Shawhead
village · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Shawhead is a village name that likely means 'Scaf(a)'s headland' or 'head of the small wood'. It combines an Old English personal name or topographic term with 'head'.
Word origins
- Shawhead
- Old EnglishAttestedScaf(a)'s headland(from Scaf(a) "personal name", -ing "possessive suffix", hēafod "headland, summit, head")