This is a list of South Carolina county name etymologies.

• Abbeville County: Abbeville is named after Abbeville, France.
• Aiken County: Aiken is named for Governor of South Carolina William Aiken.
• Allendale County: Allendale is named after an Allen family.
• Anderson County: Anderson is named after Robert Anderson, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
• Bamberg County: Bamberg is named for William Seaborn Bamberg , cofounder of a town called Lowery's Turnout.
• Barnwell County: Barnwell is named a Barnwell family.
• Beaufort County: Beaufort is named for Henry, Duke of Beaufort, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
• Berkeley County: Berkeley is named after John Berkeley and William Berkeley, two of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
• Calhoun County: Calhoun is named for U.S. stateman John C. Calhoun.
• Charleston County: Charleston is named after Charles II of England.
• Cherokee County: Cherokee is named after the Cherokee Native American people.
• Chester County: Chester is named after Chester, Pennsylvania.
• Chesterfield County: Chesterfield is named after Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
• Clarendon County: Claredon is named for Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
• Colleton County: Colleton is named after John Colleton , one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
• Darlington County: Darlington's name is of unknown origin.
• Dillon County: Dillon is named for local booster J.W. Dillon .
• Dorchester County: Dorchester is named for Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Edgefield County: Edgefield may be so named because it was located on the edge of the state, between the Savannah River and unsettled lands.
• Fairfield County: Fairfields was possible named for its fair fields.
• Florence County: Florence is named for Florence Harllee , a daughter of W. W. Harllee , a president of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad .
• Georgetown County: Georgetown is named for George II of Great Britain.
• Greenville County: Greenville's name is of unknown origin.
• Greenwood County: Greenwood is named for Greenwood, a plantation belonging to of Judge John McGehee .
• Hampton County: Hampton is named for Governor of South Carolina Wade Hampton.
• Horry County: Horry is named for Peter Horry , a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
• Jasper County: Jasper is named for William Jasper, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
• Kershaw County: Kershaw is named for South Carolina state legislator Joseph Kershaw .
• Lancaster County: Lancaster is named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
• Laurens County: Laurens is named for president of the Continental Congress Henry Laurens.
• Lee County: Lee is named for Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
• Lexington County: Lexington is name for the Battle of Lexington from the American Revolutionary War.
• Marion County: Marion is named for Francis Marion, an American Revolutionary War general known as the "Swamp Fox."
• Marlboro County: Marlboro is named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
• McCormick County: McCormick is named for Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper.
• Newberry County: The origin of Newberry's name is unknown.
• Oconee County: Oconee is a Native American word of unknown origin.
• Orangeburg County: Orangeburg is named for William V of Orange, son-in-law of George II of Great Britain.
• Pickens County: Pickens is named for U.S. Representative Andrew Pickens.
• Richland County: Richland is possibly named for its rich soil.
• Saluda County: Saluda is named for the Saluda River , which, in turn, was named for a Native American tribe.
• Spartanburg County: Spartanburg was named for the Spartan Regiment of the American Revolutionary War.
• Sumter County: Sumter is named for Thomas Sumter, a Continental leader during the American Revolutionary War.
• Union County: Union is said to be named for Union Church .
• Williamsburg County: Williamsburg is named for Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II of Great Britain.
• York County: York is named for York County, Pennsylvania.

Source

• South Carolina Counties – Year Formed, Name, County Seat, and Area

See also

• South Carolina
• List of South Carolina counties
• County (United States)
• Lists of U.S. county name etymologies