Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ADERYN
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
AERON (2)
Welsh form of AGRONA. In Welsh mythology Aeron was often portrayed as a masculine deity.
AERONWEN
Combination of AERON (1) and the suffix gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed".
AFANEN
Means "raspberry" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
AERON (1)
Either derived from Welsh aeron meaning "berry" or else from the name of a river in Wales.
AERONA
Variant of AERON (1).
AERONWY
Combination of AERON (1) and the suffix wy meaning "river".
AFON
Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
ALED
From the name of a Welsh river, of uncertain meaning.
ALIS
Welsh form of ALICE.
ALUN
Welsh form of ALAN. This name appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth.
ALWYN
From the name of the River Alwen in Wales.
ANDRAS
Welsh variant of ANDREAS.
ANDREAS
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW. It is also the form used in modern Greek, German and Welsh.
ANGHARAD
Means "more love" in Welsh. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, Angharad Golden-hand is the lover ...
ANEIRIN
Welsh name, originally spelled Neirin, which possibly means "noble". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh poet.
ANEURIN
Form of ANEIRIN.
ANWEN
Means "very beautiful" in Welsh.
ARANRHOD
Variant of ARIANRHOD.
ARIANRHOD
Possibly means "silver wheel" or "round wheel" in Welsh. In Welsh myth Arianrhod was the mother of the brothers Dylan an...
ARWEL
Old Welsh name of unknown meaning.
ARWYN
From the Welsh intensifying prefix ar- and gwyn meaning "white, fair".
ARAWN
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the god of the underworld, called Annwfn, in Welsh mythology.
ARTHUR
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man"...
AWSTIN
Welsh form of AUSTIN.
BEDIVERE
From the Welsh name Bedwyr, which is of unknown meaning. In Arthurian legends Bedivere was one of the original companion...
BERWYN
Means "white head" from the Welsh elements barr "head" and wyn "white".
BEDWYR
Welsh form of BEDIVERE.
BELI
Probably a Welsh derivative of BELENUS. Beli Mawr was a Welsh ancestor deity who established several royal lines in Wale...
BETHAN
Welsh diminutive of ELIZABETH.
BETRYS
Welsh form of BEATRICE.
BEVAN
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Evan meaning "son of EVAN".
BLODEUWEDD
Means "face of flowers" in Welsh. In a story in the Mabinogion, she is created out of flowers by Gwydion to be the wife ...
BLODWEN
Means "white flowers" from Welsh blodau "flowers" combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed".
BRIALLEN
Derived from Welsh briallu meaning "primrose". This is a modern Welsh name.
BLEDDYN
From Welsh blaidd "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix.
BLODEUYN
Means "flower" in Welsh.
BRÂN
Variant of BRAN (2).
BRAN (2)
Means "raven" in Welsh. In Welsh legend Bran the Blessed (called also Bendigeid Vran) was the son of the god Llyr. Later...
BRANWEN
Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white, blessed". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tale...
BRIN
Variant of BRYN.
BRONWYN
Variant of BRONWEN.
BRYNMOR
From a Welsh place name meaning "great hill".
BRON
Short form of BRONWEN.
BRONWEN
Derived from the Welsh elements bron "breast" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".
BRYN
Means "hill, mound" in Welsh. It is now used as a feminine name as well.
CADFAEL
Means "battle prince" from Welsh cad "battle" and mael "prince".
CADI
Short form of CATRIN.
CADOC
Derived from Welsh cad "battle". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who was martyred by the Saxons.
CADWALADER
Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader". This was the name of a Welsh saint of the 7th...
CAERWYN
Derived from the Welsh elements caer "fortress" and gwyn "white, fair".
CAI (2)
Welsh form of KAY (2).
CARADOG
Welsh form of CARATACOS. This is the name of several figures in Welsh history and legend, including a 6th-century king o...
CADELL
From Welsh cad "battle" and a diminutive suffix.
CADFAN
Means "battle peak" from Welsh cad "battle" and ban "peak". Saint Cadfan, from Brittany, was a 6th-century missionary to...
CADOGAN
Anglicized form of CADWGAN.
CADWGAN
Means "glory in battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwogawn "glory, honour". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales fr...
CARADOC
Variant of CARADOG.
CARWYN
Means "blessed love" from Welsh caru "love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
CARYS
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "love". This is a relatively modern Welsh name, in common use only since the middle of t...
CEFIN
Welsh form of KEVIN.
CEINWEN
Derived from the Welsh elements cain "lovely" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".
CELYN
Means "holly" in Welsh.
CERI (2)
Short form of CERIDWEN.
