Byles Cleugh Glen
valley · Clackmannanshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines 'Byles' (likely a personal name or derived from 'byre' meaning cowshed) with 'cleugh' (a ravine) and 'glen' (a narrow valley). It describes a ravine or glen associated with Byles or cowsheds.
Word origins
- Byles
- Old Englishbelonging to Byel/Byle (personal name) or byre (cowshed)(from Byle "personal name", byre "cowshed")
- Cleugh
- Old Norseravine, steep valley(from klǫf "cloven rock, ravine")
- Glen
- GaelicAttestednarrow valley(from gleann "valley")