Jonas Nichols (1836–1891) •
Pennsylvania, Exeter -
William Penn (Royal Navy officer) •
Pentonville –
Henry Penton •
Perkinsville, County Durham – Edward Mosely Perkins (1821–1871) and his son Charles Perkins (1851–1905) •
Peterborough –
St Peter •
Peterlee –
Peter Lee, a miners' leader and President of the
MFGB •
Port Clarence –
William IV, Duke of Clarence •
Princes Risborough –
Edward the Black Prince •
Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire –
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen •
Queen Camel –
Eleanor of Provence •
Queen Charlton –
Catherine Parr •
Queen's Park, London –
Queen Victoria •
Queenborough –
Philippa of Hainault •
Russell Hill, Croydon –
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister •
Saltaire – Sir
Titus Salt •
Silvertown –
Stephen William Silver •
Somers Town, London –
Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers •
St Albans –
St Alban •
St Ives, Cambridgeshire –
Saint Ivo •
St Neot, Cornwall –
St Neot •
St Neots, Cambridgeshire –
St Neot •
Telford –
Thomas Telford, civil engineer •
Victoria, Cornwall –
Queen Victoria •
Victoria, London –
Queen Victoria •
Wolverhampton –
Wulfrun Northern Ireland •
Cookstown – Dr.
Alan Cooke (politician) •
County Tyrone –
Eógan mac Néill, son of
Niall of the Nine Hostages •
Craigavon –
Lord Craigavon, former
Prime Minister •
Downpatrick –
St Patrick •
Helen's Bay –
Lady Helen Dufferin •
Randalstown –
Randal MacDonnell •
Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone –
Queen Victoria Scotland •
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire – Alexander Smollett of Bonhill (died on 1799) •
Fort Augustus –
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland •
Fort William, Scotland –
William of Orange • renamed several times before being named Fort William again, this time for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland •
Helensburgh – Lady Helen Sutherland (1717–1791) •
Kirkcudbright –
St Cuthbert •
St Andrews –
St Andrew Wales •
Georgetown, Blaenau Gwent -
George III of United Kingdom •
Montgomery, Powys –
Roger de Montgomerie, Main Counsellor •
St Davids –
St David •
Victoria, Newport –
Queen Victoria British Overseas Territories •
Bermuda –
Juan de Bermúdez •
Ducie Island –
Baron Ducie •
Falkland Islands –
Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland •
Gibraltar –
Tariq ibn Ziyad (from ) •
Pitcairn Islands –
Robert Pitcairn •
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha –
Helena of Constantinople, and
Tristão da Cunha •
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands –
George III and
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, respectively.
Falkland Islands •
Darwin –
Charles Darwin •
Stanley –
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby •
Weddell Island –
James Weddell •
Keppel Island –
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel •
Saunders Island –
Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha •
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas –
The Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh •
Jamestown –
James, Duke of York •
Georgetown –
George III South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands •
King Edward Point –
Edward VII •
Prince Olav Harbour –
Crown Prince Olav of Norway United States •
Albuquerque, New Mexico –
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque •
Annapolis, Maryland –
Anne, Queen of Great Britain •
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Mary Ann Rumsey, founders •
Augusta, Georgia –
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha •
Austin, Texas –
Stephen F. Austin •
Baltimore –
Lord Baltimore •
Berkeley, California –
George Berkeley, philosopher •
Bismarck, North Dakota –
Otto von Bismarck •
Charlotte, North Carolina –
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz •
Cincinnati –
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus •
Dallas –
