A
à - To, in, into, upon, with, at, by
L'Abbé - Abbey, abbot
Abreuvoir - Watering place for animals, drinking trough
L'Abri - Shelter, refuge
Aile - Wing
L'Aiguillon - Needle
L'Air du Temps - Weathervane
Aire - Area
Aix - Waters
Albert (Pier, Street) - Named after Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria (1840-1861)
L'Aleval - Downward slope
L'Allée - Driveway, house drive, garden path
Allemand - German
Alleurs - From feudal days, land held independently by a person without having to render predial services
Alma - After the English victory at Battle of Alma in 1854
Almorah (Crescent) - Town in the Himalayas, Northern India. Crescent named by the speculative builder of Almorah Crescent, Charles La Cloche Ricard, in 1844 for his wife who had been the first English child to be born in Almorah, India. At one time Charles La Cloche Ricard owned most of the Rouge Bouillon area.
(Clos St) André - After the local district church of St Andrew
Ânes - Donkeys
Angle - Corner
Anley (Street) - Family surname of Thomas Anley - Connétable St Helier (1803-1806)
Ann (Street) - Daughter of Clement Hemery - land owner and property developer in the early 1800s
Anne Port - Derived from the Fief of Anneville, located adjacent to the West of the Bay
Apentis - A lean-to
Apsley (Road) - Family surname of Apsley
Aquila (Road) - Was formerly known as Sligo Street. Aquila is a mountainous region in central Italy. Aquila is also a Roman military standard or genus of birds including eagles
Arbre - Tree
Arbuste - Shrub
Les Arches - House with arched doorways
Archirondel - Rounded rock; or Rondel's rock
L'Arsenal - Arsenal
Asplet - Family surname of Asplet
L'Assiette - Halt, site on which stands a house
Atelier - Workshop
L'Atlantique - Atlantic ocean
au - At the, into the, to the
L'Auberge - Inn
(St) Aubin - St Aubin, Bishop of Angers in France (470-550 AD), patron saint for protection from attack by pirates
Aubin (Lane) - Aubin Lane, St Saviour, believed to be named after Abraham Aubin, Connétable of St Saviour (1801-1807)
Les Aumonts - Place in province of Picardy and a French surname
Ava - Downhill
D'ava - Lower-lying land, below; from the South
Aval - Downhill
D'aval - Lower-lying land, below; from the South
(Clos d')Avoine - Oats
Avranches - Commune of Normandy
d'Azette - Place of rest
B
Baal (La Rue Baal & Keith Baal Gardens) - Keith Baal - Connétable of St Helier (1968-1973)
Badier - Family surname first noted in 1607
Bagot - Norman family of Bagot (greatest Nobles of Normandy)
Baie - Bay
Bailli - Bailiff
(Mare) Balaam - A corrupt form of Balen or Balan corrupted again into Balleine about 1500
Balleine - Family surname. French for whale or from village of La Baleine, south of Coutances
Banc - Bank
Banque - A cliff that is not as rugged as a 'falaise', or a beach
Bannelais - Organic road sweepings used for compost
Barre - Reef
Les Barres - Post and rail fencing
Barrière - Gate
Bartlett - Mary Bartlett, benefactor in 1741 of the General Hospital funding and other pieces of land
Le Bas - Lower
Bataille - Battle, fight
Bath (Street) - After the Public baths that used to be situated on the corner of Phillips Street, which were opened on the 7th August 1826. Formerly, Bath Street was part of La Rue de la Commune.
Bau - Beam
La Baule - A commune in the Loiret department in north-central France
Beau - Beautiful, fine
Beaulieu - Beautiful place
Beaumont - Beautiful hill
Beauport - Beautiful haven
Beau Rivage - Beautiful shore
Beau Séjour - Beautiful abode, home
Beau Vallon - Beautiful small valley
Beauvoir - Beautiful view
Bec - Stream
Becq - Stream; also a point, a nose
Becquet - Brook or small piece of land
Le Becquet-ès-Chats - The evil one held his sabbath there on Friday evenings surrounded by black cats
Becquet Vincent - Small piece of land belonging to the Vincent family
La Becquetterie - The Becquet family home
Bel - Farmyard, courtyard, yard. In some cases 'belle', meaning good, has been shortened to 'bel'
Belcroute - Good croft. Formerly known as 'Belle Croute'
Belle - Beautiful, good
Belle Étoile - Beautiful star
Belle Vue - Beautiful view
Bellozanne - From the 'Abbey of Bellozanne' in Normandy
Belmont (Road) - Fine hill, or possibly after the English victory at the Battles of Belmont and Graspan, South Africa in 1899
Bel Royal - Royal ordnance yard
Belval - Good cove, creek
Belvedere - Panoramic viewpoint, photo spot
Benefice - Advantage, benefit
Benest - Family surname of Benest or Benedict
Ber - Rock
Beresford - Last Governor of Jersey, Right Honorable William Carr Beresford (1821-1854)
Berg - Rock
Bergerie - Sheep pen
(Croix) Besnard - Family surname of Bernard
Betchet - Patch
Bète - Bait
La Biarderie - The Biard family home
(La Hougue) Bie - From the family surname of Hambye
Bié - Brook or Leat
Bié de Moulin - Mill leat, supplying water to a watermill
Bihan - Small, little
La Billotterie - The Billot family home
Le Binaut - Haycock
(Mount) Bingham - Former Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Richard Bingham (1924-1929)
