Kerelaw Glen
valley · North Ayrshire
Old NorseSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Kerelaw Glen is likely named from the Old Norse personal name 'Kári' and 'lá', meaning a slope or hillside. The 'glen' element is a later Gaelic addition meaning valley.
Word origins
- Kerelaw
- Old Norseslope or hillside of Kári(from Kári "personal name", lá "slope, hillside")
- glen
- GaelicAttestedvalley(from gleann "valley")