George M. Dallas •
Denver –
James W. Denver •
Edison, New Jersey –
Thomas A. Edison •
Fayetteville, Tennessee –
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette •
Fort Myers, Florida –
Col. Abraham C. Myers •
Hamilton, Ohio –
Alexander Hamilton •
Henderson, Nevada –
Charles Henderson (Nevada politician) •
Hershey, Pennsylvania –
Milton Hershey, famous
chocolatier •
Houston –
Sam Houston •
Jacksonville, Florida –
Andrew Jackson •
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania –
Jim Thorpe •
Keokuk, Iowa –
Keokuk (Sauk leader) •
King County, Washington – Originally after
William R. King, changed to
Martin Luther King Jr. •
Lincoln, Nebraska –
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States •
Los Angeles –
Our Lady the Queen of the Angels •
Madison, Wisconsin –
James Madison •
Nashville, Tennessee –
American Revolutionary War hero
Francis Nash • New York City –
James of York and Albany •
Pittsburgh –
William Pitt the Elder •
Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir
Walter Raleigh •
San Antonio –
Saint Anthony of Padua •
San Diego –
Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego •
San Francisco –
Saint Francis •
San Jose, California –
Saint Joseph •
Saint Paul, Minnesota –
Saint Paul •
St. Augustine, Florida –
Augustine of Hippo •
St. Louis, Missouri –
Louis IX of France •
Santa Ana, California –
Saint Anne •
Santa Barbara, California –
Saint Barbara •
Seattle –
Chief Seattle •
Ventura, California –
Saint Bonaventure • Washington, D.C. –
George Washington •
Ypsilanti, Michigan –
Demetrios Ypsilantis Puerto Rico • Amalia Marin (Ponce) – Amalia Marín Castilla (1876–1957) • Baldorioty De Castro (Ponce) –
Román Baldorioty de Castro • Betances (Cabo Rojo) –
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican lawyer •
Bolívar (Santurce) –
Simón Bolívar •
Caguas, Puerto Rico – chief
Caguax •
Carolina, Puerto Rico – King
Charles II of Spain •
Cataño, Puerto Rico – Hernando de Cataño •
Eleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey) –
Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician •
Fajardo, Puerto Rico – Juan Antonio Fajardo (founder) • Fernando L.Garcia (Utuado) –
Fernando Luis García •
Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico –
Jesús T. Piñero, Governor of Puerto Rico •
Isabela, Puerto Rico – Queen
Isabella I of Castile •
Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico –
Isabella II of Spain • Jaime L. Drew (Ponce) –
Jaime L. Drew, Puerto Rican educator • John F. Kennedy (Mayagüez) –
John F. Kennedy •
Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – Doña Juana Díaz •
Lares, Puerto Rico – Don Amador de Lariz, Spanish nobleman •
Levittown, Puerto Rico –
William Levitt •
López Sicardó (Oriente) – Rafael Lopez Sicardo (1875–1937) • Luis Llorens Torres (Santurce) –
Luis Lloréns Torres • Manuel A. Pérez (San Juan) –
Manuel Pérez (teacher) • Marín (Patillas) and Luis Muñoz Marín (San Lorenzo) –
Luis Muñoz Marín, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico • Morel Campos (Ponce) –
Juan Morel Campos • Muñoz Rivera (Patillas) –
Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician • Nemesio Canales (San Juan) –
Nemesio Canales •
Ponce, Puerto Rico –
Juan Ponce de León or
Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, great-grandson of Spanish • Rafael Hernández (Aguadilla) –
Rafael Hernández Marín • Roosevelt Roads (Ceiba) –
Franklin D. Roosevelt •
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Pablo Ubarri y Capetillo, 1st Count of San José de Santurce (1824–1894) •
San Germán, Puerto Rico –
Germaine of Foix, the new queen of King Fernando or Saint
Germanus of Auxerre •
Ubarri (Pueblo) – Angel Manuel García Ubarri (1886–1972) • Villa Georgetti (Barceloneta) –
Eduardo Georgetti Uruguay •
Alejandro Gallinal - Dr. Alejandro Gallinal (1872-1943) •
Andresito –
Andrés Guazurary •
Ansina -
Joaquín Lenzina •
Artigas –
José Artigas •
Baltasar Brum (
Artigas Department) –
Baltasar Brum, President of Uruguay •
Bernabé Rivera (
Artigas Department) – General Bernabe Rivera (1795-1832) •
Bolívar, Uruguay -
Simon Bolivar •
Brigadier General Diego Lamas (
Artigas Department) - Diego Eugenio Lamas (1810–1868) •
Florencio Sánchez (
Colonia Department) –
Florencio Sánchez •
Flores Department –
Venancio Flores •
Carlos Reyles - Carlos Reyles (1868-1938), ensayist • Colonia Rossell y Rius - Alejo Rossell Rius (1848-1919) •
Gallinal - Alberto Gallinal Heber (1909-1994), former intendent of Florida •
General Líber Seregni –
Líber Seregni, Uruguayan military and politician • Getulio Vargas (Uruguay) -
Getulio Vargas •
Gregorio Aznárez - Gregorio Aznárez (1860-1951) •
Ismael Cortinas (
Flores Department) –
Ismael Cortinas •
Javier de Viana (
Artigas Department) –
Javier de Viana •
Joaquín Suárez (
Canelones Department) –
Joaquín Suárez •
José Batlle y Ordóñez (
Lavalleja Department) –
José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay • Juan Jackson -
Juan D. Jackson •
Juan Lacaze (
Colonia Department) – Juan Luis Lacaze, businessman •
Lavalleja Department –
Juan Antonio Lavalleja •
Mones Quintela - Alfredo Mones Quintela (1910-1969), an agricultural engineer •
Ombúes de Lavalle (
Colonia Department) –
Juan Lavalle •
Piriápolis -
Francisco Piria •
Rivera –
Fructuoso Rivera •
San Antonio (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Anthony of Padua •
San Bautista (
Canelones Department) –
Saint John the Baptist •
San Gregorio de Polanco -
José Gregorio Suárez •
San Jacinto (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Hyacinth of Cracow (in honor of bishop
Jacinto Vera) •
San José Department –
Saint Joseph •
San Luis (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Louis IX •
San Ramón (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Raymond Nonnatus •
Santa Lucía (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Lucy •
Santa Rosa (
Canelones Department) –
Saint Rose of Lima •
Santiago Vázquez (
Montevideo Department) – Santiago Vázquez (1787-1847) •
Soca (
Canelones Department) – Francisco Soca (1856-1922) •
Solís -
Juan Díaz de Solís •
Tomás Gomensoro (
Artigas Department) –
Tomás Gomensoro Albín, President of Uruguay •
Treinta y Tres –
Thirty-Three Orientals, Uruguayan revolutionary group •
Zagarzazú - Isidro Zagarzazú (1921-1974), founder
Uzbekistan • Abdurahmonov nomidag (Tashkent) – Abdujabbor Abdurahmonov (1907–1975), President of Uzbekistan from 1938 to 1950 • Ahmad Yassaviy (Tashkent) –
Ahmad Yasawi • Ahmad Yugnakiy (Tashkent) – Edib Ahmed bin Mahmud Yüknekî (poet) • Ajiniyaz (Karakalpakstan) –
Ájiniyaz, Karakalpak poet •
Antiochia in Scythia –
Antiochus I Soter • Berdaq (Karakalpakstan) –
Berdakh, Karakalpak poet •
Beruniy –
al-Biruni • Dosnazarov (Karakalpakstan) – Allayar Dosnazarov (1896–1937), Karakalpak politician • F. Yuldashev (Bulungur) – Faizulla Yuldashev (1912–1991), veteran of the Great Patriotic War •
Gagarin, Uzbekistan –
Yuri Gagarin • Gani Azamov, Qoraqamish – Gani Azamov (1909–2001), Uzbek actor • H.Tursunqulov (Tashkent) – Hamrakul Tursunkulov (1892–1965), chairman of the collective farm •
Iskandar (town) –
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia • Islom Shoir (Samarkand) – Islom Shoir (1874–1953), Uzbek poet • Khamzy (Tashkent) and Khamzy (Uchqorgon) –
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet •
Mirzo Ulugbek,
Ulugbek (town) –
Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician and sultan •
Muborak – Islamic scholar Abdullah bin al-Mubarak al-Marwazi •
Navoiy – Uzbek poet
Alisher Navoi •
Sharof Rashidov District (Jizzakh) –
Sharof Rashidov, President of Uzbekistan from 1950 to 1959 • Oxunboboyev (Shurchi) –
Yuldash Akhunbabaev • S. Umarov (Navoiy) – Salih Khusanovich Umarov (1922–1995), World War II hero •
Shaykhontohur – Sheikh Khovendi at-Takhu, a famous thinker and educator • Sobir Kamolov (Karakalpakstan) –
