This is a list of countries and dependent territories named after people.
| Country | Source of name | |
|---|---|---|
| Atropates (initially Atropatene in Ancient Greek, the name evolved to Azerbaijan in Persian) | ||
| Simón Bolívar | ||
| Christopher Columbus | ||
| Saint Dominic | ||
| Jesus (literally, The Saviour) | ||
| Eswatini (Swaziland) | King Mswati II | |
| Saint George | ||
| Thomas Gilbert ("Kiribati" is the Gilbertese rendition of "Gilberts") | ||
| John Marshall | ||
| Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange | ||
| Mussa Bin Bique | ||
| Nicarao | ||
| Birú, a local ruler who lived near the Bay of San Miguel, Panama City, in the early 16th century.[1] | ||
| King Philip II of Spain | ||
| Saint Christopher | ||
| Saint Lucy | ||
| Saint Vincent of Saragossa | ||
| Saint Marinus | ||
| Saint Thomas, and the Prince of Portugal to whom duties on the island's sugar crop were paid | ||
| Saud Bin Muhammad | ||
| Jean Moreau de Séchelles | ||
| Amerigo Vespucci (see Naming of America) | ||
| Öz Beg Khan | ||
| Venezuela (The Bolivarian Republic of) | Simón Bolívar (for the "Bolivarian Republic" part), the name Venezuela is derived from Venice. See: Venezuela#Etymology |
| Country | Source of name | |
|---|---|---|
| Supposedly named after tribal chief Prince Afghana.[2] | ||
| Armenia (Hayastan) | Hayk | |
| from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah[3] [4] [5] | ||
| Rus | ||
| Sage Kambu Swayambhuva | ||
| Turks | ||
| Čech | ||
| Dan I of Denmark | ||
| "Djibouti" means "Land of Tehuti" or "Land of Thoth", after the Egyptian Moon God | ||
| Hunor (or Magyarország — Magor) | ||
| Bhārat (India) | Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata[6] | |
| Misr in Arabic, Misrayim in Hebrew, named after the biblical figure Mizraim. | ||
| Jacob, who was also called Israel in the Bible | ||
| Éire (Ireland) | Éire (Ériu), a Celtic fertility goddess | |
| Italus | ||
| possibly after Lava | ||
| Lechia (historical and/or alternative name of Poland) | Lech | |
| Nór (although other etymologies are generally more widely accepted) | ||
| from "Rome" (the modern capital city of Italy) / "Roman", which possibly comes from Romulus | ||
| Rus | ||
| King Solomon of Israel and Judah | ||
| Supposedly named after Samaale.[7] |
| Country | Source of name | |
|---|---|---|
| Principality of Antioch, now part of Turkey | Antiochus, father of Seleucus I Nicator | |
| Chief Dan, who was killed by Chief Dakodonu in a dispute after sarcastically saying "shall I open up my belly and build a palace inside it?"; Dan=chief, xo=Belly, me=Inside of[8] | ||
| Lotharingia (Lorraine), now part of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands | Lothair II | |
| Rhodesia (former name of Zimbabwe) | Cecil Rhodes | |
| Samo, a Slavic king | ||
| Seljuk Empire | Seljuk, legendary founding warlord of the Seljuk Empire | |
| Sultanate of Rum (Saljuqiyan-i Rum) | ||
| Osman I, founder of the empire | ||
| Umayya ibn Abd Shams | ||
| Achaemenes | ||
| Sasan | ||
| Hamdan ibn Hamdun | ||
| Timur | ||
| Idrisid state | Idris I | |
| Idrisid Emirate of Asir | ||
| Najm al-Din Ayyub | ||
| Mirdas ibn Idris, father of Salih ibn Mirdas | ||
| Jabr ibn Mady | ||
| Arsaces I | ||
| Usfur ibn Rashid | ||
| Saman Khuda | ||
| Buya ibn Panah-Khusrow, father of Imad al-Dawla, founder of the emirate, and his brothers Rukn al-Dawla and Mu'izz al-Dawla | ||
| Ziri ibn Manad | ||
| al-Aghlab ibn Salim, father of Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab | ||
| Hammad ibn Buluggin | ||
| Marin ibn wartajin | ||
| Jarwan ibn Nasser | ||
| Nasr ibn al-Aḥmar | ||
| Safi-ad-din Ardabili | ||
| Seleucus I Nicator | ||
| Ptolemy I Soter | ||
| Qedar, son of Ishmael | ||
| Mazyad ibn Marthad | ||
| Artuk Bey | ||
| Rashid ibn Hamad | ||
| Numayr ibn Āmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿa | ||
| Uqayl ibn Ka'b ibn Rabi'a ibn Āmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿa | ||
| Shah Mir | ||
| Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad | ||
| Tulun, father of Ahmad ibn Tulun | ||
| Sher Shah Suri |
| Territory | Source of name | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Baker | ||
| Juan de Bermúdez | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | ||
| John Clipperton | ||
| Captain William Keeling | ||
| Captain James Cook | ||
| Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland | ||
| Tariq ibn Ziyad (from Jabal Ṭāriq, meaning 'Mountain of Tariq') | ||
| Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout | ||
| Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis | ||
| Captain Charles J. Johnston | ||
| Captain W. E. Kingman | ||
| Manannán mac Lir[9] | ||
| Our Lady of Montserrat (Virgin Mary) | ||
| Wife of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk | ||
| Mariana of Austria | ||
| Peter the Great | ||
| Maud of Wales | ||
| Robert Pitcairn (midshipman) | ||
| Saint Bartholomew | ||
| Saint Helena of Constantinople and Tristão da Cunha | ||
| Martin of Tours | ||
| Saint Peter and Saint Michael | ||
| Martin of Tours | ||
| Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins | ||
| William Wake | ||
| Samuel Wallis |