Countries Named After People

Can you guess these countries named after people? The namesakes of the countries are given, try and guess the country's name!

Has to be the name the country is known by, so "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" won't work.

Translated names, i.e. Hayastan for Armenia, also do not count

Both real and legendary/mythological figures are included

Names with a (?) next to it means the claim is disputed

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Last updated: September 20, 2021

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Hint	Answer
Atropates	Azerbaijan
Bung/Bang (?)	Bangladesh
Rus	Belarus
Simon Bolivar	Bolivia
Sage Kambu Swayambhuva	Cambodia
Emperor Qin	China
Christopher Columbus	Colombia
Čech	Czech Republic
Thoth	Djibouti
Saint Dominic	Dominican Republic
Saint Dominic	Dominica
Jesus Christ	El Salvador
King Mswati II	Eswatini
Hunor and/or Magor	Hungary
Jacob/Israel	Israel
Thomas Gilbert	Kiribati
Lava (?)	Laos
John Marshall	Marshall Islands

Hint	Answer
Maurice of Nassau	Mauritius
Mussa Bin Bique	Mozambique
Nicarao	Nicaragua
Nór (?)	Norway
Birú	Peru
King Philip II	Philippines
Rus	Russia
Saint Christopher	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucy	Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Marinus	San Marino
Saint Thomas	Sao Tome and Principe
Muhammad bin Saud	Saudi Arabia
Jean Moreau de Séchelles	Seychelles
King Solomon	Solomon Islands
Amerigo Vespucci	United States of America
Öz Beg Khan	Uzbekistan

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13 Comments

Level 92

Apr 30, 2022

Haha that Djibouti one

Level 78

Apr 30, 2022

Would have been harder if not in alphabetical order

Level 97

May 2, 2022

yeah in hindsight I should've changed it up

Level 68

May 1, 2022

Cool quiz.

Level 99

May 4, 2022

great quiz! nominated :)

Level 97

May 4, 2022

thanks!

Level 83

Dec 1, 2022

wow, I would have never been able to get the Lava answer. I kept guessing island countries

Level 97

Dec 2, 2022

It can be tricky! It is debated on whether or not Laos was named after the goddess Lava, which is why i put the "?" after to show the uncertainty.

Level 67

Apr 20, 2023

Turkey was named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Level 97

Apr 21, 2023

Ataturk was granted that surname in 1934, 9 years after the country of Turkey had been founded. "Turkey", and Turks as a whole had existed for centuries before Ataturk was even born.

Level 62

Jun 6, 2023

Georgia? Named after St George?

Also there's various other countries named after legendary figures along the same lines as Bang, Nor, and Rus.

Level 97

Apr 25, 2025

Georgia is more commonly believed to have been named after the Persian term for wolf "Gurgan". If you have additional countries named after legendary figures please tell me and I'll happily add them to the quiz.

Level 65

Jul 26, 2025

Norway is definitely not named after a person. the NOR part is "north".