Language Notes

Element Meaning

G sruighlea obscure element

Sources

Sruighle                   c. 1658 Niall mac Mhuirich, NLS Adv. MS 72.1.50, fo. 4v
Sruidhleadh           1813 Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir
Sribhlinn                1822 Ward
Sruithlath               1851 Caimbeul
an t-Sruibhleach   1868 Iain Lom
Sruighlea                Dwelly 1912
Sruighlea                SMO website

For further reading see “The Etymologies of Pluscarden and Stirling” by Thomas Owen Clancy, University of Glasgow

Additional Information

This is an established name.

Alternative Forms