The story
- Middle Scots · borrowed fromRothersay
- English todayRothesay
From Middle Scots Rothersay, apparently from an Old Norse term ending in ey (“island”), like other place names ending in -ay. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after then–Prince of Wales Edward VII (1841–1910), who visited the area in 1860. The civil parish is named after the town.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.