Noticed a news item about a car crash on Euclid here in Spokane. Reminded me that Euclid is a nearly universal street name. Almost all the cities I’ve lived in have a Euclid, often an important street. Trying the autocomplete in Googlemaps finds a Euclid in about 90% of the cities I could think of.
Why? If you’re going to honor an old philosopher, or a mathematician associated with grid patterns, why not Aristotle Avenue or Plato Place or Descartes** Drive? I’ve never seen those.
It couldn’t be the surname of a developer. The Modern Greek name (in English) is Efklides, and there weren’t many Greek realtors or developers.
** In earlier times, Descartes Drive would have a firm rule against backing into parking places.
Polistra's Mill 