Cairnryan
village · Dumfries and Galloway
GaelicSurmised
Suggested4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Cairnryan is a Scottish Gaelic name, likely meaning 'Ryan's cairn'. 'Càrn' means a heap of stones or cairn, and 'Ryan' is probably a personal name. The name indicates a cairn associated with a person named Ryan.
Word origins
- Cairn
- Gaelicheap of stones, cairn(from càrn "cairn")
- ryan
- Gaelicpersonal name
Historical forms
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