 The village name was recorded as Lamanbride in 1215; Lambride at the end of the 14th century; Lambry in 1600; and Longbride in 1750.One possibility might have been with the arrival of a post office in the village in 1839, a process that elsewhere fixed names in place — and sometimes changed them.Another might have been the arrival in 1858 of the railway from Elgin to Keith, on which Lhanbryde had a station.