CERRIDWEN
Variant of CERIDWEN.
CERYS
Variant of CARYS.
CARON
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".
CATRIN
Welsh form of KATHERINE, as well as a German short form of KATHARINA.
CERI (1)
Possibly derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".
CERIDWEN
Possibly from Welsh cyrrid "bent" or cerdd "poetry" combined with ven "woman" or gwen "white, fair, blessed". According ...
CERRIDWYN
Variant of CERIDWEN.
CLEDWYN
Derived from the Welsh element caled "rough" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
COLWYN
From the name of a river in northern Wales.
CRYSTIN
Welsh form of CHRISTINE.
CULHWCH
Means "hiding place of the pig" in Welsh. In Welsh legend he was the lover of Olwen the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden...
CYSTENNIN
Welsh form of CONSTANTINE.
DAI
Derived from the old Celtic word dei meaning "to shine". This name is also used as a Welsh diminutive of DAVID.
DAFYDD
Welsh form of DAVID. This name was borne by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a 13th-century Welsh ruler, and Dafydd ap Gwilym, a 14th...
DEINIOL
Welsh form of DANIEL.
DELYTH
From an elaboration of the Welsh element del "pretty".
DERYN
Possibly from Welsh aderyn meaning "bird".
DEWEY
Welsh form of DAVID.
DILWYN
Means "genuine and white" from the Welsh element dilys "genuine" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
DELWYN
Means "pretty and white" from the Welsh element del "pretty" combined with gwyn "fair, white, blessed".
DEWI (1)
From Dewydd, an old Welsh form of DAVID. Saint Dewi, the patron saint of Wales, was a 6th-century Welsh bishop.
DEWYDD
Old Welsh form of DAVID.
DILWEN
Feminine form of DILWYN.
DILYS
Means "genuine" in Welsh.
DYLAN
From the Welsh elements dy meaning "great" and llanw meaning "tide, flow". In Welsh mythology Dylan was a god or hero as...
DRYSTAN
Welsh form of TRISTAN.
DYLIS
Variant of DILYS.
EIGYR
Welsh form of IGRAINE.
EILWEN
Perhaps means "white brow" from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".
EINION
Probably from the Latin name Ennianus, a derivative of Ennius (see ENNIO). It is also a modern Welsh word meaning "anvil...
EIRA (1)
Means "snow" in Welsh.
EIRWEN
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed".
ELEN
Welsh form of HELEN. This was the name of a 4th-century Welsh saint. It also appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of ...
EFA
Welsh form of EVA.
EIFION
Meaning unknown. This was an old Welsh name that was revived in the 19th century.
EILUNED
Variant of ELUNED.
EIRIAN
Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh.
EIRLYS
Means "snowdrop" in Welsh.
ELAIN
Means "fawn" in Welsh.
ELUNED
Derived from Welsh eilun "image, idol". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint.
ELERI
Meaning unknown. In Welsh legend she was the daughter of the chieftain Brychan.
ELIN
Scandinavian and Welsh form of HELEN.
ELLIS (2)
Anglicized form of ELISEDD.
EMLYN
Probably from the name of an ancient region in Wales, its name meaning "around the valley". It has also been suggested t...
EMRYS
Welsh form of AMBROSE. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against th...
EMYR
Means "king" in Welsh.
ENFYS
Means "rainbow" in Welsh.
ENID
Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life". She is the wife of Geraint in Welsh legend and Arthurian romance.
EURIG
Derived from Welsh aur "gold".
EURWEN
Derived from Welsh aur "gold" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".
ERCWLFF
Welsh form of HERCULES.
ESYLLT
Welsh form of ISOLDE.
EVAN
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN.
FFION
Means "foxglove" in Welsh.
FFRAID
Welsh form of BRIDGET.
FFLUR
Welsh form of FLORA.
FFRANSIS
Welsh form of FRANCIS.
FOLANT
Welsh form of VALENTINE (1).
GAENOR
Welsh variant of GAYNOR.
GARETH
Meaning unknown. It first appears in this form in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Mort...
GAWAIN
Meaning uncertain, from the Latin form Walganus used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth. This was the n...
GERAINT
Meaning unknown, possibly a Welsh form of GERONTIUS. This was the name of a figure various Welsh legends. He was also in...
GERALLT
Welsh form of GERALD.
GETHIN
Means "dark-skinned, swarthy" in Welsh.
GLADYS
From the old Welsh name Gwladus, possibly derived from gwlad "country". It has historically been used as a Welsh form of...
GLENDA
A name created in the 20th century from the Welsh elements glân "pure, clean" and da "good".
GLENICE
Variant of GLENYS.
