English / Map Form: Canisbay
Gaelic Form: Canaispidh
Location: Caithness, Highland
Post Town: WICK
County: Caithness
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Canisbay
Gaelic Form: Canaispidh
Genitive Form: Chanaispidh
Sources
N baer – farm, normally spelled bi or by in northern isles Waugh 1987, 101
Additional Information
Can possibly from Clann Chanann, gen. of Cano, probably a Pictish name.