Bis - Winter wind
Blanc - White
Le Blanc Moulin - The White Mill
Blanche - White
Blanche Pierre - White stone
Les Blanches Banques - White banks
(La Rue au) Blancq - White
Blenheim (Avenue) - After the English victory at the Battle of Blenheim, on the Danube, southern Germany in 1704
La Blinerie - Homestead of the Blin family
Le Bocage - Enclosed farmland, grove, copse
Boeuf - Beef, ox, steer
Le Bois - Wood
Boiserie - Woodland
Bon Air - Good air
Bond (Street) - Because the merchants' houses had cellars, in which bonded stores were held
Bonita - Beautiful
Bonne Nuit - Good night
Bordant - Borders with
Bornage - Boundary
Borne - Boundary stone (previously established)
Boscobel - Place where King Charles II was in hiding in 1651
Bosquet - Copse or grove
La Botellerie - The Le Boutillier family home
Bouais - Trees
Bouillon - Bubbling springs
Bouilly (Port) - On the boil, as in a rough sea
Bouley (Bay) - Birch trees
Boulivot - Farm creek, bay
La Bourdonnerie - The Bourdon family (extinct) home
Bourne - Stream
Le Bourg - Homesteads grouped together, borough
Bout - End
Boutique - Shop
Bouvée - Five acres
Boyne (Terrace) - Maiden name of wife, Susanah Mary Boyne, of builder of the terrace, Thomas Sohier
Le Braye - Passage or channel between rock. Can also mean broad and clay
Brecquette - Area covered with seaweed
Brée - Family surname of Brée (a Breton)
St Brelade - St Branwalader - a Saint of the 6th Century from Cornwall
Le Breton (Lane) - After Thomas and Francis Le Breton, brothers, land owners and property developers in the 1800s
Brig-y-Don - Crest of the wave
Brouillard - Fog
Brûlé - Burnt
Brûlée - Burnt, woodland on which timber has been burned
Bryn-y-Mor - The hill by the sea
Buis - Box tree / wood or chain, twist
Buisson - Bush
Buron - Small hut
Burrard (Street) - After General Sir Harry Burrard, successor to the Duke of Wellington, who obliged developers he sold land to, to establish a new road to link New Street to Duhamel Place
Butte - Mound, ridge, arsenal
Les Buttes - Where archery was practised
Byron (Road and Lane) - Named after Lord George Byron (1788-1824)
C
Cabane - Cottage
Cabarette - Tavern
Cache - Drive
Cache Sablons - Passage to the beach
Les Cambrette (Le Marais, St Clement) - After the rock formation in Greve d'Azette Bay
La Campagne - Country, countryside
Camps - Camp, fields
Canné - Canal/small stream
Canne - Flagon, pitcher, can or cane, stick
La Cannevière - Hemp field from Jerriais cannevi
Les Canons - Guns
(Mont) Cantel - Tilted, or possibly after an old Jersey surname
Cap - Cape, headland
Cap Verde - Named after a ship, in turn named after the Cap Verde Islands off West coast of Africa. Also translates as 'green headland'
Capel - Chapel
Carre - Edge, square, corner, patch, plot of land
Les Carreaux - Tiles
(La Tour)Carrée - Square
Carrefour - Crossroads
Carrefour à Cendres - Mispronunciation of Carrefour Alexandre
Carrel - Gates
La Carrellerie - The Carrell family home
La Carrière - Quarry
Cârriéthe - Quarry
Casa Mia - My home
Castel - Fort, castle
Le Câtel - Earthworks, especially promontory forts from Iron Age and Medieval times
Cats - Cats
Cattle (Street) - Road led to the former Cattle Market in Minden Place
La Cauminne - Thatched cottage
Causie (Lane) - Causeway, path/road across a marsh
Cave - Cave
Celier - Cellar
Cemetière - Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard
Cendres - Cinders or abbreviated form of Alexandre
Cerf - Stag
Chaise du Diable - Chair of the devil
Champ - Field, ploughed field, open ground
Chantier - Work site
Chardon - Thistle
Chardonnerie - Place of thistles
Chardonnière - Place of thistles
Charing Cross - After Charing Cross in London, thought to have been erected in 1290 by King Edward I in memory of Queen Eleanor
Charles (Street) - Son of Clement Hemery - land owner and property developer in 1800s
Charrière - Cart track, path, route
La Chasse - Driveway, house drive, path for cattle, garden path
Châtaignier - Chestnut
Le Châtelet - Little castle or fort
Château - Castle, fort
Chateaubriand - Named after a cousin of the great writer, once a refugee in St Martin
Chaumière - Thatched cottage
Chaussée - Roadway, causeway
Cheapside - After a London thoroughfare
Le Chemin - Path, way, route to
Chemin de Fer - Railroad
Chemin des Corps - Road used for carrying corpses to church
Chemin des Morts - The road of the dead (always ends at a church)
Cheminée - Chimney
Chemin Particulier - Private roadway
Chemin Vacinal - By-road
Les Chênes - Oaks
Les Chenolles - Windlass, hence twists and turns in the road
Chesnaie - Oak grove
Chevalier (Road) - Horseman, stableman. Can also mean knight, sir
Chèvre - Goat
Chez - Home, at, amongst, in, with, to, among
Choppe - Shop
Chouques - Logs
La Chouquetterie - From the name of Chouquet, Huguenot refugees
Cime - Summit, top of a hill
Cimitière - Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard
Les Cinq Chênes - Five Oaks
Clairval - Clear vale
Clairvale (Road) - Clear vale
