Blairmore Glen
valley · North Ayrshire
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a glen or valley, likely named after a 'blair' which means a field or plain, and 'more' meaning large. The term 'glen' is Gaelic for a narrow valley.
Word origins
- Blair
- Scotsfield, plain(from blár "field, plain")
- more
- Gaeliclarge(from mór "large")
- Glen
- GaelicAttestedvalley(from gleann "valley")