Knocklayd
hill or mountain · Causeway Coast and Glens · 514m
Marilyn
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Knocklayd is a Gaelic name, likely meaning 'hill of the flagstone' or 'hill of the flat rock'. 'Cnoc' means 'hill' and 'leyde' may relate to a flagstone.
Word origins
- Knock
- GaelicAttestedhill(from cnoc "hill")
- layd
- GaelicAttestedflagstone, flat rock(from leac "flagstone, flat stone")