English / Map Form: Drumfrochar
Gaelic Form: Druim Fhraochair
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde
Post Town: GREENOCK
County: Renfrewshire
Local Authority: Inverclyde
English / Map Form: Drumfrochar
Gaelic Form: Druim Fhraochair
Language Notes
G nom. sg. druim, masc. ‘ridge’ + G fraochair 'personal name'?Element Meaning
Sources
| Drumfrochin | 1747-55 Roy | |
| Dumfrocher | 1800 Ainslie Renfrew | |
| Drumfrocher | 1820 Thomson | |
| Drumfrocher | 1821 Ainslie | |
| Drumfrochar | 1842 Greenock and its Environs | |
| Drumfroachar | 1857 Town Plan of Greenock |
Additional Information
The original Drumfrochar must have been at NS272755. The specific may be a personal name.