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"New land", and the surname of João Fernandes Lavrador, meaning "farmer" or "plower" [9] Northwest Territories: English: Referring to the territory's position relative to Rupert's Land Nova Scotia: Latin "New Scotland", referring to the country Scotland, derived from the Latin Scoti, the term applied to Gaels [10] [11] Nunavut: Inuktitut
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom.Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names."
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez in
The name was later changed to Kawartha, which means "bright waters and happy lands". [82] Kenora: Ojibwe / English The name is a portmanteau of the names of the three towns which amalgamated in 1905 to form the present-day city: Keewatin, Norman and Rat Portage. [83] Kingston: English
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The Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543, showing the areas Cartier visited. Newfoundland is near the upper right; Florida and the Bahamas are at lower left. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning 'village' or 'settlement'. [1]