Sobir Kamolov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 1955 to 1957 • Sobir Rahimov nomli (Bostanlyk) –
Sobir Rakhimov • T.Ahmedov nomidag (Sirdaryo) – Turgun Ahmedov (1925–1944), World War II hero • U.Musaev (Yangiyul) – Ubaydulla Musaev (1914–1972), Uzbek political figure • Zakirov (Tashkent) –
Qodir Zokirov, Uzbek scientist, botanist and educator Former: • "Akhunbabaev" was the name of
Jalaquduq – Soviet Uzbek state figure
Yuldash Akhunbabaev (1885–1943) • "Akmal-Ikramov" was the name of
Uchtepa –
Akmal Ikramov • "Kuybishevo" was the name of
Rishtan –
Valerian Kuybyshev • "Leninsk" was the name of
Asaka, Uzbekistan –
Vladimir Lenin • "Skobelev" was the name of
Fergana –
Mikhail Skobelev • "Sobir Rakhimov" was the name of
Olmazar –
Sobir Rakhimov • "Hamza" was the name of
Yashnobod –
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi Venezuela •
Alberto Adriani Municipality – Alberto Adriani Mazzei (1898–1936), economist and writer •
Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Municipality –
Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet •
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas –
Andrés Eloy Blanco, Venezuelan poet •
Angostura Municipality, Venezuela, formerly called Raúl Leoni Municipality – Venezuelan President
Raúl Leoni •
Antonio Pinto Salinas Municipality – Antonio Pinto Salinas (1915–1953), Venezuelan poet •
Arístides Bastidas Municipality –
Arístides Bastidas, Venezuelan writer •
Arzobispo Chacón Municipality – Acacio Chacon Guerra (1884–1978), Archbishop of Merida •
Caracciolo Parra Olmedo Municipality – Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (1819–1908), Venezuelan lawyer and politician •
Cardenal Quintero Municipality –
José Humberto Quintero Parra •
Carlos Arvelo Municipality –
Carlos Arvelo, Venezuelan doctor and politician. •
Ciudad Bolívar –
Simón Bolívar •
Ciudad Ojeda –
Alonso de Ojeda •
Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality –
Diego Bautista Urbaneja •
Ezequiel Zamora Municipality, Monagas – General
Ezequiel Zamora • Fernandez Feo Municipality – Bishop of Táchira, Monseñor Alejandro Fernández-Feo Tinoco (1908–1987) • Fernando Girón Tovar (Amazonas) - Fernando Girón Tovar (1936-1993), National deputy of Amazonas • Francisco Aniceto Lugo Parish (Delta Amacuaro) – Francisco Aniceto Lugo (1894–1982), Venezuelan writer • Francisco Javier Pulgar Municipality (Zuila) – Francisco Javier Pulgar (1877–1959), Venezuelan educator •
Francisco de Miranda, Anzoátegui –
Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Independence hero •
Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality –
Francisco Linares Alcántara, Venezuelan President • Jauregui Municipality (Táchira) – Jesus Manuel Jauregui (1848–1905) •
Jesús Enrique Lossada Municipality – Jesus Enrique Lossada (1892–1948), Venezuelan writer •
Jiménez Municipality, Lara – José Florencio Jiménez •
José Tadeo Monagas Municipality –
José Tadeo Monagas •
Manuel Monge Municipality – Manuel Monge (1950–1993), President of the Village Association of Poblado 32 •
Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality –
Mario Briceño Iragorry •
Maroa, Amazonas – Cacique Maruwa, founder • Monseñor Iturriza Municipality – Monseñor Francisco José Iturriza Guillen (1903–2003), Bishop of Coro • Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (Táchira) – Monseñor Miguel Antonio Salas (1915–2003), Bishop of Táchira •
Padre Noguera Municipality – Father Adonay Noguera (1884–1954) •
Padre Pedro Chien Municipality – Father Pedro Chien (1925–1995), a Mongol missioner •
Páez, Apure –
José Antonio Páez, an Independence hero •
Paz Castillo Municipality – Venezuelan poet and diplomat
Fernando Paz Castillo •
Pedro Gual Municipality – 19th century Venezuelan President
Pedro Gual Escandón • Rafael Rangel Municipality – Rafael Rangel (1877–1909), Venezuelan scientific • Raúl Leoni Parish (Maracaibo) –
Raúl Leoni • Rómulo Costa Municipality, Táchira – Antonio Romulo Costa Duque (1872–1956) •
Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure –
Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan writer and president •
Sifontes Municipality – General Antonio Domingo Sifontes •
Sucre, Miranda –
Antonio José de Sucre •
Urdaneta, Miranda –
Rafael Urdaneta • Valmore Rodríguez Municipality (Zuila) – Valmore Rodríguez (1900–1955), Venezuelan journalist
Vietnam • Bế Văn Đàn (Quảng Hòa) – Bế Văn Đàn (1931–1953), Hero of the People's Armed Forces • Đề Thám (Lạng Sơn) –
Hoàng Hoa Thám "Đề Thám" (1858–1913), leader of Yên Thế Insurrection • Đình Phong (Cao Bằng) – Đình Phong, a communist soldier • Đình Phùng, Bảo Lạc – Phan Đình Phùng (1847–1895), Vietnamese poet •
Dương Minh Châu district and
Duong Minh Chau town – Dương Minh Châu (1912–1947), a communist lawyer •
Ho Chi Minh City –
Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam • Hồ Thị Kỷ (Cà Mau) – Hồ Thị Kỷ (1949–1970), martyr heroine • Hoàng Văn Thụ, Văn Lãng – Hoàng Văn Thụ (1909–1944), Vietnamese revolutionary • Hồng Dân (Bạc Liêu) – Trần Hồng Dân (1916–1946), nationalist revolutionary • Kim Đồng, Thạch An – Kim Đồng (1929–1943), captain of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization • Le Thanh Nghi (Hai Phong) – Le Thanh Nghi (1911-1989), Vice President of Vietnam • Ngọc Hiển (Cà Mau) – Phan Ngọc Hiển (1910–1941), a local teacher, writer and artist • Nguyễn Huân (Cà Mau) – Nguyễn Văn Huân (d.1946), communist martyr •
Nông trường Trần Phú –
Trần Phú, Vietnamese revolutionary • Phạm Văn Cội (Củ Chi) – Phạm Văn Cội (1940–1967), Hero of the People's Armed Forces • Quang Trung, An Lão (Hải Phòng) –
Quang Trung, second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty • Trần Hưng Đạo (Lý Nhân) –
Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander •
Trần Văn Thời district and
Trần Văn Thời town – Trần Văn Thời (1902–1942), a local communist • Lý Văn Lâm District – Lý Văn Lâm (1941–1969), a local communist Former: •
Thành Thái Phien – the name of
Da Nang in 1945 – revolutionary
Thái Phiên Yemen •
Bayt al-Faqih - Ahmad ibn Ujayl, jurist • Saddam (Al-Mesaimeer) -
Saddam Hussein Zambia • Dag Hammerskjoeld (Ndola) –
Dag Hammarskjöld • Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula (Lusaka) –
Harry Nkumbula, Zambian nationalist leader • Helen Kaunda (Copperbelt) – Ms. Helen Kaunda (d.1973), mother of President Kenneth Kaunda • John Laing (Lusaka) –
John Laing (businessman) • Julia Chikamoneka (Kasama) – Julia Chikamoneka (1910–1986), Zambian freedom fighter •
Livingstone – doctor
David Livingstone •
Lusaka – Chief Lusaka •
Mansa, Zambia – Chief Mansa •
Victoria Falls –
Queen Victoria Former: •
Abercorn was the name of
Mbala –
Lord Abercorn, British nobleman and diplomat •
Bancroft was the name of
Chililabombwe – Joseph Austen Bancroft (1882–1957), Canadian geologist and scientist •
Fort Jameson was the name of
Chipata –
Leander Starr Jameson, British statesman •
Fort Rosebery was the name of
Mansa, Zambia –
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Zimbabwe •
Beatrice, Zimbabwe – Beatrice Borrow (1868–1946), the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, member of the Pioneer Column •
Beitbridge –
Alfred Beit •
Bradfield, Zimbabwe – Edwin Eugene Bradfield (1869–1950) •
Felixburg – Felix Posselt, who visited in that area in 1888 • Montgomery (Bulawayo) –
Bernard Montgomery •
Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe –
Charles Darwin •
Mount Hampden –
John Hampden •
Norton, Zimbabwe – the Norton family •
Selous, Zimbabwe –
Frederick Selous •
Victoria Falls –
Queen Victoria •
West Nicholson – Andy Nicholson, an early prospector •
Zhombe Joel – Joel Tessa, one of the pioneer businessmen at the centre during the 1960s. Former: •
Fort Victoria was the name of
Masvingo –
Queen Victoria •
Hartley was the name of
Chegutu – Henry Hartley, an early explorer •
Salisbury was the name of
Harare –
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