Highgate.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: An upper-class suburb of London in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).
A placename: A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).
A placename: An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).
A placename: A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).
A placename: A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
A placename: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
A placename: A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica.
A placename: A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).
Try it on your idea.
Highgate has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.