Sources

“crā-vār in Braemar; but crō-vār in Inverey. Braes of Cromar = Bruichen crā-vār (John Michie)” Diack MS2276

“Cromar itself is Crò-Mhàrr (cro-var) “sheep fold of Marr” the allusion being not to a supposed abundance of sheep but to the resemblance of the district, with its encircling hills, to a fold.” Diack Aberdeen Free Press 15.4.11

“The Howe of Cromar is one of the best-defined local regions on Deeside. The generally accepted derivation of the name is from Cro Mharr, ‘(cattle)fold of Mar’, from its bucht-like character when looked at from one of the surrounding heights.” Alexander 1952, 244