English / Map Form: Hoy
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
Location: Orkney, Northern Isles
Post Town: STROMNESS
County: Orkney
Local Authority: Orkney Islands
English / Map Form: Hoy
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
Sources
This name is of Norse origin in an area where Gaelic was never spoken to the extent that Gaelic names were coined. There is also no evidence of a Gaelic form of the name from elsewhere. This name, therefore, has not been translated in line with our policy.