Northern Territory Town Names

The names

• Darwin

  English

  "dear friend"

  Enough parents have found naturalist Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, a worthy hero to keep Darwin relatively consistently in the Top 1000. It has a lovely meaning too—"dear…

  

• Larrakeyah

• Nakara

• Casuarina

• Marrara

• Nightcliff

• Berrimah

• Marlow

  English

  "driftwood"

  Marlow is a suave, unusual surname-name that was chosen by Celine designer Phoebe Philo for her older son. This is a name with many spellings and many difference in gender identity. Marlowe is…

  

• Melville

  Scottish

  "settlement on infertile land"

  All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.

  

• Tiwi

• Melaleuca

• Marrakai

• Arnhem

• Florina

  Latin

  "flower"

  

• Litchfield

• Maningrida

• Kakadu

• Leliyn

• Flinders

• Milingimbi