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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.
The name was one of the very first in the new American Colonies, and certainly the first with status. Sir Thomas Dale (1560-1619) being Marshall of Virginia in 1609, and Governor from 1611 to 1618. Sir Thomas was responsible for the original land grants to the new settlers from the English Crown.