Names That Mean Village

  1. Nickleby
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "Nicholas's village"
    • Description:

      Charming Dickensian route to Nick.
  2. Balfour
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "the village by the pasture"
    • Description:

      Historically interesting via the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
  3. Denham
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "village in a valley"
    • Description:

      Legitimizes the newly coined Denim, as does the Scottish place-name Denholm (both pronounced DEN-um).
  4. Nomura
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "field village"
    • Description:

      Japanese surname occasionally heard as a first.