This is a list of administrative divisions whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.
Argentina
Eva Perón → La Pampa (1955) Presidente Perón → Chaco (1955)
Australia
Swan River Colony → Western Australia (1832) Van Diemen's Land → Tasmania (1856) North Australia → Northern Territory (1931) Central Australia → Northern Territory (1931) Federal Capital Territory → Australian Capital Territory (1938)
Brazil Guaporé → Rondônia (1956) Rio Branco → Roraima (1962)
Canada Acadia → Nova Scotia Isle Saint-Jean → Prince Edward Island Upper Canada → Canada West → Ontario Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001) Red River Colony → Manitoba Province of Quebec → Lower Canada → Canada East → Quebec
Czechia
Budějovický kraj → Jihočeský kraj (2001) Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → Kraj Vysočina (2011) Brněnský kraj → Jihomoravský kraj (2001) Ostravský kraj → Moravskoslezský kraj (2001)
France Centre → Centre-Val de Loire (2015)
Hong Kong Castle Peak → Tuen Mun
India Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969) Mysore State → Karnataka (1973) Orissa → Odisha (2009)
Indonesia Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) → Aceh (2009) Irian Jaya → Papua (2002) Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)
Ireland King's County → County Offaly (1922) Queen's County → County Laois (1922) County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)
Kazakhstan South Kazakhstan Region → Turkistan Region (2018)
Mozambique Lourenço Marques Province → Maputo Province (1976) Moçambique Province → Nampula Province (1975)
Pakistan North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)
Philippines Compostela Valley → Davao de Oro (2019) North Cotabato → Cotabato (1984)
Serbia Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1968–1990) Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)
South Africa
Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997) Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995) Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995) Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995) Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003) North-West → North West (4 February 1997)
South Korea Sabi → Soburi → Buyeo Tamra → Cheju → Jeju
Sweden Kopparberg County → Dalarna County (1997)
Thailand Khukhan province → Sisaket province (1938) Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919) Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939)
United States Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)
References
See also List of city name changes