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200 nombres con significado y origen verificados

ADERYN

F

Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

AERON (2)

M/F

Welsh form of AGRONA. In Welsh mythology Aeron was often portrayed as a masculine deity.

AERONWEN

F

Combination of AERON (1) and the suffix gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed".

AFANEN

F

Means "raspberry" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

AERON (1)

M/F

Either derived from Welsh aeron meaning "berry" or else from the name of a river in Wales.

AERONA

F

Variant of AERON (1).

AERONWY

F

Combination of AERON (1) and the suffix wy meaning "river".

AFON

M/F

Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.

ALED

M

From the name of a Welsh river, of uncertain meaning.

ALIS

F

Welsh form of ALICE.

ALUN

M

Welsh form of ALAN. This name appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth.

ALWYN

M

From the name of the River Alwen in Wales.

ANDRAS

M

Welsh variant of ANDREAS.

ANDREAS

M

Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW. It is also the form used in modern Greek, German and Welsh.

ANGHARAD

F

Means "more love" in Welsh. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, Angharad Golden-hand is the lover ...

ANEIRIN

M

Welsh name, originally spelled Neirin, which possibly means "noble". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh poet.

ANEURIN

M

Form of ANEIRIN.

ANWEN

F

Means "very beautiful" in Welsh.

ARANRHOD

F

Variant of ARIANRHOD.

ARIANRHOD

F

Possibly means "silver wheel" or "round wheel" in Welsh. In Welsh myth Arianrhod was the mother of the brothers Dylan an...

ARWEL

M

Old Welsh name of unknown meaning.

ARWYN

M

From the Welsh intensifying prefix ar- and gwyn meaning "white, fair".

ARAWN

M

Meaning unknown. This was the name of the god of the underworld, called Annwfn, in Welsh mythology.

ARTHUR

M

The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man"...

AWSTIN

M

Welsh form of AUSTIN.

BEDIVERE

M

From the Welsh name Bedwyr, which is of unknown meaning. In Arthurian legends Bedivere was one of the original companion...

BERWYN

M

Means "white head" from the Welsh elements barr "head" and wyn "white".

BEDWYR

M

Welsh form of BEDIVERE.

BELI

M

Probably a Welsh derivative of BELENUS. Beli Mawr was a Welsh ancestor deity who established several royal lines in Wale...

BETHAN

F

Welsh diminutive of ELIZABETH.

BETRYS

F

Welsh form of BEATRICE.

BEVAN

M

From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Evan meaning "son of EVAN".

BLODEUWEDD

F

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

F

Means "white flowers" from Welsh blodau "flowers" combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed".

BRIALLEN

F

Derived from Welsh briallu meaning "primrose". This is a modern Welsh name.

BLEDDYN

M

From Welsh blaidd "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix.

BLODEUYN

F

Means "flower" in Welsh.

BRÂN

M

Variant of BRAN (2).

BRAN (2)

M

Means "raven" in Welsh. In Welsh legend Bran the Blessed (called also Bendigeid Vran) was the son of the god Llyr. Later...

BRANWEN

F

Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white, blessed". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tale...

BRIN

M

Variant of BRYN.

BRONWYN

F

Variant of BRONWEN.

BRYNMOR

M

From a Welsh place name meaning "great hill".

BRON

F

Short form of BRONWEN.

BRONWEN

F

Derived from the Welsh elements bron "breast" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

BRYN

M/F

Means "hill, mound" in Welsh. It is now used as a feminine name as well.

CADFAEL

M

Means "battle prince" from Welsh cad "battle" and mael "prince".

CADI

F

Short form of CATRIN.

CADOC

M

Derived from Welsh cad "battle". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who was martyred by the Saxons.

CADWALADER

M

Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader". This was the name of a Welsh saint of the 7th...

CAERWYN

M

Derived from the Welsh elements caer "fortress" and gwyn "white, fair".

CAI (2)

M

Welsh form of KAY (2).

CARADOG

M

Welsh form of CARATACOS. This is the name of several figures in Welsh history and legend, including a 6th-century king o...

CADELL

M

From Welsh cad "battle" and a diminutive suffix.

CADFAN

M

Means "battle peak" from Welsh cad "battle" and ban "peak". Saint Cadfan, from Brittany, was a 6th-century missionary to...

CADOGAN

M

Anglicized form of CADWGAN.

CADWGAN

M

Means "glory in battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwogawn "glory, honour". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales fr...

CARADOC

M

Variant of CARADOG.

CARWYN

M

Means "blessed love" from Welsh caru "love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

CARYS

F

Derived from Welsh caru meaning "love". This is a relatively modern Welsh name, in common use only since the middle of t...

CEFIN

M

Welsh form of KEVIN.

CEINWEN

F

Derived from the Welsh elements cain "lovely" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

CELYN

M

Means "holly" in Welsh.

