Longbar
village · North Ayrshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name means 'long bank' or 'long ridge'. It is derived from the Old English adjective 'lang' ('long') and the noun 'bar' ('bank', 'ridge', or 'hill').
Word origins
- Long
- Old Englishlong(from lang "long")
- bar
- Old EnglishAttestedbank, ridge(from bar "bank, ridge, hill")