Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ka dib maqaalkii 1853 ee uu qoray Arthur Hussey, waxay noqotay caqiidada caadiga ah in magaca uu ka yimid marinka "Sharaxaadda Britain" (), oo ah been abuur taariikhi ah oo caan ah oo uu sameeyay Charles Bertram 1740s oo loo aqbalay inuu yahay mid dhab ah illaa 1840s. Sanadkii 2004, George Redmonds ayaa dib u qiimeeyay tan, isagoo ogaaday in qorayaal badan oo la ixtiraamo ay ka gudbeen asalka magaca buuraha iyagoo aamusnaan ku jira xitaa shaqooyinka loogu talagalay asalka topological ee Derbyshire iyo Lancashire. Waxa uu ogaaday in soo jeedinta Bertram ay ahayd mid si weyn loo rumeysan yahay loona arko mid aan habooneyn. Xaqiiqdii, Redmonds wuxuu helay isbarbardhigyo soo noqnoqday oo lala yeesho Apennines Talyaani ah oo dib ugu soo laabanaya ugu yaraan William Camden (1551 <unk> 1623), oo badan oo ka mid ah magacyada iyo fikradaha Bertram ay ku darsadeen shaqadiisa. Bertram wuxuu mas'uul ka ahaa (ugu badnaan) inuu caan ka dhigo magaca ka dhanka ah tartamayaasha kale sida Daniel Defoe "English Andes". Qaabkiisa gaarka ah ee magaca wuxuu ahaa "Pennine Alps" (""), oo maanta loo isticmaalo qaybta galbeed ee Alps-ka qaaradda. Buurahaas (aagga ku xeeran St. Bernard Pass) waxay magacooda ka soo qaateen Laatiin "Alpes Pœninæ" oo magaciisa si kala duwan looga soo qaatay
Carthaginians, ilaah maxali ah, iyo Celtic "peninus". St. Bernard Pass wuxuu ahaa marinka loo adeegsaday duulaankii Gallic Boii iyo Lingones ee Talyaaniga 390 BC. Etimolojiga Apennines laftiisa - oo magaciisu markii hore tixraacay cidhifkooda waqooyi ka dibna u fidiyay koonfurta - ayaa sidoo kale lagu muransan yahay laakiin waxaa badanaa loo qaataa inuu ka yimid nooc ka mid ah Celtic "pen" ama "ben" ("buurta, madaxa").