This is a list of Utah county name etymologies.

• Beaver County, Utah: Beaver is named for the area's many beavers.
• Box Elder County, Utah: Box Elder is named for the area's many box elders.
• Cache County, Utah: Cache is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
• Carbon County, Utah: Carbon is named for the coal in the area.
• Daggett County, Utah: Daggett is named for Ellworth Daggett , the first Utah Surveyor General.
• Davis County, Utah: Davis is named for Daniel C. Davis, a captain in the Mormon Battalion.
• Duchesne County, Utah: Duchesne is named for an unknown origin.
• Emery County, Utah: Emery is named for George W. Emery , a governor of the Utah Territory.
• Garfield County, Utah: Garfield is named for James Abram Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States.
• Grand County, Utah: Grand is named for the Grand River, later renamed the Colorado River.
• Iron County, Utah: Iron is named for the area's iron deposits.
• Juab County, Utah: Juab is named for a Native American word meaning valley or thirsty valley.
• Kane County, Utah: Kane is named for Thomas L. Kane , who helped early settlers.
• Millard County, Utah: Millard is named for Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States.
• Morgan County, Utah: Morgan is named for Jedediah Morgan Grant , the father of Heber J. Grant, an early president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• Piute County, Utah: Piute is named for the Piute Native American tribe.
• Rich County, Utah: Rich is named for Charles C. Rich, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• Salt Lake County, Utah: Salt Lake is named for the Great Salt Lake partially within its borders.
• San Juan County, Utah: San Juan is possibly named for the San Juan River.
• Sanpete County, Utah: Sanpete may be named for San Pitch , a Ute leader.
• Sevier County, Utah: Sevier is named for the Sevier River.
• Summit County, Utah: Summit is named for the county's many mountains.
• Tooele County, Utah: Tooele is named for an unknown origin.
• Uintah County, Utah: Uintah is named for the Ute Native American tribe.
• Utah County, Utah: Utah is named for the Anglicization of Yuta, the Spanish pronunciation of Ute.
• Wasatch County, Utah: Wasatch is named for an Ute word meaning mountain pass.
• Washington County, Utah: Washington is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States.
• Wayne County, Utah: Wayne is named for an unknown origin.
• Weber County, Utah: Weber is named for the Weber Basin area of the state.

See also

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

Source

• Utah Association of Counties: History of County Names