Clare (Street) - Formerly called 'Sligo Street'. Named such, in connection with all the Irish workers living in the area
Claremont (Road) - Possibly means clear hill
Clarence (Road) - After the Duke of Clarence - later William IV (1765-1837)
Clarendon (Road) - After the Hon Thomas Villiers, 2nd son of the 2nd Earl Jersey, who was created Earl of Clarendon in 1776
Les Cloches - The church bells
Clos - Enclosed field
Clos des Pauvres - Field for the poor (rental income went to the poor)
Clôture - Enclosure, wire fencing
(Mont) Cochon - After the family surname of Cochon, and not pigs
Cochons - Pigsties, pigs
Le Cocq - Family surname of Le Cocq (the cock)
La Cocogne - A fabulous animal which children were told inhabited the bottom of wells and would eat them if they went too close
Coeur - Heart
Cohue - Courthouse
La Coie - Quiet place
Le Coin - District, corner; also historically high land between two valleys. Found mainly in St Lawrence as Coin Motier, Coin Tourgis, Coin Hâtain, Coin Varin, but also in St Ouen and elsewhere
Col - Neck of land
Coleron - A battery erected on a narrow neck of land at St Brelade
La Collette - Diminutive of 'Col', meaning neck of land
La Colline - Hill
La Colomberie - Dovecote and its environs
Colombier - Dovecote and its environs
Columbus (Street) - After the world famous explorer Christopher Columbus (1446-1506)
Commercial (Buildings and Street) - After the commercial properties built at the end of 1700s
Commune - Common
Conet - Cornet
Congres - Conger eels
La Continnerie - The Le Conte family home
Contre - Against
Contrebanque - Retaining bank
Contrefort - Buttress
Conway (Street) - Former Governor, Field Marshall Henry Seymour Conway (1772-1795)
La Corbière - Place of corbeau, ravens, rooks, crows (birds of bad omen)
Corbîns - Ravens
La Cornetterie - The Cornet family home
La Cornuerie - The Le Cornu family home
Corps de Garde - Guardhouse
Le Corre - Hazel bush
Corvée - Chore, work done by tradition/custom, hard climb
Cosnet - Little field
Cot - Shelter, cottage
Côte - Coast, slope, hillside
Côtière - Façade, side
Côtil - Steep sloping field
La Cotte - Cave, cavern or hideout (as in a cave). Also sometimes refers to a pigsty
Couchette - A place where one sat in the open air to admire the view. Also means a sofa
La Coupe - Summit, top of a hill
Coupée - Escarpment on coast
Cour - Yard, seigneurial court
Couvent - Convent
Crabe - Crab
Crabbé - Narrow creek
La Crabière - Where crabs are found
Craig (Street) - From family surname of Craig
Cranne - Deep crevice
Craque au Varon - A man changed into a wolf
La Crête - Crest, peak
Les Creux - Hole in rock, hollow or tree
Crèvecoeur - Broken heart
La Croiserie - A wing at right angles to the main house
Sydney Crill Park - Sydney George Crill - Connétable St Clement (1916-1958)
Le Croc - Hook or crook, cape
Le Crocq - Hook or crook, cape
Crocquet - Small Cape
Croiserie - Crusade
La Croix - Cross. Croix ès Mottes, Croix Catelin, Croix au Maitre, Croix au Lion, Croix de la Bataille, Croix Marché, Croix des Bois and Croix Huard were all roadside crosses
Croix des Bois - Wooden cross
Cueillettes - Political sub-division within Parish of St Ouen only, in the other eleven Parishes the sub-divisions are called vingtaines
Cul - Bottom or narrow
Cyril Le Marquand House - States Member from 1948-1980 and President of the States Finance Committee from 1957-1980
D
Le Dain - Dane
Dale - Valley
Dallage - Paving, flagging
Dalle - Paving, flagstone
La Dame - Fairies
Dannemarche - Dane's boundary
Howard Davis (Farm, Hall, Park) - Son of local benefactor Thomas Benjamin Davis, who was killed in action during World War I
La Davisonnerie - The home of David Robertson
De - Of, to, from, by, with, than, at, out of, off
De La Salle - French Priest Saint Jean-Baptiste De La Salle, Patron Saint of Teachers (1651-1719)
Demie - Half-tide rock
Demoiselle - Fairy/ghost
Des - From, of
Diable - Devil
Le Dicq - Excavated channel and the embankment thus created
Diélament - Family surname of (Guille) Hamon
Dolmen - Table (dol) of stone (men)
Don (Farm, Road, Street, Terrace) - Lieutenant Governor, General Sir George Don (1806-1814)
Don - Donated by. As in 'Don Gruchy'
Dongola (Road, Lodge) - After the Egyptian province that was recaptured by the British in 1896
Dos - Back, ridge
Doucerie - Sweet
Douceville - Sweet
Le Douet - Brook/stream or basin with an intake and small outlet channel
Douro - After the English victory at The Battle of The Douro, Oporto, northern Portugal in 1809
Douvre - Ditch, trench, corvée, forced labour, Dover
Du - Of the, from the
Dumaresq (Street) - Named after family surname of owner of land, Guillaume Dumaresq, the street was constructed upon in 1770
E
L'Eau - Water
Échelle - Ladder to beach
L'Écluse - Sluice gate or mill pond
L'École - School
Les Écrehous - Rocky islet
L'Écrivain - Lawyer and/or family surname of Scriven
L'Écurie - Stable
L'Église - Church
Élysée - A place of perfect delight
Emphrie - Female Christian name
d'Enfer - The way, gate down to the coast.
