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- Clarendon: after Edward Hude, Earl of Clarendon
- Hanover: for the House of Hanover, ruling dynasty of Great Britain
- Manchester: after William, Duke of Manchester, governor of Jamaica when it was created in 1814
- Portland: after the Duke of Portland, governor of Jamaica when it was created in 1723
- Saint Ann: translation of Santa Ana, name given by Columbus
- Saint Elizabeth: in honor of Lady Elizabeth Modyford, wife of the governor of Jamaica in 1670
- Saint James: in honor of James, Duke of York, later King James II of England
- Saint Mary: after the capital, Puerto Santa Maria under Spanish rule (now Port Maria)
- Trelawny: after Sir William Trelawny, governer of Jamaica when it was created in 1771
- Westmoreland: after the county in England, because this county contains the westernmost point in Jamaica
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