About Nashville
The name "Nashville" is derived from the surname of Francis Nash, a Revolutionary War hero. It combines the word "Nash" with the suffix "-ville," meaning "town" or "city" in French. Therefore, the name "Nashville" can be interpreted as "Nash's town" or "city of Nash."
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Most individuals with the name Nashville are male.
The popularity of the name has increased by 20% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Nashville in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Nashville using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.