 The meaning of the mountain’s name is obscure.Sgùrr Fhuaran may mean "Peak of wells or springs" and many streams issue from the mountains slopes.Other possible meanings proposed are that the proper name is Sgùrr Urain, the Peak of Odhran, named after a disciple of Columba, or that the second part of the name derives from "odhran-choin", here meaning "wolf".