L'Épine - Hawthorn
......erie - Homestead of ...... (prefixed with family surname)
És - Are and water
L'Est - East
L'Étacq - Rock, stack, heap, pile (from old Norse 'Stakkr')
L'Étacquerel - Diminutive of L'Étacq - Rock, stack, heap, pile
Étang - Pond
L'Êtché - Reef
L'Êtoquet - A support used in masonry
Étranger - Stranger
L'Êveque - Bishop
.....ey - Island, as in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Orkney, etc
F
La Falaise - A rugged cliff, as opposed to a not so rugged cliff, which is referred to as a 'banque'
Faldouet - Swiftly flowing stream / cruel stream
(Mont) Fallu - Old Jersey family surname
(Saut) Falluet - Diminutive of old Jersey family surname of Fallu
Fant - Mud, as in Maufant
La Fantaisie - The fancy
Farley's (Lane) - Family surname of Farley
Fau - Beech tree
Fauvic - Creek, possibly belonging to Fauvel family
Faux Bié - False Mill leat, also possibly shaped like a scythe on plan
de Faye - By a beech
FB Fields - Florence Boot, wife of Jesse Boot (Lord and Lady Trent) benefactors of the land that the FB Fields at St Clement sits upon
(Mont) Félard - Old family surname of Félard
Fer - Iron
Ferme - Farm
Feu - Fief, fire and/or late, deceased
Filleul - Godson
Fiquet - Family surname of Ficquet
First Tower - Because it was the first of three towers heading out of town, and not because it was the first tower constructed
Fleur - River and flower
Flicquet - Place of limpets
Foe - Artificial mound, folly
La Folie - Folly, artificial mound
Fond - Bottom or far end of a garden
Fonds - Property/land
La Fontaine - Fountain or underground spring
La Forge - Blacksmith's forge
La Fosse - Ditch, pit, moat, quarry, cave, creek
Fossé - Embankment, bank, hedge
Fougère - Spot where bracken grows
Franc - Free
Franc Fief - Free fief, medieval fief exempted of feudal obligations
Francis (Street) - Major Francis Peirson, hero of the Battle of Jersey (1781)
La Frégate - Frigate, boat
Frémont - Cold hill
Fresne - Ash tree
Les Fricquettes - Waste fallow land, land cleared of trees for tillage, a tree sparrow or possibly from a family surname
La Frontière - Geographical border, Parish boundary
G
Gabé - A weathercock
Gabet - A weathercock
La Gabourellerie - The Gabourel family (extinct) home
(La Rue du) Galet - (The road to the) Shingle, pebbles
La Gallichanerie - The Gallichan family home
Les Galots - Pebbles
La Gare - Station, train station
La Garenne - Warren, at Trinity and St Brelade
Gargate (Mill) - From the Norse meaning 'Gaer's Road'. Also means 'Throat'.
The Garth - Enclosure
Gelette - Light frost
(La Rue des) Genêts - Jennet, donkey, broom (plant)
Geon - Gorse
Geonnais - Gorseland
Georgetown - After George Ingouville - land owner and property developer in 1800s, not after a King George
Le Geyt (Street) - Named so, because it passed the house of Matthew Le Geyt in 1794
Girouette - A weathercock
Glen - Narrow valley
Glen Lea - Woodland clearing in a narrow valley
Gloucester (Street) - Named after Duke of Gloucester in 1817
La Godillie - The Godel family home
Gois - Causeway
Goose Green Marsh - Brent Geese visit every Winter and feed in this marshy field
Gordon Le Breton Close - After Gordon Le Breton, former Connétable of St Saviour
Gorey - An eminence, rise of ground, a hill
Gosselin - Form of the surname Jocelyn
Gosset - The Gosset family held Bagot Manor (now Clos Gosset) also a form of the surname Jocelyn
Grainville - Surname, composed of Guérin or Garin and villa. Area named after the manor.
Grande - Large
La Grande Route - Main road created by General Don in 1800
Grands Vaux - Large vale
La Grange - Barn for indoor threshing and grain store
Grantez - After Robert de Grantez, juryman in Parish of St Ouen in 1331
Gras - Fat
Gras d'Eau - Surface of the water or wide ridge, or pertaining to grasdos (fish)
Grasett (Park) - Former Lieutenant Governor Sir Arthur Edward Grasett (1945-1953)
Grenier - Corn loft, attic
Grenville (Street) - After George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813)
Grès - Large, long; gravel
Grève - Seashore, bay, beach
Grève au Lanchon - Sand-eel bay (Plémont)
Grève au Lançon - Sand-eel bay (Plémont)
Grève d'Azette - Sandy resting place
Greve de Lecq - Sandy creek
Grille - Railing
Gros - Huge, enormous, deep
Gros Puits - Deep wells
Grosnez - Grey cape
Le Grouin - Promontory, cape like a snout
Les Grupieaux - Stony fields in Jèrriais
Guérande - Garenne, warren; small town in Loire-Atlantique, France. Means "White Land".
La Guerdainerie - The Guerdain family (extinct) home
Guet - Watchtower
La Guillaumerie - Guillaume's home
La Guillemetterie - Guillemette's home
H
La Hague - Hawthorn, land enclosed by hawthorn; La Hague in Normandy. This was the origin of the Scots surname 'Haig'.
Les Haguais - From hague, hawthorn
Haie - Hedge
Haie Fleurie - Flowering Hedge
Halkett (Place & Street) - Former Lieutenant Governor Sir Colin Halkett (1821-1830). Fought at Battle of Waterloo
Hambye - Old Jersey family surname of Hambye
(La Rue) Hamel - After Leonard Rene Hamel - Connétable St Clement (1983-1992)
Hamptonne - Old Jersey family surname of Hamptonne
Hamue - A hamlet
Hansford (Lane) - Family surname of Hansford
Harleston (Tower at Mont Orgueil) - Former Governor Sir Richard Harleston (1470-1483)
L'Harmonie - Harmony
Hâtain - Viking surname
Haut - Top, high
Hautbois - Wooden top
Haut de la Garenne - Top of the warren
Hautlieu - High place
Hautmont - Top of the mount
Le Havre - Harbour, haven
Havre des Pas - Harbour of the footprints
Hêche - Gate
Herbeuse - Grassy
Hérupe - District or rough terrain
Hilary (Street) - Formerly 'De Carteret Street'
Hilgrove (Street) - Former Lieutenant Governor St Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner (1814-1816)
Les Hinguettes (Le Marais, St C) - After 9 major rocks south of the Hermitage in St Aubin's Bay. Name of rocks thought to be derived from a surname.
.....Ho - Islet. As in Icho
Le Hocq - Cape, headland, spur of rock, mound
La Hocquarderie - The Hocquard family home
Hôgard - Open shed, stack-yard
Holme - Marsh
L'Hopital - Hospital. The house with this name at St Catherine was used as a hospital for the workmen constructing St Catherine Breakwater.
