마을 이름으로 보아서는 큰말이 먼저 생기고 동쪽 골짜기에 새로운 마을이 생기면서 새말의 한자식 표현인 신골을 사용했던 것 같다.
From the name of the village, as Keunmal first appeared and a new village was created in the eastern valley, it seems that the Chinese expression of the Saemal, Shingol, was used.