The origin of the name Nakhon nayok is not clear history. The main concept of the origin of the name is as follows:
Nakhonnayok formerly village, but later changed the name of the province Nakhon nayok. In the Ayutthaya period the territory of Nakhon nayok is wild Don rokchat is farming or planting anything rarely works. Jungle fever, abundant people migrated to other very became deserted cities. Later, the King informed of political trouble, please, cancel the tax incentive to give up farming town is located at the same place, there are more and more people migrated into the community and get the city a lift after-the city becomes Nakhon nayok until today [need references]
"Rush to the 5 provincial government is divided into Prime and Chief of the defence Chief. By the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of military defence, both in the South and the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of the Prime all soldiers in the North. The original area of the province in which the lifting เป็พื้น at the nakara na used to be Chief of defence, but the colleges affiliated with yalang, transferred under the supervision of the Chief of the Office of the Prime. The area had the name wanakhonna raised since then, s/s.