Westfield

Westfield

English

Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”).

The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

Proper noun

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

1. A common placename:
   1. The former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
   2. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   3. A former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
   4. A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   5. A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England.
   6. A former civil parish of Norfolk, England, now part of Whinburgh and Westfield.
   7. An area in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, England.
   8. An area within Acomb, a suburb of York, North Yorkshire, England.
   9. An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4381).
   10. A civil parish of Somerset, England.
   11. An area in Woking borough, Surrey, England.
   12. An area in the town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.
   13. A village in Caithness, Highlands council area, Scotland.
   14. A village in the parish of Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area, Scotland.
   15. A suburb of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
   16. A ghost town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
   17. A village in Westfield Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States.
   18. A city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.
   19. An unincorporatedcommunity in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States.
   20. A tiny city in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
   21. A small town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
   22. A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
   23. A large town in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
   24. A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
   25. A former town in Richmond County, New York, United States, now part of the borough of Staten Island.
   26. An unincorporatedcommunity in Surry County and Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.
   27. A borough of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   28. An unincorporatedcommunity in Harris County, Texas, United States.
   29. A small town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States.
   30. An unincorporatedcommunity in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
   31. A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States.
   32. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Westfield is the 20394^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1303 individuals. Westfield is most common among Black/African American (49.96%) and White (43.51%) individuals.

Further reading

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