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Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York , was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II ).
John Brasbrigg or Bracebrigge (fl. 1428), English book collector; Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), civil engineering contractor; Capability Brown (1715–1783), landscape gardener; Donald Campbell (1921–1967), world land and water speed record holder; Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885–1949), automobile and speedboat racer; William Caxton (c. 1422 ...
Biblically sourced names are widespread and are sometimes the result of naming a settlement after its church. Names from ancient history can also be found in a number of places, although a concentration of them can be found in upstate New York. Names from these two sources can be found in the Ancient World section below the list of countries.
This is a list of place names originally used in England and then later applied to other places throughout the world via English settlers and explorers. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Settled by English survivors of the Sea Venture shipwreck, led by George Somers. Arctic, Northern Europe: Svalbard: 1619: Smeerenburg: Settled by Dutch and Danish whalers 1619–1657. Longyearbyen founded 1906 and continuously inhabited except for World War II. [116] Indian Ocean: Mauritius: 1638: Vieux Grand Port: First settled by Dutch under ...
The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England.The diaspora is concentrated in the English-speaking world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe, India, Zambia and continental Europe.
For example, the Old English name Scipeton ("sheep farm"), which would normally become *Shipton in modern English, instead was altered to Skipton, since Old English sc (pronounced 'sh') was usually cognate with Old Norse sk — thus obscuring the meaning, since the Old Norse word for 'sheep' was entirely different.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .