Sheffield

Sheffield

English

Etymology

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛfiːld/

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Proper noun

Sheffield (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffields)

1. A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
   1. The University of Sheffield.
2. A small village in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
3. A common placename in the United States:
   1. A city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.
   2. A village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
   3. A city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
   4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
   5. A village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.
   6. A census-designated place in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Pecos County, Texas, United States.
   8. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Sheffielder
• Sheffield Park
• Sheffield stand

 

Translations

city

Amharic: ሼፊ፟ልድ (šeffild) Arabic: شِيفِيلْد‎ m (šifild) Armenian: Շեֆիլդ (Šefild) Bengali: শেফিল্ড (śephilḍô) Bulgarian: Шефилд m (Šefild) Chinese: Mandarin: 謝菲爾德／谢菲尔德 (Xièfēi'ěrdé) Georgian: შეფილდი (šepildi) German: Sheffield Greek: Σέφιλντ (Séfilnt) Hindi: शेफ़्फ़ील्ड (śeffīlḍ) Japanese: シェフィールド (Shefīrudo) Korean: 셰필드 (Syepildeu) Latvian: Šefīlda f Lithuanian: Šefildas m Macedonian: Шефилд m (Šefild) Portuguese: Sheffield f Russian: Ше́ффилд (ru) m (Šéffild) Telugu: శెఫ్ఫీల్డ్ (śephphīlḍ) Ukrainian: Ше́ффілд m (Šéffild) Urdu: شَیفِیلڈ‎ m (śaifīlḍ)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sheffield is the 1817^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19738 individuals. Sheffield is most common among White (76.36%) and Black/African American (18.8%) individuals.

References

• NZ Topo Map

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sheffield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.