Port-Ny-Ding

Port-Ny-Ding is a small bay at grid reference 188708, about 1 km north-west of Bradda West on the Isle of Man. According to the map, it can probably be seen from Raad ny Foillan. The bay is in Rushen parish district and the closest village is Port Erin.

Toponymy

The origin of the name appears to be lost in obscurity.

According to A W Moore, the name comes from Port-ny-King.
However in volume six of Prof. George Broderick's Placenames of the Isle of Man he gives a possible meaning of the place name as "Harbour of the daughter of ?Ding", but says that the last element is obscure, unless it is a nickname.