Loch of Burness
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This loch name is likely of Old Norse origin, meaning 'loch of the farmstead by the stream' or 'loch of the farmstead of Brun'.
Word origins
- Burness
- Old Norsestream or personal name(from brunnr "spring, stream", Bruni "personal name")
- býr
- Old Norsefarmstead, village(from býr "farmstead, village")