In English place names farn means "fern."
There are thousands of places in America with names that are based on the names of places in England or that come from words in the English language. They are much too numerous to list here.
It comes from England meaning 'Short For Names Starting With Ty'.
New Mexico New England New Guinea New foundland
There are many places in New England which are named after the towns in England where the original colonists came from. Lancaster, Dover, Reading, Newark, Boston, (New) York, (New) Bedford, Manchester, Portland, Salisbury. The list goes on and on.
Because they controlled the country and named the places first. It's the same reason that many places in England have names originating with the Romans.
Southampton, England Cherbourg, France Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland
Wansbeck - a district of Newcastle-upon-tyne.
Many places in England end in -by, as it is an old Norse suffix meaning simply settlement, or village. (Obviously some have grown into large towns.) It has survived in other terms such as by-election, meaning an election in just one locality, not throughout the country, and by-law, a local law. Here are a few examples of place names are Grimsby, Selby, and Formby.
Doncaster, Dartford, Dover, Devonport, Dunstable, Durham, Dewsbury are place names in Britain that start with the letter D. I only listed places in England, not Britain! If the questioner had asked about Britain, I would have added others. England and Britain are NOT the same thing.
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia and Ethiopia are countries. Edinburgh is the capital city in Scotland.
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Most popular names in England for 2011 are:AmeliaOliviaLilyJessicaEmilySophieGraceRubyAvaIsabellaEvieChloeMiaPoppyIslaEllaIsabelleSophiaFreyaDaisy