CERI (2)

F

Short form of CERIDWEN.

CERRIDWEN

F

Variant of CERIDWEN.

CERYS

F

Variant of CARYS.

CARON

M/F

Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".

CATRIN

F

Welsh form of KATHERINE, as well as a German short form of KATHARINA.

CERI (1)

M

Possibly derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".

CERIDWEN

F

Possibly from Welsh cyrrid "bent" or cerdd "poetry" combined with ven "woman" or gwen "white, fair, blessed". According ...

CERRIDWYN

F

Variant of CERIDWEN.

CLEDWYN

M

Derived from the Welsh element caled "rough" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

COLWYN

M

From the name of a river in northern Wales.

CRYSTIN

F

Welsh form of CHRISTINE.

CULHWCH

M

Means "hiding place of the pig" in Welsh. In Welsh legend he was the lover of Olwen the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden...

CYSTENNIN

M

Welsh form of CONSTANTINE.

DAI

M

Derived from the old Celtic word dei meaning "to shine". This name is also used as a Welsh diminutive of DAVID.

DAFYDD

M

Welsh form of DAVID. This name was borne by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a 13th-century Welsh ruler, and Dafydd ap Gwilym, a 14th...

DEINIOL

M

Welsh form of DANIEL.

DELYTH

F

From an elaboration of the Welsh element del "pretty".

DERYN

F

Possibly from Welsh aderyn meaning "bird".

DEWEY

M

Welsh form of DAVID.

DILWYN

M

Means "genuine and white" from the Welsh element dilys "genuine" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

DELWYN

M

Means "pretty and white" from the Welsh element del "pretty" combined with gwyn "fair, white, blessed".

DEWI (1)

M

From Dewydd, an old Welsh form of DAVID. Saint Dewi, the patron saint of Wales, was a 6th-century Welsh bishop.

DEWYDD

M

Old Welsh form of DAVID.

DILWEN

F

Feminine form of DILWYN.

DILYS

F

Means "genuine" in Welsh.

DYLAN

M

From the Welsh elements dy meaning "great" and llanw meaning "tide, flow". In Welsh mythology Dylan was a god or hero as...

DRYSTAN

M

Welsh form of TRISTAN.

DYLIS

F

Variant of DILYS.

EIGYR

F

Welsh form of IGRAINE.

EILWEN

F

Perhaps means "white brow" from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

EINION

M

Probably from the Latin name Ennianus, a derivative of Ennius (see ENNIO). It is also a modern Welsh word meaning "anvil...

EIRA (1)

F

Means "snow" in Welsh.

EIRWEN

F

Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed".

ELEN

F

Welsh form of HELEN. This was the name of a 4th-century Welsh saint. It also appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of ...

EFA

F

Welsh form of EVA.

EIFION

M

Meaning unknown. This was an old Welsh name that was revived in the 19th century.

EILUNED

F

Variant of ELUNED.

EIRIAN

M/F

Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh.

EIRLYS

F

Means "snowdrop" in Welsh.

ELAIN

F

Means "fawn" in Welsh.

ELUNED

F

Derived from Welsh eilun "image, idol". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint.

ELERI

F

Meaning unknown. In Welsh legend she was the daughter of the chieftain Brychan.

ELIN

F

Scandinavian and Welsh form of HELEN.

ELLIS (2)

M

Anglicized form of ELISEDD.

EMLYN

M

Probably from the name of an ancient region in Wales, its name meaning "around the valley". It has also been suggested t...

EMRYS

M

Welsh form of AMBROSE. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against th...

EMYR

M

Means "king" in Welsh.

ENFYS

M/F

Means "rainbow" in Welsh.

ENID

F

Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life". She is the wife of Geraint in Welsh legend and Arthurian romance.

EURIG

M

Derived from Welsh aur "gold".

EURWEN

F

Derived from Welsh aur "gold" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

ERCWLFF

M

Welsh form of HERCULES.

ESYLLT

F

Welsh form of ISOLDE.

EVAN

M

Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN.

FFION

F

Means "foxglove" in Welsh.

FFRAID

F

Welsh form of BRIDGET.

FFLUR

F

Welsh form of FLORA.

FFRANSIS

M

Welsh form of FRANCIS.

FOLANT

M

Welsh form of VALENTINE (1).

GAENOR

F

Welsh variant of GAYNOR.

GARETH

M

Meaning unknown. It first appears in this form in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Mort...

GAWAIN

M

Meaning uncertain, from the Latin form Walganus used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth. This was the n...

GERAINT

M

Meaning unknown, possibly a Welsh form of GERONTIUS. This was the name of a figure various Welsh legends. He was also in...

GERALLT

M

Welsh form of GERALD.

GETHIN

M

Means "dark-skinned, swarthy" in Welsh.

GLADYS

F

From the old Welsh name Gwladus, possibly derived from gwlad "country". It has historically been used as a Welsh form of...