.....hou - Islet. As in Jethou, Lihou, Breqhou, Burhou, Les Ecrehous, etc
Houguette - A diminutive meaning mound
La Hougue - A mound, a site or something prehistoric
Les Houmets - Round/flat rocks
Howard Davis - Son of local benefactor Thomas B Davis, who was killed in action during World War I
Huchet - Holly; surname of Breton origin
Hucquet - Wicket gate, small door in a larger door
Hue (Street) - Old Jersey family surname of Hue, after 'road which passes house of Helier Hue in 1699'
Le Huquet - Wicket, little door in the back of a cart
Huis - Front door
Huquet - Wicket gate, small door in a larger door
Hurel - Stony, bare headland projecting into a valley
Huret - Stony land
Hurette - Stony land
Les Huriaux - Stony land
Hutte - Hut
I
Icho - Islet of iron bars or a witch's islet. 'Ho' means islet
Les Ifs - Yews
L'Île - Island
L'Îlet - Islet
Ingouville (Lane and Place) - George Ingouville - land owner and property developer in 1800s, who died in 1828. Bought land upon which the road was constructed in 1811. Land was called "Le Grand Pre de Rosel"
Inkerman - After the English victory at the Battle of the Inkerman, Crimea in the Ukraine, in 1854
Issues - Egress from farm premises onto a road. Water outlet or verge/land forming part of an access
J
Jambart (Lane) - Old Jersey family surname
Janvrin (Road) - Family surname of Janvrin. The last Jersey Janvrin died in 1981
Jardin - Garden
Jardin des Cures - Garden of the Parish priest/vicarage
Jardin d'Olivet - Garden of olives
Jardin Potager - Vegetable garden
Les Jardins de la Mer - The gardens by the sea
Jardon - Thistle
Journeaux (Street) - Old Jersey family surname
Jutize - Old Jersey family surname Justize
K
Kempt (Tower) - Sir James Kempt, Master General of Ordnance in Jersey 1830
Kensington (Place) - Formerly called 'George Street', after George Ingouville, formally changed in 1892 at Parish Assembly
Khartoum (Villas) - After capital of Sudan and Khartoum State, translates as "elephant's trunk"
King (Street) - Believed to be named after King George III
Kincaid - Scottish clan, derived from the parish of Campsie in Stirlingshire
L
La - The (feminine)
Labyrînthe - A maze
Lançon - Sand-eel
Lanchon - Sand-eel
Les Landes - High, waste land. Can also mean Moors
Langley (Avenue and Park) - From "Langley Farm", formerly situated near St Saviour's Church
Langlois - Surname - means Englishman
Laurens - Old Jersey family surname
Lauriers - Bay tree, laurels
Les Laveurs - Place for washing, or place washed by the sea
Lavoir - Place for washing clothes
Le - The (masculine)
Lea - Woodland clearing
Lech - Stones/rocks
Lecq - Stones/rocks or Creek (from Norse Language - Wik)
Lemprière (Street) - Old Jersey family surname. In 1800 Lempriere Street was an avenue leading to the Lempriere family house
Léoville - Village of Hiou or Hugh (as in Yeovil)
Les - The (plural)
Lewis (Street and Lane) - Named after 'Louis' Poignand, business partner of land owner and developer George Ingouville
Lewis (Tower) - Lieutenant Colonal George G Lewis, the Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers (in Jersey 1831-1835)
Lieu - Place, space
Lieu de Stationnement - Parking space
Lisière de Terre - Strip of land
Loge - Gatehouse, park lodge, woodman's hut
Longeant - Bordering
Longue - Long
Lotissement - Housing estate, plot
L'uis - Front door
L'us - Front door
M
La Mabonnerie - The 'Mabon' family home. 'Mabon' is a Welsh surname
Maisière - Ruins of an old house
Maison - House, shelter, important house
Maisonette - Small house
Maitland - Family surname of Maitland
La Maîtrerie - The Le Mai(s)tre family home
Mal - Bad, ill as in Mal Assis
Mal Assis - Badly or ill sited
Mallorey - A manor house
Les Maltières - Thought to probably derive from the local family surname of Malet (1180)
Manoir - Manor
Les Mans - Homestead and land belonging to a fief (cf. manse)
Le Marais - Marsh
Marche - Boundary
Marché - Market
Marchi - Market
Le Mare - Pond, pool of water, ponding
La Marquanderie - The Le Marquand family home
(Pont) Marquet - Old Jersey family surname
Les Mars (also Villemars) - March corn, la grange aux mars
Marthes - Knucklebones (a game children played).
