An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter. • A male given name transferred from the surname. • A placename • A place in Australia: • A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales. • A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid. • An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia. • A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia • A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea. • A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico. • A locale in the United States: • A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas. • An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois. • A township in Edgar County, Illinois. • A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter. • A township in Jackson County, Minnesota. • A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter. • A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada. • A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York. • A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter. • An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter. • A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio. • A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma. • A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee. • A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. • The constellation Orion.