This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Afghanistan Alexandria Ariana → Herat Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni Alexandria on the Oxus → Ai-Khanoum Bactra → Balkh Adina Pur → Jalalabad
Algeria Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers Géryville → El Bayadh Cirta → Constantine Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam → Chlef Malaca → Calama → Guelma Colomb-Béchar → Béchar Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa Fort Laperrine → Tamanrasset
Angola
Argentina La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón (1952) → La Plata (1955) Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires
Armenia
Australia
New South Wales
Blackman's Flat → Orange Currajong → Bushman's → Parkes Dumbletown → Beverly Hills Germanton → Holbrook Mayday Hills → Beechworth
Northern Territory
Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin Stuart → Alice Springs
Queensland
Limestone Station → Ipswich
South Australia
Hummock Hill → Whyalla Mobilong → Murray Bridge
Tasmania
Emu Bay → Burnie
Victoria Ballaarat → Ballarat Bearbrass → Melbourne Belfast → Port Fairy Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo Bryan Creek Crossing → Coleraine Emerald Hill → South Melbourne Flooding Creek → Sale Hotham → North Melbourne McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton
Western Australia
Newcastle → Toodyay
Austria Fucking → Fugging (1836) Fucking → Fugging (2021) Mattersdorf → Mattersburg (1926)
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium Charnoy → Charleroi (1666)
Bolivia Charará → General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1955) Fortín General Camacho / Fortín López de Filippis → Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia (1944)
Botswana Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992) Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica Bosanski Brod → Brod Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad Bosanski Šamac → Šamac Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991) Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča Novi Travnik → Pucarevo (1980 - 1992) → Novi Travnik Skender Vakuf → Kneževo Široki Brig → Lištica (1952 - 1992) → Široki Brijeg
Brazil Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos Embu → Embu das Artes Felisberto Caldeira → São Gonçalo do Rio Preto Hamônia → Ibirama Hansa Humboldt → Corupá Jabaeté → Viana Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau → Presidente Getúlio Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis (1893) Nova Danzig → Cambé Palmira → Santos Dumont Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves → Paraíba → João Pessoa Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre Presidente Soares → Alto Jequitibá Lugar de Barra → Manaus (1832) → São José da Barra do Rio Negro (1848) → Manaus (1856) São José del Rey → Tiradentes (1889) Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória Vila Rica → Ouro Preto São Salvador → Bahia → Salvador
Brunei Brunei Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Begawan (1970) Brooketon → Muara Padang Berawa → Seria
Bulgaria Ratiaria → Archar Asenovgrad → Stanimaka → Asenovgrad (1934) Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad Orhanie → Botevgrad Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbukhin (1949) → Dobrich (1990) Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand (1890)→ Mihailovgrad (1945) → Montana (1993) Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo → Pomorie Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad (1950) → Shumen (1965) Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre → Silistra Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi → Smolyan Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra → Zheleznik → Stara Zagora Golyamo Konare → Saedinenie Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo Odesos → Varna → Stalin (1949)→ Varna (1956) Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
Canada
Alberta Hobbema → Maskwacis
British Columbia Fort George → Prince George Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria Westbank → West Kelowna Granville → Vancouver ch’átlich → Sechelt
Manitoba Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill
New Brunswick Fort LaTour → Saint John Léger Corner → Dieppe Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton
Nunavut Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit Repulse Bay → Naujaat
Ontario
Hens and Chickens Harbour → Collingwood New Johnstown → Cornwall Rat Portage → Kenora Fort Frontenac → Kingston Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change) Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake Bytown → Ottawa Scott's Plains → Peterborough Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland
Prince Edward Island Port la Joie → Charlottetown
Québec Asbestos → Val-des-Sources Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal Hull → Gatineau
Saskatchewan Oskana (Romanized as Wascana) → Regina Prussia → Leader
Central African Republic Gribingui → Fort-Crampel → Crampel → Kaga-Bandoro Fort-Brusseaux → Markounda
Chad
Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (proposed) Fort Archambault → Sarh Fort-Foureau → Kousséri Fort Lamy → N'Djamena
Chile Barrancas → Pudahuel Estación Rinconada → Laja La Greda → La Unión → Pisco Elqui Lago Buenos Aires → Chile Chico Melipulli → Puerto Montt Mincha → Canela Monterrey → Monte Patria Navarino → Cabo de Hornos Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Puerto Claro → Valparaíso Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Tutuvén → Cauquenes Nueva Bilbao → Constitución Peña Blanca → Marchihue Pueblo Hundido → Diego de Almagro Punta Arenas → Magallanes City → Punta Arenas Rinconada de Parral → Retiro Samo Alto → Río Hurtado San Carlos de Chiloé → Ancud San José de Logroño → Melipilla Santa Cruz de Triana → Rancagua Valdivia de Lontué → Sagrada Familia Yungay → Quinta Normal
China Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing Fenghao () → Chang'an () or Xijing () → Daxing () → Fengyuan () → Anxi () → Jingzhao () → Xi'an () Iling → Ichang† → Yichang Jiankang → Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou Soochow† → Suzhou Yinxu → Anyang Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Lüda→ Dalian Kweisui† → Guisui → Hohhot Tihua† → Dihua → Ürümqi Changchun → Hsinking → Changchun
†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.