Maseline - A hollow containing a mill pond
Mashobra (Park) - Mashobra is a town in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Masure - Ruins of an old house
Mau - Bad, as in Maufant, and Maupertuis
Maudelayne - Hospital, asylum
Maufant - Bad mud, bad boggy ground
Maupertuis - Bad passage; pertuis, an opening in a Colombier
La Mauve - Herring gull
Le Maseline - A hollow containing a mill pond
Men - Stone, as in Dolmen
Mênage - Household, homestead, home
Menhir - Long stone
La Mer - Sea
Le Mer - Mark, sea-mark, vraic marker
Messervy - Old Jersey family surname
Messière - Ruins of an old house
Midvale (Road) - Middle of the dale, valley
La Mielle - Sand dune (from old Norse word 'Melr')
Les Mielles - Sand dunes
(La Rue) Militaire - Military
Millais, St Ouen - After the famous artist Sir John Millais (1829-1896)
(Mont) Millais - After the family surname of Millais
Mille - Mile
Minden (Place & Street) - After the English victory at the Battle of Minden in 1759. Minden is in North Germany
Les Minquiers - Sanctuary or fishing ground teeming with fish
(La Rue es) Moestre - Moisture, dampness
La Moie - Rocky headland, stack, hump, mass of stones
Mon - My
La Mondine - Mound or protective embankment, dyke
Mon Séjour - My abode, home
Mont - Hill
Montagnes - Mountains
Mont ès Pendus - Mount of the hanged men(Gallows Hill, now known as Westmount)
Mont Mallet - Named after Adolphus John Mallet who acquired land from The Crown in 1892
Mont Orgueil - Mount Pride
Morceau de Terre - Tiny piece of land
Morier (House) - Mulberry tree
Mortier - Mortar
La Motte - Mound
Les Mouettes - Seagulls
Le Moulin - Mill
Moulin de Bas - Lower Mill
Mourier - Mulberries/blackberries or derived from an extinct surname
Moutier - Monastery
La Moye - Rocky headland, stack, hump, mass of stones
Mue-à-Cochons - Pigsty
Muet - Silence
Mulcaster (Street) - Named after Captain Mulcaster, who refused to surrender Elizabeth Castle prior to the Battle of Jersey in January 1781
Mur - Wall
Muraille - Seawall
Musée - Museum
N
Nelson (Street and Avenue) - Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
(Mont) Néron - Black
Nes - Cape, headland
Ness - Cape, headland
Néthe - Black
Neuve - New
Nez - Cape, headland
Nicholson (Park) - Sir Gresham Nicholson, former Lieutenant Governor (1953-1958)
Nid - Nest
Nid d'Or - Nest of gold
Noirmont - Black mount
Nomond (Avenue) - Family surname of Nomond. A 'nomond' was originally a person who helped a family choose a surname around 500AD
Nord - North
Notre Dame - Our Lady, the Virgin Mary
Les Nouettes - Small marshy meadow
Nouvelles - New
Nouvelles Charrières de Bonne Nuit - The new route to Bonne Nuit
Les Noyers - Walnut trees
O
L'Oeillière - The blinker, lookout
(Jardin) d'Olivet - Of olives
d'Or - Golden, of gold
(La Route and Clos) Orange - Jean Orange - Connétable of St Brelade (1820-1826)
Orge - Barley
Les Ormes - Elms
Ouaisné - Anchorage
L'Ouest - West
L'Ouzière - A place of mud or slime
P
Palissade - Fence
Les Pallières - From pelle for shovel
La Pallotterie - The Pallot family home
Palmyra (Road) - Named after a Polynesian island. Named by the developer in 1856
Pannier - Cart
(Maison le) Pape - Pope
Parade - Parade
Parais - A partition wall
Parc - Field
Parcq - Park
Pareille - A partition wall
Paroie - A partition wall
Parterre - Flower-bed
Pas - Footpath, track on land. Footprint. Strait, passage at sea
Le Passage - Way, passage, path, alleyway
Patene - Licence or letter
Patier (Road) - Family surname of Pastey or Pasquet
(Clos) Paumelle - Family surname of Paumelle or a variety of barley
(Clos des) Pauvres - Poor
Pavillon - Wing, lodge, summer house
Les Pavots - Poppies
Payn - Old Jersey family surname
Peel (Road & Terrace) - To do with St Luke's Church and an old Jersey Law
Peirson (Road, Place) - Major Francis Peirson, the 24 year old hero of the Battle of Jersey (1781)
Pelle - Shovel
La Pelotte - The trunk of a tree; p'lotte
Pendue - Hanged woman
Pen-y-Craig - Celtic for head of the rock
Pepinière - Nursery, seed bed
Perquage - Erroneously known as Sanctuary Paths. Always alongside a stream, one perch wide (24 Feet or 7.3 Metres)
La Perruque - Quarry
Peter (Street) - Son of George Ingouville - land owner and property developer in 1800s. Son named Pierre died in 1841
Petite - Small
Phare - Lighthouse, beacon
Phillips (Street) - Laid out by John Phillips in 1824 on land acquired from Thomas Le Breton, who acquired the land previously from Jacques Hemery
Picot - Turkey; surname, probably meaning pikeman
Piece - Piece
Pied - Foot, bottom
Pied du Cotil - The foot of the steep sloping field
Pierre - Stone
A Piétons - On foot, pedestrians
Pigneaux - Family surname of Pinel
Pignon - Gable
Pillar (Gardens) - Admiral Sir William Pillar, former Lieutenant Governor (1985-1990)
Pinel - Family surname of Pinel
Pîns - Pines
Pissot - Spring, stream
Place - Courtyard, town square, space
Plage - Beach
Plaisance - Country seat, place in the country giving pleasure
La Planque - Bridge
Plat - Flat, still
Plat Douet - Still stream
Platte - Flat
Plémont - Flat hill, folded hill
Plevna - Old English for Pleven, but also a modern name in Romanian for a historical village which is now in Bulgaria
Pomme - Apple
Pomme D'Or - Golden apple
Pomona (Road) - Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards. Associated with abundance
La Pompe - Pump
La Pompe Publique - Parish pump
Pont - Bridge
Pontac - Bridge
Pont du Val - Bridge in the valley
Pont Marquet - Bridge on land belonging to the Marquet family
Ponterrin - To bridge
Poonah (Road) - City in the western Indian State of Maharashta
Le Port - Harbour, haven
La Porte - Gateway
Portelet - Little harbour, haven, cove, creek, place of refuge, anchorage
Porteret - Little harbour, haven, cove, creek, place of refuge, anchorage
Portinfer - The way, gate down to the coast. Lower door or iron door
Pot - Celtic word for creek/cove
Potirons - Pumpkins; foxgloves; small hollows
La Pouclée - Dolmen, Prehistoric burial ground marked by stones, Possibly from Puck, a Hobgoblin, and 'Lech' meaning stone, hence 'Stone of Puck'. Goblin's path
Poudrière - Powder magazine
La Pouquelaye - Dolmen, Prehistoric burial ground marked by stones, Possibly from Puck, a Hobgoblin, and 'Lech' meaning stone, hence 'Stone of Puck'. Goblin's path
La Pouquelée - Dolmen, Prehistoric burial ground marked by stones, Possibly from Puck, a Hobgoblin, and 'Lech' meaning stone, hence 'Stone of Puck'. Goblin's path
