The following is a non-exhaustive list of the etymologies of the place names in Los Angeles, California
| Place Name | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Abbot Kinney, founder of Venice, California | ||
| Aliso Street | Named after the aliso, the old sycamore that stood at the entrance of Jean-Louis Vignes' winery | |
| Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican Governor of Alta California | ||
| Baldwin Hills neighborhood | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, mining and real estate investor | |
| Beaudry Avenue | Prudent Beaudry, Los Angeles mayor | |
| Bel-Air neighborhood | Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr., owner of the "Buenos Aires Ranch" | |
| After Brooklyn, New York, in honor of the many Jewish Americans living in Boyle Heights at the time | ||
| Cahuenga, the Spanish name for the Tongva village of Kawengna, meaning place of the mountain | ||
| César Chávez Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist | ||
| George Crenshaw, banker and real estate developer | ||
| José Figueroa, Mexican Governor of Alta California | ||
| Glassell Park neighborhood | Andrew Glassell real estate lawyer and owner | |
| Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist | ||
| Huntington Drive | Henry E. Huntington, railroad magnate and business man |
| Place Name | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar | ||
| Rancho Las Cienegas, a rancho in a low-lying area west of Los Angeles, from the Spanish term ciénaga, meaning marsh or bog | ||
| Lankershim Boulevard | Isaac B. Lankershim, German-American landowner | |
| Walter H. "Tim" Leimert | ||
| Los Feliz neighborhood Los Feliz Boulevard | Rancho Los Feliz, originally granted to José Vincente Feliz | |
| Micheltorena Street | Manuel Micheltorena, Mexican Governor of Alta California | |
| William Mulholland, water-services pioneer in Southern California | ||
| Augustín Olvera, early Los Angeles judge | ||
| Formerly 10th Street; First referred to as Olympic Blvd in 1931 in honor of X Olympiad in 1932 (name change official in 1935) [1] | ||
| Pío Pico, last Mexican Governor of Alta California | ||
| William Rosecrans, Civil War general and owner of Rancho San Pedro | ||
| Sepúlveda family | ||
| Sherman Oaks neighborhood Sherman Way | Moses Sherman, land developer and streetcar line owner | |
| Silver Lake neighborhood Silver Lake Boulevard Silver Lake Reservoir | Herman Silver | |
| J. S. Slauson, land developer | ||
| Tarzana neighborhood | Tarzana Ranch, owned by the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs | |
| Tujunga neighborhood Tujunga Avenue | From the Tongva term Tuyunga, meaning mountain range from tu'xuu = old woman tu'xuunga = place of the old woman | |
| Van Nuys neighborhood Van Nuys Boulevard | Isaac Newton Van Nuys, businessman, banker and real estate developer | |
| Vignes Street | Jean Louis Vignes, French settler in Los Angeles who planted European grapes | |
| Watts neighborhood | Charles H. Watts, real estate developer | |
| Wilmington neighborhood | Wilmington, Delaware, birthplace of founder Phineas Banning | |
| Gaylord Wilshire, land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist | ||
| William H. Workman, Los Angeles mayor |