Scottish Place Names O
OLD DEER OLD COUNTY: Aberdeen NAME ON MAP: Der DATE: 1320 EARLIEST RECORD: Dear DATE: a.1150 MEANING: GOIDELIC doire `wood, grove'.
OLD MONKLAND OLD COUNTY: Lanark NAME ON MAP: Munkland DATE: 1323 MEANING: OLD ENGLISH land `land' belonging to the see of Glasgow.
OLDHAMSTOCKS OLD COUNTY: East Lothian NAME ON MAP: Aldehamstoc DATE: 1127 MEANING: OLD ENGLISH ald `old' ham `homestead' stoc `place, secondary farm'.
OLDMELDRUM OLD COUNTY: Aberdeen NAME ON MAP: Melkidrum DATE: 1296 EARLIEST RECORD: Melgedrom DATE: 1291 MEANING: possibly BRYTHONIC mal(a)g `noble' and GOIDELIC druim `ridge'.
OLIVER OLD COUNTY: Peebles NAME ON MAP: Oliver MEANING: from the personal name. Although OLD FRENCH Olivier `olive tree' is often given as the meaning, it may derive from OLD GERMAN Alfihar `elf host'. The castle was held by the Frasers in the 14th century.
ORMISTON OLD COUNTY: East Lothian NAME ON MAP: Ormiston DATE: 1293 EARLIEST RECORD: Ormystone DATE: c.1160 MEANING: "Orm's tun `settlement, village'". OLD NORSE Ormr was adopted and used by the Anglo‑Saxons.
OXNAM OLD COUNTY: Roxburgh NAME ON MAP: Oxeham DATE: 1177 EARLIEST RECORD: Oxanaham DATE: c.1150 MEANING: OLD ENGLISH oxna `oxen' hamm `meadow, water meadow'.
OYNE OLD COUNTY: Aberdeen NAME ON MAP: Ovyn DATE: a.1300 EARLIEST RECORD: Uuen DATE: a.1182 MEANING: possibly GOIDELIC uaine `green'.