 The Scottish Gaelic name for the islet, , may derive from an Old Norse name that may contain the element , meaning "mountain".It has also been suggested that the name is from the Norse , meaning "foaming sea", and , meaning "bald head"—a word which appears in other placenames in Scandinavian-speaking areas.Another idea is that it derives from the Gaelic , meaning "skerry of roaring" or "sea rock of roaring" (although can also be translated as "tearing" or "ripping").