English / Map Form: Darnley
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
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Local Authority: East Renfrewshire
English / Map Form: Darnley
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
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Element Meaning
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| Darnley | 1747-55 Roy | |
| N Darly c. | 1591 Pont 33 | |
| Dornlyc. | 1591 Pont 33 |
Probably of Scots origin, cf Darnlee and Darnlaw. Dern or Darn means ‘secret, obscure’ but also as a noun ‘excrement, disease’. There is also Leathad Darnlaidh in Sutherland; cf Watson 2002 (1906)72 where he implies a Norse name containing hliđ, meaning ‘thorny slope’.
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