Caputh
village · Perth and Kinross
PictishSurmised
Suggested4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Caputh is a village name of Pictish origin. The first element 'Cap' is likely related to a Pictish word for 'head' or 'top', and 'uth' might be a suffix or another element whose meaning is less clear.
Word origins
- Cap
- Pictishhead, top(from caput "head")
- uth
- Pictishuncertain element(from uth "uncertain element")
Historical forms
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