Colombia Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta → Cúcuta Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar → Valle Dupar → Valledupar Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha → Riohacha Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco → El Banco San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira Apiay → Villavicencio Pueblo Viejo → San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto San Antonio → Leticia Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo Villa Holguín → Armenia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Ncouna → Brazzaville (1884) Dolisie → Loubomo (1975) → Dolisie (1991) Jacob → Nkayi (1975) Rousset (1903) → Fort-Rousset (1904) → Owando (1977)Rock Ngassakys, "Owando, capitale de la Cuvette, accueille ce 15 août 2007 la fête de l'indépendance du Congo", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 14 August 2007, Online Ponta Negra → Pointe-Noire
Croatia
Militär Sanct Georgen → Đurđevac Ragusa → Dubrovnik Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek Sankt Veit am Fluß (German) → Fiume (Italian) → Rijeka Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru Pinguente → Buzet Cherso → Cres Porto Re → Kraljevica Albona → Labin Lesina → Hvar Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj Cittanova (d'Istria) → Novigrad Dignano → Vodnjan Ploče → Kardeljevo → Ploče San Pietro della Brazza → Supetar Spalato → Split
Czech Republic Braunau → Broumov Brünn → Brno Budweis → České Budějovice Černý Kostelec → Kostelec nad Černými lesy Cukmantl → Zlaté Hory Falknov → Sokolov Frývaldov → Jeseník Iglau → Jihlava Krummau → Český Krumlov Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod Německé Jablonné → Jablonné v Podještědí Olmütz → Olomouc Otrokovice → Baťov → Otrokovice Pilsen → Plzeň Reichenberg → Liberec Troppau → Opava Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo
Egypt Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names. Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna
Equatorial Guinea Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo
Estonia
Eswatini
Finland Kokkola/Gamlakarleby → Kokkola/Karleby (1977, only the Swedish name changed) Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki (1862) → Vasa/Vaasa (1917) Pargas/Parainen → Väståboland/Länsi-Turunmaa (2009) → Pargas/Parainen (2012) Pyhäjärvi → Pyhäsalmi (1993) → Pyhäjärvi (1996)
France See also Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin Andemantunum → Langres Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg Augustobona → Troyes Augustodunum → Autun Augustodurum → Bayeux Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand Avaricum → Bourges Caesarodunum → Tours Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans Condevicnum → Portus Namnetum → Nantes Divodurum → Metz Divona → Cahors Durocortorum → Reims Elimberris → Auch Forum Iulii → Fréjus Gesocribate → Brest Gesoriacum → Bononia → Boulogne-sur-Mer Iuliomagus → Angers La Haye-en-Touraine → La Haye-Descartes → Descartes Lapurdum → Bayonne Limonum → Poitiers Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Lugdunum Consoranorum → Saint-Lizier Lutetia → Paris Mediolanium → Saintes Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux Nemetacum → Arras Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers Samarobriva → Amiens Segodunum → Rodez
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Aquae Mattiacorum → Wiesbaden Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal Bötzow → Oranienburg Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953) → Chemnitz (1990) Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Köln (English: Cologne) Colonia Nemetum → Speyer Klenow → Ludwigslust Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg Lochau → Annaburg Mogontiacum → Mainz Münden → Hannoversch Münden → Hann. Münden