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Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Virginia (and thus West Virginia) was named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England while Maryland is named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England. Source(s): http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzsovereigns.htm.
Washington was named after the first U.S. President, George Washington. The D.C. stands for District of Columbia, a special area created that is not a state. At first, it was made up of a piece from Virginia south of the Potomac River and a piece from Maryland north of the Potomac River. In 1847, Virginia's piece was returned to it, and is now Arlington County and part of the city of Alexandria. Since 1847, all of Washington D.C. is on the north side of the Potomac River.