Garelet Hill
hill or mountain · Scottish Borders · 681m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Garelet Hill is likely derived from an Old English personal name or a term related to a spear, combined with 'hill'. It may mean 'Garelet's hill' or 'hill with a spear-like feature'.
Word origins
- Garelet
- Old EnglishAttestedpersonal name/spear-like feature(from gār "spear", lēah "woodland clearing")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")