Geantree Pool
lake or loch · Moray
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Geantree Pool is named from an Old English personal name and the word for a tree, with 'pool' indicating a body of water. It refers to a pool near a tree associated with a person named Gean.
Word origins
- Geantree
- Old EnglishAttestedGean's tree(from Geān "personal name", trēow "tree")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool(from pōl "pool")