Norval Street

Sràid Norval

Building or Street

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS563665

English / Map Form: Norval Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Norval

Location: Partick, Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Norval Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Norval

Language Notes

G nom. sg. sràid fem. 'street' + en Norval, personal name

Element Meaning

G sràid ~ ‘street’; en Norval, personal name

Sources

Black’s Surnames of Scotland, 633 lists occurrences of Norval as a surname in the Glasgow area c. 1600s.

Macintosh, Glasgow Streets N-R, 1470 lists Norval Place and Norval Streets.
Spalding 1996 suggests that the name Norval was taken from a character in Hume’s Play, Douglas, which was popular at the time.

This is on record since 1913.