GLENYS
Elaboration of the Welsh word glân meaning "pure, clean, holy". This name was created in the late 19th century.
GLYN
Means "valley" in Welsh.
GLYNIS
Either a variant of GLENYS or an elaboration of the Welsh word glyn meaning "valley".
GORONWY
Meaning unknown. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, he was the lover of Blodeuwedd. He attempted ...
GRIFFITH
Anglicized form of GRUFFUDD.
GRIGOR
Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Armenian form of GREGORY. This is the name of the patron saint of Armenia (known as Sai...
GRONW
Variant of GORONWY.
GRUFFUD
Variant of GRUFFUDD.
GRUFFYDD
Variant of GRUFFUDD.
GRWN
Means "ridge" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
GLAW
Means "rain" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
GLENDOWER
Anglicized form of GLYNDWR.
GLENNIS
Variant of GLENYS.
GLYNDWR
From a Welsh surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley water". This name is often given in ...
GLYNN
Variant of GLYN.
GOVANNON
Welsh cognate of GOIBNIU.
GRUFFUDD
Welsh name, the second element deriving from Welsh udd "lord, prince" but the first element being of uncertain meaning (...
GWALLTER
Welsh form of WALTER.
GWAWR
Means "dawn" in Welsh.
GWENDA
Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and da "good". This name was created in the 20th century.
GWENDOLINE
Variant of GWENDOLEN.
GWENETH
Variant of GWYNETH.
GWENFREWI
Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and frewi "reconciliation, peace". This was the name of a 7t...
GWENITH
Variant of GWYNETH, perhaps influenced by the Welsh word gwenith meaning "wheat".
GWENYTH
Variant of GWYNETH.
GWILLYM
Welsh form of WILLIAM.
GWLADUS
Original Welsh form of GLADYS.
GWYN
Means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh.
GWYNEIRA
Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn "white, fair, blessed" combined with eira "snow".
GWYNFOR
Derived from the Welsh element gwyn "white, fair, blessed" combined with mawr "great, large".
GWYTHYR
Welsh form of VICTOR.
GUTO
Diminutive of GRUFFUDD.
GWALCHMEI
Derived from Welsh gwalch "hawk", possibly combined with mei "May (the month)". This is the name of a character in Welsh...
GWEN
From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It can also be a short form of GWENDOLEN, GWE...
GWENDOLEN
Means "white ring", derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and dolen "ring". This was the name of a...
GWENDOLYN
Variant of GWENDOLEN.
GWENHWYFAR
Welsh form of GUINEVERE.
GWENLLIAN
Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and llian "flaxen". This name was popular among medieval Wel...
GWENNETH
Variant of GWYNETH.
GWIL
Welsh short form of GWILYM.
GWILIM
Welsh form of WILLIAM.
GWILYM
Welsh form of WILLIAM.
GWLADYS
Variant of GLADYS.
GWYDION
Means "born of trees" in Welsh. In the Mabinogion, Gwydion was the nephew of Math, and like him a powerful magician. He ...
GWYNEDD
From the name of a region in Wales, named after an ancient kingdom, which may be derived from the old Welsh given name C...
GWYNETH
Possibly a variant of GWYNEDD or a form of Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It has been common in Wales since ...
GWYNN
Variant of GWYN.
HAF
Means "summer" in Welsh.
HARRI
Finnish and Welsh form of HARRY.
HEDDWYN
Derived from the Welsh elements hedd "peace" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
HEFIN
Means "summer" in Welsh.
HEILYN
Means "winebearer" in Welsh.
HELEDD
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a semi-legendary 7th-century Welsh princess.
HAUL
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
HEFINA
Feminine form of HEFIN.
HEULWEN
Means "sunshine" in Welsh.
HOPCYN
Welsh form of HOPKIN.
HOWELL
Anglicized form of HYWEL.
HUW
Welsh form of HUGH.
HYLEDD
Variant of HELEDD.
HYWEL
Means "eminent" in Welsh. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Wales.
IAGO
Welsh and Galician form of JACOB. This was the name of two early Welsh kings of Gwynedd. It is also the name of the vill...
IANTO
Diminutive of IFAN.
IFAN
Welsh form of JOHN.
ILLTYD
Means "multitude of land" from Welsh il "multitude" and tud "land, people". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh sai...
IDRIS (2)
Means "ardent lord" from Welsh udd "lord, prince" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive".
IDWAL
Means "lord of the wall", derived from Welsh udd "lord, prince" combined with gwal "wall, rampart".
IEFAN
Welsh form of JOHN.
IESTYN
Welsh form of JUSTIN.