La Prairie - Meadow
Le Pré - Meadow, water meadow
La Préférence - The choice
Les Prés - The Meadows, the water meadows
Près - Near, close to
Presbytère - Rectory
Presse - Wardrobe in a country house
Pressoir - Building where cider was made
Prévu - Foreseen
Prieur - Priory, prayer
La Profonde Rue - Deep Road
Providence (Street) - Daughter of George Ingouville - land owner and property developer in the 1800s
Le Puchot - From pucher, to empty out
Puits - Well, shaft
Le Pulec - Port at the end of the bay or pool. Also associated with a 'smelly place'
La Pulente - Port at the end of the bay or pool-like
Q
Quai - Port quay, river embankment
Qualité - Of special charm
Quatre Bras - Named after the Battle of Quatre Bras in 1815
Queen (Street) - Probably after Queen Charlotte, Wife of George III
Queen's (Road) - Named after Queen Victoria
Queen's (Valley) - Named after the farm belonging to The Crown, Queen Victoria
Les Quennevais - Hemp field or field overrun
John Le Quesne (Close) - John Reginald Le Quesne - Connétable of St Clement (1958-1967)
Quétivel - Possibly from Ketill, a Viking, and 'vellir' meaning fields, hence 'Fields of Ketill'
de Quetteville - Old Jersey family surname derived from Quetivel
R
Raleigh (Avenue) - Former Governor Sir Walter Raleigh (1600-1603)
Le Rât - From a tax or payment due in feudal times
La Raulinerie - Raulin's home
(Fort) Regent - After the Prince Regent, later King George IV, son of King George III who was renowned for being mad
La Reine - The Queen
Le Relais - Relief, release, respite, comfort, rest
La Retraite - Choice or recede, decline, downward slope or encroachment
La Rigondaine - A rock
Le Rivage - Shore, beach
Rive - Bank of a stream
Robeline - Family surname of Robelin
Roc - Rock
Rocaille - Rockery
La Rocco - Rocky islet
Roche - Rock
La Rochelle - Little rock
Rocher - A large rock, crag
Rocher Brûlé - Burnt Rock
Roches Douvres - Dover rocks
La Rocque - Rocks
Rocqueberg - Rocky hill
Le Rocquier - A large rock, crag
Le Roi - The King
La Ronce - Brambles
Ronche - Brambles
Clos de Roncier - Enclosed field of brambles
La Ronde - Round
Les Rondins - Turning place, round hollow
Ronez - Rocky-cape, rough, rocky waste
Rosel - Reed, from the ancient Roselle family in Normandy
La Roseraie - Rosery
Roseville (Street) - Family surname of Rose and Villa
La Rosière - Place where reeds grow or rose garden
(Mont) Rossignol - Nightingale, named after Le Rossignol family
Rouge Bouillon - Red marsh with bubbling springs
Rouge Cul - Red bottom, probably from clay
Route - Main Road
Routeur - Rettery
Routier - Soldier of fortune
Rozel - Reed, from the ancient Roselle family in Normandy
Les Ruaux - Little streams
Ruche - Beehive
La Rue - Road, street
La Ruelle - Narrow road, lane, alley
La Ruelle ès Ruaux - The lane of the little streams
Ruisseau - Brooks
Les Ruisseaux - Brooks
Russé - Stream
Dennis Ryan (Court) - Dennis Ryan - Connétable of St Helier (1961-1968)
S
Les Sables - Sands
Sable D'Or - Golden sands
Les Sablons - Sandy shore
Sacrement - Sacrament, consecration
Safran - Saffron, yellow
Sage - Wise man, surname Le Sage now extinct
Saie - Harbour, anchorage
Saillon - Projecting field
La Saline - Salt pan
Salle - Main room of house, meeting hall
Samarès - Salt marsh
Santa Fe - Holy faith
Sapin - Fir, spruce
(La Rue) Sara - After girl's name
Sargeant - Sargent
La Sarsonnerie - The Richardson family home
Saulsées - Willows
Saut - Waterfall or small valley/combe, leap, jump
Saut Falluet - Stepping stones over perquage brook or small valley on land belonging to the Fallu family
Sauvage - Surname, wild, a wanderer in the woods, or a woodhouse
Le Saux - Willow
Savile (Street) - Family surname of Savile
Le Scez - Harbour
Scrée - Hidden, secret
Seafield (Avenue) - After the adjacent house 'Seafield', renamed in the 1800s. Seafield Avenue built upon 'Circus Field'
Seale (Street) - Named after Jean Seale, a builder
Seaton (Place) - Family surname of Seaton
Le Sech - Dry
Sedement - Settlement
Seigneur - Feudal Lord
Seine - A fishing net
Séjour - Abode, home
Sel - Salt
La Sellière (Le Marais, St C) - After the field name, named after a rock off Grève d'Azette that resembles a saddle
Selous - Surname Slous
Sente - Footpath, pathway
Sergenté - Sergeantry, land pertaining to the feudal office of sergeant
Serre - Greenhouse, glasshouse
Seymour (Tower) - Former Governor Field Marshall Henry Seymour Conway (1772-1795)
Signaux - Signal
Simon (Place) - Family surname of Simon. Known as La Rue Simon in 1846
Snow Hill - Family surname of Snow or after place in London
Sohier - Family surname of Sohier
Soldat - Soldier
Soleil - Sun
Solitude - Choice
Sommier - Narrow field lying across the head of other fields running at right angles to it
Sorel - Yellowish-Brown. Also after pinkish granite found in the area
Sorsoleil - Old family surname
Soulement - Under the hill
Sous - Below, underneath
Sous Les Bois - Under the trees
Springfield - Wet marshy area with town brooks and springs running through it
Le Squez - A rivulet which dries up in Summer, leaving a marshy locality (From s'tchi = to dry)
Stafford (Lane) - The county town of Staffordshire
Ste Croix - Holy cross
Stopford (Road) - Named after Sir Robert Stopford, naval officer
Sud - South
Le Sueur - Shoe maker
Sumier - Narrow field lying across the head of other fields running at right angles to it
Surville - Above the settlement. Also existed as a family surname
Sutton (Court) - After Sir John Sutton, Former Lieutenant Governor (1990-1995)
Swan Farm (Lane) - After Mr Graves Chamney Swan who acquired the farm in 1869 and renamed it
T
Table des Marthes - Knucklebones (a game children played). Actually the capstone of a prehistoric tomb
Taillis - Cutting in the woodland
Talus - Slope, embankment
Tapon - Stopper, bung; a pole about five feet long for beating linen after washing
Tare - Weed
Tas - A pile, heap, a lot
Tas de Geon - A heap of furze
Tenement - A Feudal holding, a fief
Tesson - Family of Norman barons in 1204
Tete - Head
Thomas Edge (Gas Place) - Thomas Edge was an important designer and manufacturer of gas equipment
Thorpe - Farm
Toft - Homestead
Tombe - Tomb
Tombette - Small tomb
Tot - Homestead
La Tour - Tower or turn
La Tour Carrée, (St Ouen) - The Square Tower
Les Tours - Bendy, as La Ruelle des Tours in Grouville, "the little bendy lane".
