sentences:  The Gaelic name "Cumaradh" means "place of the Cymric people", referring to the Brittonic-speaking inhabitants of the Kingdom of Strathclyde.Alternatively, the name Cumbrae may derive from "Kil Maura" meaning "cell or church of a female saint".Little Cumbrae was recorded as Kumbrey circa 1300, Cumbraye circa 1330 and Litill Comeray in 1515 and was also formerly known as Little or Wee Cumray.