GLENDA

F

A name created in the 20th century from the Welsh elements glân "pure, clean" and da "good".

GLENICE

F

Variant of GLENYS.

GLENYS

F

Elaboration of the Welsh word glân meaning "pure, clean, holy". This name was created in the late 19th century.

GLYN

M

Means "valley" in Welsh.

GLYNIS

F

Either a variant of GLENYS or an elaboration of the Welsh word glyn meaning "valley".

GORONWY

M

Meaning unknown. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, he was the lover of Blodeuwedd. He attempted ...

GRIFFITH

M

Anglicized form of GRUFFUDD.

GRIGOR

M

Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Armenian form of GREGORY. This is the name of the patron saint of Armenia (known as Sai...

GRONW

M

Variant of GORONWY.

GRUFFUD

M

Variant of GRUFFUDD.

GRUFFYDD

M

Variant of GRUFFUDD.

GRWN

M

Means "ridge" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.

GLAW

M/F

Means "rain" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

GLENDOWER

M

Anglicized form of GLYNDWR.

GLENNIS

F

Variant of GLENYS.

GLYNDWR

M

From a Welsh surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley water". This name is often given in ...

GLYNN

M

Variant of GLYN.

GOVANNON

M

Welsh cognate of GOIBNIU.

GRUFFUDD

M

Welsh name, the second element deriving from Welsh udd "lord, prince" but the first element being of uncertain meaning (...

GWALLTER

M

Welsh form of WALTER.

GWAWR

F

Means "dawn" in Welsh.

GWENDA

F

Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and da "good". This name was created in the 20th century.

GWENDOLINE

F

Variant of GWENDOLEN.

GWENETH

F

Variant of GWYNETH.

GWENFREWI

F

Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and frewi "reconciliation, peace". This was the name of a 7t...

GWENITH

F

Variant of GWYNETH, perhaps influenced by the Welsh word gwenith meaning "wheat".

GWENYTH

F

Variant of GWYNETH.

GWILLYM

M

Welsh form of WILLIAM.

GWLADUS

F

Original Welsh form of GLADYS.

GWYN

M

Means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh.

GWYNEIRA

F

Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn "white, fair, blessed" combined with eira "snow".

GWYNFOR

M

Derived from the Welsh element gwyn "white, fair, blessed" combined with mawr "great, large".

GWYTHYR

M

Welsh form of VICTOR.

GUTO

M

Diminutive of GRUFFUDD.

GWALCHMEI

M

Derived from Welsh gwalch "hawk", possibly combined with mei "May (the month)". This is the name of a character in Welsh...

GWEN

F

From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It can also be a short form of GWENDOLEN, GWE...

GWENDOLEN

F

Means "white ring", derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and dolen "ring". This was the name of a...

GWENDOLYN

F

Variant of GWENDOLEN.

GWENHWYFAR

F

Welsh form of GUINEVERE.

GWENLLIAN

F

Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and llian "flaxen". This name was popular among medieval Wel...

GWENNETH

F

Variant of GWYNETH.

GWIL

M

Welsh short form of GWILYM.

GWILIM

M

Welsh form of WILLIAM.

GWILYM

M

Welsh form of WILLIAM.

GWLADYS

F

Variant of GLADYS.

GWYDION

M

Means "born of trees" in Welsh. In the Mabinogion, Gwydion was the nephew of Math, and like him a powerful magician. He ...

GWYNEDD

M/F

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

F

Possibly a variant of GWYNEDD or a form of Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It has been common in Wales since ...

GWYNN

M

Variant of GWYN.

HAF

F

Means "summer" in Welsh.

HARRI

M

Finnish and Welsh form of HARRY.

HEDDWYN

M

Derived from the Welsh elements hedd "peace" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".

HEFIN

M

Means "summer" in Welsh.

HEILYN

M

Means "winebearer" in Welsh.

HELEDD

F

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a semi-legendary 7th-century Welsh princess.

HAUL

M

Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

HEFINA

F

Feminine form of HEFIN.

HEULWEN

F

Means "sunshine" in Welsh.

HOPCYN

M

Welsh form of HOPKIN.

HOWELL

M

Anglicized form of HYWEL.

HUW

M

Welsh form of HUGH.

HYLEDD

F

Variant of HELEDD.

HYWEL

M

Means "eminent" in Welsh. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Wales.

IAGO

M

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

M

Diminutive of IFAN.

IFAN

M

Welsh form of JOHN.

ILLTYD

M

Means "multitude of land" from Welsh il "multitude" and tud "land, people". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh sai...

IDRIS (2)

M

Means "ardent lord" from Welsh udd "lord, prince" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive".

IDWAL

M

Means "lord of the wall", derived from Welsh udd "lord, prince" combined with gwal "wall, rampart".

IEFAN

M

Welsh form of JOHN.

IESTYN

M

Welsh form of JUSTIN.

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