List of Hudson County, New Jersey placename etymologies

This is a list of locales in Hudson County, New Jersey categorized by origin of their name.

Municipalities



 * 1) Bayonne (Bynne)
 * 2) Jersey City (JC)
 * 3) Hoboken (Hbkn)
 * 4) Union City (UC)
 * 5) West New York (WNY)
 * 6) Guttenberg (Gtbg)
 * 7) Secaucus (Sec)
 * 8) Kearny (Kearny)
 * 9) Harrison (Har'sn)
 * 10) East Newark (EN)
 * 11) North Bergen (NB)
 * 12) Weehawken (Whkn)

Lenape
The Lenape people who lived in the region spoke an Algonquian language from which the current names are derivative through Dutch and English.

Dutch
New Netherlanders established a factorij in 1617 at Communipaw, a patroonship in 1630 at Pavonia, and New Jersey's first independent gemeente, or municipality, in 1661 as Bergen.

Odonyms
Places bearing eponymous names. (Streets with names of US presidents, more than half of whom are honored, are not included.)