Westfield

English

Etymology

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

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 of 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, Highland council area, Scotland.
   14. A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9372).
   15. A suburb of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
   16. A number of places in the United States:
       1. A ghost town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
       2. A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.
       3. A city in Hamilton County, Indiana.
       4. An unincorporated community in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
       5. A tiny city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
       6. A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
       7. A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
       8. A large town in Union County, New Jersey.
       9. A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
       10. A former town in Richmond County, New York, now part of the borough of Staten Island.
       11. An unincorporated community in Surry County and Stokes County, North Carolina.
       12. A borough of Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
       13. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
       14. A small town in Orleans County, Vermont.
       15. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
       16. A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
       17. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
       18. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Westfield Township.
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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.