Reddingmuirhead
village · Falkirk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Reddingmuirhead is an Old English and Scots name. It combines 'rēad' (red) with 'muir' (moor) and 'hēafod' (head), likely meaning 'the head of the red moor'.
Word origins
- Redding
- Old EnglishAttestedred(from rēad "red")
- muir
- Scotsmoor(from mòr "moor, waste land")
- head
- Old EnglishAttestedhead(from hēafod "head, top")