English / Map Form: Kilbride
Gaelic Form: Cille Bhrìghde
Location: Dunoon, Cowal
Post Town: DUNOON
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Kilbride
Gaelic Form: Cille Bhrìghde
Genitive Form: Chille Bhrìghde
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited gen. sg. of G Brìghde, fem. personal name = ‘Bride’s Church’Element Meaning
G cill ~ church + G Brìghde ~ personal name
Sources
This name has many parallels in Scotland where Cille Bhrìghde is the accepted form.
| Lilbride (Kilbride) RMS | 1472 ii no. 1059 |
| Kilbreid | 1519 ER app. no. xiv |
| terrarum de Kilbride | 1520 ER app. Xiv |
| Kilbridy | 1538-9 RMS iii no. 1882 |
| Kilbrydie | 1600 RMS vi no. 1065 |
| Kilbride | 1634 RMS ix no. 132 |
| Kilbryde | 1646 RMS ix no. 1722 |
| Kilbryde | 1664 RMS xi no. 613 |
| Kilbryde | 1666 RMS xi no. 972 |
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