Kingdom of Strathclyde
The Gaelic name "Cumaradh" means "place of the Cymric people", referring to the Brittonic-speaking inhabitants of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. The Cumbraes are referred to as the "Kumreyiar" in the Norse "Saga of Haakon Haakonarson". The island was previously known in English as Great or Greater Cumray.