Quivals Loch
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
GaelicSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name may derive from the Gaelic 'cuimhle', meaning a churn or a place where something is churned. It could refer to the movement of water or the shape of the loch.
Word origins
- Quivals
- Gaelicchurn(from cuimhle "churn")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake(from loch "lake")