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語源

From 古期英語 west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west +‎ field. Doublet of Westerveld.

The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

固有名詞

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

1. A common placename:
   1. The former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
   2. A number of places in Canada
      1. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
      2. A former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
      3. A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. A suburb of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
   4. A number of places in the United Kingdom
      1. A number of places in England
         1. A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex.
         2. A hamlet in Hawling parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0821).
            • 1955 August, J. Spencer Gilks, “The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 524:

              With regard to the station at Notgrove, it was finally decided that this should be situated beside the old Bourton-Cheltenham Road near the hamlet of Westfield.

         3. A former civil parish of Norfolk, now part of Whinburgh and Westfield.
         4. An area in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire.
         5. An area within Acomb, a suburb of York, North Yorkshire.
         6. A suburban village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6754).
         7. An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4381).
         8. An area of Woking borough, Surrey.
      2. A number of places in Scotland
         1. An area in the town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area.
         2. A village in Caithness, Highland council area.
         3. A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NS9372).
   5. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A ghost town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
      2. A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.
      3. A city in Hamilton County, Indiana.
      4. An unincorporated community in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
      5. A tiny city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
      6. A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
      7. A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
      8. A town in Union County, New Jersey.
      9. A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
      10. A former town in Richmond County, New York, now part of the borough of Staten Island.
      11. An unincorporated community in Surry County and Stokes County, North Carolina.
      12. A borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
      13. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
      14. A small town in Orleans County, Vermont.
      15. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
      16. A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
      17. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
      18. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Westfield Township.
   6. Ellipsis of Westfield Township
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Westfield is the 20394 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1303 individuals. Westfield is most common among Black/African American (49.96%) and White (43.51%) individuals.

参考

参照

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Westfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.