Sheffield

English

Alternative forms

• Sheff. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛfiːld/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Proper noun

Sheffield (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffields)

1. A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
   1. The University of Sheffield.
2. A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).
3. A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
4. A small village in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. A common placename in the United States:
   1. A city in Colbert County, Alabama.
   2. A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
   3. A city in Franklin County, Iowa.
   4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   5. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
   6. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
   7. A census-designated place in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
   8. An unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas.
   9. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.
7. (slang) knife, switchblade.

Derived terms

• Sheffielder
• Sheffield Park
• Sheffield stand

 

Translations

city

• Amharic: ሼፊ፟ልድ (šeffild)
• Arabic: شِيفِيلْد m (šifild)
• Armenian: Շեֆիլդ (Šefild)
• Bengali: শেফিল্ড (śephilḍ)
• Bulgarian: Шефилд m (Šefild)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雪埠 (syut³ fau⁶)

  Mandarin: 謝菲爾德／谢菲尔德 (Xièfēi'ěrdé)

• Georgian: შეფილდი (šepildi)
• German: Sheffield
• Greek: Σέφιλντ (Séfilnt)
• Hindi: शेफ़्फ़ील्ड (śeffīlḍ)
• Japanese: シェフィールド (Shefīrudo)
• Korean: 셰필드 (Syepildeu)
• Latvian: Šefīlda f
• Lithuanian: Šefildas m
• Macedonian: Шефилд m (Šefild)
• Marathi: शेफील्ड (śephīlḍa)
• Portuguese: Sheffield f
• Russian: Ше́ффилд (ru) m (Šéffild)
• Telugu: శెఫ్ఫీల్డ్ (śephphīlḍ)
• Ukrainian: Ше́ффілд m (Šéffild)
• Urdu: شَیفِیلڈ m (śaifīlḍ)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sheffield is the 1817^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19738 individuals. Sheffield is most common among White (76.36%) and Black/African American (18.8%) individuals.

References

• NZ Topo Map

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sheffield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.