English / Map Form: Loch Chon
Gaelic Form: Loch Chon
Location: Strathyre
Post Town: Callander ~ Calasraid
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Stirling
English / Map Form: Loch Chon
Gaelic Form: Loch Chon
Language Notes
G loch, nom. sg. masc. + irregular gen. pl. of cu, masc. ‘dog’ = ‘Loch of dogs’Element Meaning
Sources
|
Loch Ko |
c. 1591 Pont map 17 |
| Loch-con, water of Con | 1724 Description of six parishes (Macf. Geog. Coll vol. 1 p. 343) |
| Lochcon | 1724 Inchcallioch or Buchanan Paroch (Macf. Geog. Coll vol. 1 p. 347) |
| Loch Chon | 1783 Stobie |
| Loch Chon | 1820 Thomson |
Additional Information
Given the non-lenition of the earlier forms, the name may have originally derived from ‘coin’ meaning dog. gen. sg., or some other element entirely.