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Burnhead

hamlet · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name combines the Old English word 'burna' (stream or brook) with 'hēafod', meaning head. It likely refers to the source or head of a stream.

Word origins

Burnhead
Old Englishhead of the stream(from burna "stream, brook", hēafod "head")