Archivist note: This post is from an older recovered archive.
Here’s some raw material for sparking some creativity around names. I like doing lists in Excel, and then generating random combinations…
==Namesakes==
Ammann (Othmar Herrmann Ammann , 1879 – 1965 , bridge design engineer )
Arrol (William Arrol, 1839-1913, civil engineer)
ArthurConan Doyle (Sir ArthurConan Doyle, , founder)
Bain (Alexander Bain, 1811-1877, fax machine(!))
Baker (Sir Benjamin Baker , 1840 – 1907 , civil and bridge engineer )
Baldwin (Loammi Baldwin, Jr. , 1780 – 1838 , city engineer )
Bazalgette (Joseph Bazalgette, 1819-1891, sewers)
Bell (Henry Bell , 1767-1830, steamboats)
Binnie (Alexander Binnie, 1839-1917, tunnels)
Blume (John A. Blume , 1909 – March 1, 2002)
Bollman (Wendel Bollman , 1814 – 1884 , bridge design engineer )
Bouch (Sir Thomas Bouch , 1822 – 1880 , railway engineer )
Brassey (Thomas Brassey , 1805 – 1870 , railway engineer )
Brindley (James Brindley , 1716 – 1772 , canal engineer )
Brunel (Isambard Kingdom Brunel , 1806 – 1859 , bridge design engineer )
Brunel (Isambard Marc Brunel , 1769 – 1849 , tunnel engineer )
Churchill (Paul Churchill, , founder)
Cooper (Theodore Cooper , 1839 – 1919 , bridge engineer )
Crowe (Frank Crowe, 1882-1946, dams)
Darcy (Henry Darcy , 1803 – 1858 , hydraulic engineer )
deCoulomb (Charles Augustin de Coulomb , 1736 – 1806 , physicist )
Dickson (William Dickson, 1860-1935, motion pictures)
Dixon (Jeremiah Dixon , 1733 – 1779 , surveying engineer )
Eads (James Buchanan Eads , 1820 – 1887 , bridge engineer )
Eaves (Elsie Eaves , 1898 – 1983 , construction cost engineer )
Echegaray (Eggberta Echegaray, , founder)
Eiffel (Gustave Eiffel , 1832 – 1923 , structural engineer )
Eliot (Loki Eliot, , founder)
Ellet (Charles Ellet Jr. , 1810 – 1862 , bridge engineer)
Eopnym (Nym Eopnym, , founder)
Ewing (Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB, 1855-1935, magentism)
Faraday (Michael Faraday, 1791-1867, electricty)
Fitzmaurice (Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1861 – 1924, bridges)
Ginsburg (Intolerable Ginsburg, , founder)
Ginsburg (Junie Ginsburg, , founder)
Goddard (Robert Goddard, 1882, rocketry)
Gould (Jefferson Gould, , founder)
Jack (Salazar Jack, , founder)
Jessop (William Jessop, 1745-1814, civil engineer)
Kojima (Reitsuki Kojima, , founder)
Kukulcan (Ambiant Kukulcan, , founder)
Latimer (Lewis Latimer, 1848, lightbulbs)
Mackenzie (Colonel Colin Mackenzie, 1754-1821, maps)
Malaprop (Ordinal Malaprop, , founder)
Marconi (Guglielmo Marconi, 1874, radio)
Maxwell (James Clerk Maxwell, 1831-1879, mathematician)
McAdam (John Loudon McAdam, 1756-1836, roads)
McAlpine (Robert McAlpine, 1847-1934, construction)
Mondrian (Quine Mondrian, , founder)
Mouchel (Louis Gustave Mouchel, 1852-1908, concrete)
Nasmyth (James Hall Nasmyth, 1808-1890, steam hammer)
Newall (Robert Stirling Newall, 1812-1889, wire rope)
Otto (Nicolaus Otto, 1832, engines)
Palmer (Frederick Palmer, 1860, docks)
Pearse (Edward Pearse, , founder)
Pennyfeather (Remington Pennyfeather, , founder)
Pupin (Michael Pupin, 1858, telegraphy)
Scarborough (Solivar Scarborough, , founder)
Shang (Desmond Shang, , founder)
Sprocket (Shaunathan Sprocket, , founder)
Stanley (William Stanley, 1858, electricity)
Steinbeck (Khashai Steinbeck, , founder)
Stephenson (George Stephenson, 1781 – 1848, mechanical engineer)
Symington (William Symington, 1764-1831, steamboat)
Telford (Thomas Telford, 1757-1834, civil engineer)
Trescothick (Malkov Trescothick, , founder)
Webb (Francis Webb, 1836-1906, railroads)
Weyland (Moss Weyland, , founder)
Whittlesea (Jules Whittlesea, , founder)
Wind (Carriccre Wind, , founder)
Withnail (William Withnail, , founder)
Wombat (Lazlo Wombat, , founder)
==Streets==
===My Favorite===
Close
Court
Crescent
Mews
Row
Strand
Walk
===Others===
Chambers
Common
Docks
Embankment
Estate
Fair
Gardens
Gate
Green
Grove
Hill
Lane
Manor
Meadows
Parade
Parish
Park
Place
Road
Square
Street
Terrace
Vicarage
View
Yard
==Canals==
Sluice
Gracht
Aqueduct
Channel
Cove
Course
Estuary
Basin
==Neighborhoods==
Chapel
Common
Corner
End
Field
Gate
Green
Hampton
Heath
Heights
Hills
Locks
Manor
March
Mont
Park
Pool
Quays
Ridge
Stoke
Township
Wall
==Cool modifiers==
Black
East
Greater
Lesser
Little
Lower
Mount
North
Old
Seven
South
Stoke
Upper
West
==Random combinations==
Arrol Common
Arrol Estate
Bain Close
Baker Walk
Baldwin Chambers
Bazalgette Fair
Blume Walk
Bollman Common
Bollman Crescent
Bouch Court
Cooper Close
Cooper Gate
deCoulomb Court
Faraday Common
Maxwell Court
Sprocket Mews
Symington Court
Telford Meadows
Weyland Grove
Withnail Green
BlackJack Road
East Ginsburg Crescent
Lesser Trescothick Docks
Little Bollman Hill
Little Weyland Crescent
Lower Bouch Parade
Mount Darcy Grove
Old Churchill Crescent
South Binnie Walk
Upper Bollman Estate
Trescothick Hill
Eponym Court
Lesser Wombat Mews
