Barangay Cansalonoy before was named Barangay Putian because of abundant white trees that grew in its hills. The natives were ignorant and superstitious and very inquisitive to stargers. On meeting a stranger, the natives would almost invariably ask, "Who are your parents? (kinsa kang anak?), or when they saw you with fruits, like bananas or lanzlones, they would always comment on their ripeness (lonoy in dialect). The natives so used the two words "Cansa (for kinsa?)" and "lonoy" in most of their conversations that the name eventually stuck as Cansalonoy.