Welsh names
46 names from the Welsh naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AneirinBoyPossibly linked to the Latin name Honorius, "honourable", though the connection is not settled.
- AngharadGirlFrom Old Welsh an- (intensifying) and a softened form of caru, "love": roughly "much loved".
- ArthmailBoyFrom Welsh arth, "bear", and mael, "prince, lord": together, "bear prince".
- ArthurBoyOf disputed origin: perhaps Brittonic for "bear" joined to a word for "man" or "king", or perhaps from the obscure…
- BoudiccaGirlFrom the Brythonic word boud, meaning "victory".
- BrochmailBoyFrom Welsh broch, "badger", and mael, "prince, lord": together, "badger prince".
- BrychanBoyFrom Welsh brych, "speckled, freckled", with a diminutive ending: roughly "the speckled one".
- CadfanBoyFrom Old Welsh cat, 'battle', and ban, 'peak' or 'horn', so roughly 'battle-peak'.
- CadocBoyFrom Old Welsh cat, 'battle', with an affectionate ending, giving something close to 'little battler'.
- CambriaGirlThe Latinised form of Cymru, the Welsh word for Wales, ultimately from cymry meaning "the people".
- CaratacusBoyBehind the Latin spelling is a Brythonic word built on an old Celtic root meaning 'to love', karu.
- CarataucBoyAn Old Welsh spelling of the name behind Caratacus, from a Celtic root meaning 'to love'.
- CatellBoyOld Welsh cat, 'battle', with a diminutive ending, so something like 'little battler'.
- CatguocaunBoyFrom Old Welsh cat, 'battle', with a second element whose exact sense is less certain, perhaps 'eminence' or 'glory'.
- CunobelinusBoyA Latinised royal name combining a Brittonic word for hound with a second element read either as the god Belenus's name…
- CynwrigBoyBuilt from Old Welsh words for "foremost, chief" and "man", roughly "a leading man".
- DewyddBoyA proposed Old Welsh stage between the Biblical David and the later Welsh forms Dafydd and Dewi, ultimately from Hebrew…
- EliseddBoyFrom an Old Welsh word for "kind" or "generous".
- EnniaunBoyThe Old Welsh spelling of Einion, a name usually connected to the Welsh word for "anvil".
- GrifudBoyThe Old Welsh spelling of Gruffudd, generally explained as a compound meaning roughly "strong lord".
- GwladusGirlProbably from Welsh gwlad, "country, land"; later sometimes linked, probably wrongly, to the Latin name Claudia.
- GwrtheyrnBoy"Supreme king", from Old Welsh guor, "over", and tigirn, "king, monarch".
- HiguelBoyProbably "eminent", from Old Welsh hy, "thorough, excellent", and gwel, "sight".
- IorwerthBoyCombines the Old Welsh words ior, "lord", and gwerth, "worth, value" - roughly "a lord of worth".
- IudgualBoyProbably "lord of the rampart", from Old Welsh iudd, "lord", and gwal, "wall, rampart".
- IudhailBoyFrom Old Welsh iudd, "lord", and hael, "generous": a generous lord.
- IudrisBoyPossibly from Old Welsh udd, "lord", and rys, "ardour": an impassioned or fiery lord.
- LaloecenBoyThe meaning is uncertain; possibly related to Old Welsh elements, but the etymology is not securely established.
- MailcunBoyFrom Brittonic elements meaning "prince" and "hound": roughly a princely hound, praising a warrior's ferocity.
- MargetudBoyThe Old Welsh original of Meredith, usually explained as a compound of iudd, "lord", with either march, "horse", or…
- MataucBoyFrom Old Welsh mad, "good, fortunate", with a diminutive ending: the fortunate one.
- MerminBoyThe meaning is uncertain: no root has been securely identified for this Old Welsh name.
- MorcantBoyProbably "sea circle", from Brittonic elements meaning "sea" and "circle" or "complete".
- MouricBoyFrom the Latin name Mauricius, "Moor", originally meaning a man from Mauretania in North Africa.
- NynniawBoyThe meaning is uncertain; the name is tied to the later name Ninian, whose own root scholars still argue over.
- OugeinBoyProbably from the Latin name Eugenius, "well-born", though a native Brittonic root has also been suggested.
- ParryBoyFrom a Welsh surname derived from ap Harry, literally meaning son of Harry.
- RhiannonGirlProbably means "great queen," built from an old Celtic word for queen.
- RiderchBoyUsually explained as "very kingly", built on the Welsh word for "king"; the Old Welsh spelling that later became…
- RisBoyFrom Welsh rhys, "ardour, enthusiasm"; the Old Welsh spelling of the name now written Rhys.
- RotriBoyFrom Welsh rhod, "wheel", and rhi, "ruler", usually read together as "ruler of the wheel"; the Old Welsh spelling of…
- SawylBoyThe Welsh Bible's form of the Hebrew name Samuel, generally explained as "name of God" or, on another reading, "God has…
- SeisyllBoyFrom the Latin family name Sextilius, built on sextus, "sixth".
- ToutorīxsBoyReconstructed as "ruler of the people", from Celtic elements behind Welsh tud, "country", and rhi, "ruler".
- TutgualBoyFrom Brittonic roots meaning "people" and "ruler": together, "ruler of the people", the same elements as Old Irish…
- UrbgenBoyFrom Brittonic elements usually read as "inheritance" and "-born": broadly, "born to privilege" or "well-born".