List of Hudson County, New Jersey placename etymologies

This is a list of locales in Hudson County, New Jersey categorized by origin of their name.

The Lenape people who lived in the region spoke an Algonquian language from which the current names are derivative through Dutch and English.

current: gamuck meaning other side of the water or otherside of the river[3] or landing place at the side of a river [4] from Hopoghan Hackingh [8] or place of stone for pipes current: Hopoakan meaning pipe for smoking [11] New Netherlanders established a factorij in 1617 at Communipaw, a patroonship in 1630 at Pavonia, and New Jersey's first independent gemeente, or municipality, in 1661 as Bergen.

alternatively from the verb to save, recover, keep safe [14] constable & hoek or hoeck meaning cape or peninsula.

(Streets with names of US presidents, more than half of whom are honored, are not included.