Graemston Loch
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Graemston Loch is named after a settlement called Graemston, likely meaning 'Graeme's farmstead or village'. The 'loch' is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Graemston
- ScotsAttestedGraeme's farmstead/village(from Graeme "personal name", -ing- "possessive/genitive suffix", tun "farmstead, village")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet