Given name
Morven
“from the large mountain gap”
Morven draws together a Scottish landscape and a literary kingdom.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the large mountain gap.”
The story
Morven is Fingal’s kingdom in James Macpherson’s Ossianic poems. The name also connects with the real district of Morvern in Argyll, although more than one Gaelic interpretation has been proposed.
Morven’s family of names
Morven has a related form in Morfan. Morven has a related form in Morfen. Morven has a related form in Morfin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Morfanvariant
- Morfunvariant
- Morfynvariant
- Morfenvariant
- Morfinvariant
- Morvunvariant
- Morvanvariant
- Morvynvariant
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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