Dubh Choirein
valley · Perth and Kinross
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name means 'little dark corrie' or 'little dark hollow'. 'Dubh' means dark, 'choire' means corrie or cauldron-shaped hollow, and the diminutive '-in' indicates smallness.
Word origins
- Dubh
- Gaelicdark(from dubh "dark")
- Choirein
- GaelicAttestedlittle corrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron-shaped hollow", -in "diminutive suffix")