English / Map Form: Dunvegan
Gaelic Form: Dùn Bheagan
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Dunvegan
Gaelic Form: Dùn Bheagan
Language Notes
G nom. sg. dùn, masc. ‘fort’ + lenited. gen. sg. of Beagan, masc. personal name = ‘Beagan’s fort’Element Meaning
G dùn ~ fort: Beagan ~ personal name
Sources
| Dunvegane | 1541 RMS iii no. 2297 |
| Dunvagane | 1572 RMS iv no. 2093 |
| castro de Dunvaigin | 1607 RMS vi no. 1981 |
| Dunvegane, Dunvegan | 1626 Retours (Inverness) no. 45 |
| Dunvegen | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Donevegane | 1664 Retours (Inverness) no. 95 |
| Deun-bheagan | Dwelly 1912 |
| Dunbheagain | Forbes, 171 |
| Dùn Bheagain | Sorley Maclean, An Cuilitheann |
| Dùn Bheagan | local pronunciation |