Ptarmigan
TAR-mih-gan
Scots Gaelic
"name of a bird species"Share
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Ptarmigan Origin and Meaning
The name Ptarmigan is a girl's name meaning "name of a bird species".
Ptarmigan is the common English name for the genus Lagopus, in the grouse family of birds. The name is derived from the Scottish word for the bird, tàrmachan (meaning unknown), with the initial P- added by erroneous association with the Greek pteron ("wing").
Ptarmigan has been spotted on a baby girl in the Telegraph Birth Announcements.
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