# Hindmarsh

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #62,970

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
3. A local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Hindmarsh.

## Etymology
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”).
Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hindmarsh