List of renamed cities in Belarus
The following is the list of cities in Belarus that underwent a name change in the past.
Most formal name changes in Belarus took place when the country was a member of the Soviet Union.
A problem with namings of Belarusian cities is their being multiple times translated into several languages officially used on the Belarusian lands: Old Belarusian, Polish, Russian, Modern Belarusian.
A significant wave of "automatical" city renamings followed the annexation of Belarus by the Russian Empire in the late 18th century, when the Russian administration transcribed the names of many cities from Polish language and not from Old Belarusian. Hence, the Russian name of Hrodna was taken directly from Polish language instead of the ancient Ruthenian name Gorodno/Horodno. The Polish Brześć Litewski was translated into Brest-Litovsk instead of using the traditional Ruthenian Berestye. Most of the Russian-translated names have been put into Belarusian language by the Soviet language reforms of the 1930s.
| Historical Ruthenian name | Polish name | Russian name since 19th century as transcribed from Polish | Modern Belarusian name |
| Mien'sk | Mińsk Litewski | Minsk | Minsk, although Miensk also informally used |
| Berestie | Brześć Litewski | Brest-Litovsk, later just Brest | Brest, although Bierascie also informally used |
| Horodno | Grodno | Grodno | Hrodna, although Harodnia also informally used |
| Novohorodok | Nowogródek | Novogrudok | Navahrudak, although Navaharodak or Navahradak also informally used |
| Mery, Myory | Miory | Miory | Mijory, although Miory also informally used |
Besides that, namings of the cities in Modern Belarusian language differ from namings in other languages.
- Bieraście → Brześć Litewski → Brest-Litovsk → Brest
- Horadnia → Grodno → Hrodna
- Mieniesk → Miensk → Mińsk Litewski → Minsk
Soviet city renamings
- Drissa → Verkhnedvinsk
- Kojdanaŭ → Dziaržynsk
- Prapošask → Prapojsk → Slavgorod → Słaŭharad
- Šaciłavičy → Svietłahorsk