Meanings
plural Westfields
- A common placename:
- countableuncountableThe former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
- countableuncountableA civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- countableuncountableA former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
- countableuncountableA community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Hawling parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0821).
With regard to the station at Notgrove, it was finally decided that this should be situated beside the old Bourton-Cheltenham Road near the hamlet of Westfield.
1955 August, J. Spencer Gilks, “The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 524 - countableuncountableA former civil parish of Norfolk, now part of Whinburgh and Westfield.
- countableuncountableAn area in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire.
- countableuncountableAn area within Acomb, a suburb of York, North Yorkshire.
- countableuncountableA suburban village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6754).
- countableuncountableAn outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4381).
- countableuncountableAn area in the town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area.
- countableuncountableA small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NS9372).
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- countableuncountableA township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA city in Hamilton County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA tiny city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableA small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- countableuncountableA city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
- countableuncountableA town in Union County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableA town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
- countableuncountableA former town in Richmond County, New York, now part of the borough of Staten Island.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Surry County and Stokes County, North Carolina.
- countableuncountableA borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA small town in Orleans County, Vermont.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA number of other townships in the United States, listed under Westfield Township.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishwest“west”
- EnglishWestfield
From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld. The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Westfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Westfield
“Westfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Westfield. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Westfield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Westfield.
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