Loch of Ayre
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name likely means 'the loch of the shore'. 'Ayre' is a Norse term for a shore or beach.
Word origins
- Loch
- Gaeliclake(from loch "lake")
- of
- Unknownof
- Ayre
- Old Norseshore, beach(from eyrr "gravel bank, shore")