La Tourelle - Turret or lime kiln
La Tourette - Small tower
Tourgis - Viking surname
(La Rue de) Trachy - Family surname of major landowner in 1880s, George Trachy. Can sometimes mean trail/track or rough
Travers - Through
Trélis - Trellis
Trinity - God is a mutual indwelling of three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit
(La Rue du) Trot - Trot
Trou - Hole
Trou de Sonde - Borehole
Les Tuiles - Tiles, bricks
U
(Mont) Ubé - Family surname of Le Tubelin
Us - Front door
V
Vache - Cow
Val - Valley, or if near the coast can mean creek, cove
Val de la Mare - Valley (leading) to the pond (La Mare au Seigneur - St Ouen's Pond)
Vallée - Valley
Vallée des Vaux - Valley to the vale
La Vallette - Little valley
Le Vallon - Small valley
(Coin) Varin - Family surname of Varin
Les Varines - Wet, heavy land
Varou - Werewolf
Les Varvots - St Lawrence house name from flat granite slabs in stream where women knelt to do their washing. Also, can mean mud patches
Vase - Slime
Vasé - Muddied
Le Vau - Field or if coastal creek, cove
Les Vaux - Vale, dale, valley
Vaze - Slime
Le Vent - Wind
Verclut - Green cleft, patch
Verde - Green
Verger - Orchard
Vèrgi - Orchard
Vermont - Green hill
Verp - A pound for stray animals on a fief
Verulam - Roman name for St Albans
(Mont) Vibert - Family surname of Vibert
Vic - Creek, cove
Vicard (Point) - Clever man, magician
Victoria (Avenue, College, Park, Pier, Street) - Named after Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Vielle - Old
Vièr - Old
Lé Vièr Mont - Old hill
La Vierge - Virgin Mary
Vieux - Old
Le Vieux Mênage - The old homestead
Vigne - Vine, haulm
Vignette - Small vine; an ornament
Vik - Creek, cove
Ville - Country house, farm, hamlet, manor, town or settlement
Ville au Veslet - Area named after the extinct Veslet family
Ville Brée - Area named after the Brée family
Ville de Troye - A maze
Ville Emfrie - Area named after Anfrie
Ville ès Gaudains - Area named after the Gaudains family
Ville ès Gazeaux - Area named after the extinct Gazeaux family
Ville ès Gros - Area named after the Le Gros family
Ville ès Normans - The Norman family home
Ville ès Philippes - Area named after the Philippes
Ville ès Renauds - Area named after the Renaut family
Ville Guyon - Area named after the extinct Guyon family of St John
Ville Jacques - Area named after Jacques
Ville Machon - Area named after the Machon family
(La Rue du) Villot - Small hamlet
Vinchelez - Winchelsea; winding, corner, or link/chain
Vinde - Where ships had to change course
Vine (Street) - The houses along this street were covered in vines in the late 1700s
Vîngnes - Vines
Vingtaine - Political sub-division within 11 of Jersey's 12 Parishes. The exception being the parish of St Ouen, where the sub-divisions are referred to as 'cueillettes'
La Vioge - Form of ghost
Vivier - Fish pond
Voir - View, sight
Voûte - Vault, tunnel, roof of cave, stone covering of a well
Votte - Vault, roof of cave, tunnel, stone covering of a well
Vrai - Seaweed, true, real
Vraic - Seaweed
Vue - View
W
Waterloo (Street) - After the English victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
Ernest Watson (Close) - After Ernest Watson - Connétable of St Clement (1967-1983)
Weighbridge - The public weighbridge was located here (1825-1970)
Wellington (Road) - After the Duke of Wellington, victor of the Battle of Waterloo (1769-1852)
Wesley (Street) - After the founder of the methodist movement John Wesley (1703-1791)
Westaway (Court) - After Julia Westaway - philanthropist and benefactor (1820-1901)
Wests Centre - After the former 'Wests' cinema that stood on the site until 1973
Wharf (Street) - This roadway was bordering the coast when originally laid out, on land reclaimed from the sea
Whiteley (Close) - After General Sir Peter Whiteley, former Lieutenant Governor (1979-1984)
Wick - Creek
Wilkes (Gardens) - After General Sir Michael Wilkes, former Lieutenant Governor (1995-2000)
Y
York (Street) - After the Duke of York, brother of William IV