Source of the place names in the city of Los Angeles, California.
| Place Name | Source |
|---|---|
| Abbot Kinney Boulevard | 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. |
| Alvarado Street | 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". |
| La Brea Avenue | La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar. |
| Cahuenga Boulevard Cahuenga Pass |
Cahuenga, the Spanish name for the Tongva village of Kawengna, meaning place of the mountain. |
| César E. Chávez Avenue | César Chávez Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist. |
| La Cienega Boulevard | Rancho Las Ciénegas, a rancho in the West Los Angeles area, from the Spanish term ciénaga meaning marsh or bog. |
| Crenshaw neighborhood Crenshaw Boulevard |
George Crenshaw banker and real estate developer. |
| Los Feliz neighborhood Los Feliz Boulevard |
Rancho Los Feliz, originally granted to José Vincente Feliz. |
| Figueroa Avenue Figueroa Street |
José Figueroa Mexican Governor of Alta California. |
| Glassell Park neighborhood | Andrew Glassell real estate lawyer and owner. |
| Griffith Park and Griffith Observatory | Griffith J. Griffith Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. |
| Huntington Drive | Henry E. Huntington railroad magnate and business man. |
| Lankershim Boulevard | Isaac B. Lankershim |
| Leimert Park | Walter H. "Tim" Leimert |
| Micheltorena Street | Manuel Micheltorena Mexican Governor of Alta California. |
| Mulholland Drive Mulholland Highway |
William Mulholland a water-services engineer in Southern California. |
| Olvera Street | Augustín Olvera early Los Angeles judge. |
| Olympic Boulevard | Named as part of the L.A.'s failed bid for the 1928 Summer Olympics. |
| Pico Boulevard | Pío Pico last Mexican Governor of Alta California. |
| Rosecrans Avenue | William Rosecrans Civil War general and owner of Rancho San Pedro. |
| Sepulveda Boulevard Sepulveda Pass |
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. |
| Slauson Avenue | 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 | C. H. Watts real estate developer. |
| Wilmington neighborhood | Wilmington, Delaware, birthplace of founder Phineas Banning. |
| Wilshire Boulevard | H. Gaylord Wilshire land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist. |
| Workman Street, Lincoln Heights | William H. Workman, Los Angeles mayor. |
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