English / Map Form: Carnoustie
Gaelic Form: Càrn Ùstaidh
Location: Angus
Post Town: CARNOUSTIE
County: Angus
Local Authority: Angus
English / Map Form: Carnoustie
Gaelic Form: Càrn Ùstaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G càrn ~ cairn
Sources
| Carnowis | 1510 RMS ii, no. 3489 |
| Carnussie | c. 1575 Balm. Lib |
| ?Karn…[wt]y | c.1591 Pont 26 |
| Carneustie / villa de Carnuysty | 1595 RMS vi, no. 321 |
| Carnushie | 1617 Balm. Lib |
| Carnowstie / Carnowsie | 1648 Retours (Forfar) no. 307 |
| Carnowsie | 1651×1660 Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, I, 22 |
| Carnouslie | 1672 RPS [1673/6/128] |
| Carnowstie | 1676 Retours (Forfar) no. 470 |
| Carnuste | 1678 Edward’s Shire of Angus (map) |
| Carnushie | 1686 RPS [1686/4/63] |
| Carnoustie | 1703 Adair |
| Cornisty | 1747-55 Roy’s military survey of Scotland |
| Carnousty | 1794 Ainslie/Angus |
Also there is a Carnousie in Turriff, perhaps containing the same elements:
| Caringusy | 1328 Ane Account of the Familie of Innes, 57 |
| duabus Carnousys | 1358 ER vol I 34 |
| terras de Carnovsijs | 1369 Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, I 518 |
| duas Carnulsy | 1369 Moray Reg. no. 244 |
| duabus Carnousiis | 1370 RMS no. 373 vol. i |
| Carnowses | c. 1380 RMS, i app 2, 1639 |
| Carnwsies | c. 1393 RMS, i app 2, 1713 |
| Donaldus Carnusy | 1493 Illustrations of … Aberdeen and Banff, p. 211 |
| duabus Carnowseis | 1504 RMS no. 2818 vol ii |
| Carnowseis | 1530 RMS iii, no. 948 |
| Carnowseis | 1531 RMS iii. no. 1013 |
| Carnowseis | 1531 RMS iii, no. 1014 |
| Carnowseis | 1538 RMS iii, no. 1871 |
| Cairnoussy | 1640 Gordon’s map of Aberdeen |
Additional Information
The form Càrn Fheusda was made up by Johnston.
The specific element may be Ùsaidh, an obscure Pictish element also appearing in Loch Ussie (Watson 1904, 105). Given the paucity of any Gaelic forms or any clear cognates, a form reflecting the modern pronunciation of the name may be the best approach.
Golf Street ~ Sràid a’ Ghoilf
