Corsliehill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire
CumbricSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely begins with a Brittonic term for marsh or bog. The second element is unclear, possibly a personal name or descriptive term. 'Hill' is a later addition.
Word origins
- Cors
- Cumbricmarsh, bog(from *cors "marsh, bog")
- lie
- UnknownPossibly a personal name or a descriptive element.
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")