Earshaw Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely derives from an Old English personal name, possibly 'Eardhild' or 'Eardstan', combined with 'shaw' meaning a small wood or thicket. It refers to a hill near a wood associated with a person named Eardhild/Eardstan.
Word origins
- Earshaw
- Old EnglishAttestedEardstan's wood(from Eardstan "personal name", sceaga "wood, thicket")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")