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Have you been looking at lists of bardic names (names of poets)?

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GIRLS
Ceinlys (kane-leess)
Gwenfyl (gwenvil)
Gwylan - seagull
Gwyneirys - white snow
Ellylw
Enfys - rainbow - is used
Esyllt

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Llawela
Lleucu
Mairwen
Myfanwy
Isolde - Izolda - is a germanic name.

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BOYS
Cymry - means the Welsh people. Never used as a baby name.
Cynyr
Eilir
Hywyn
Iau - younger (a nickname)
Ianto - yan-to - diminutive form of Ieuan (John)
Ioseff
Islwyn
Glwys
Llyfni
Myfyr (muveer)
Selyf - (sel-iv) - Solomon
Sial
Sieffre - Geoffrey - but noone would ever call their child this
Siencyn - John
Sion - John
Sionyn - john
Sior - George - but noone would ever call their child this
Rhun (hreen)
Wmffre - Humphrey - but noone would ever call their child this
Ynyr (ineer)
Ysfael (uss-vile)
Siarl - Charles - but noone would ever call their child this
Taredd (tar-eth)
Twm - Tom

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Sulwyn (seelwyn) - must be a boys name with this ending. (g)wyn is the masculine form, (g)wen the feminine. So female form would be SulWEN.

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If you really want to know about Welsh names, why don't you buy a Welsh name book?

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Lolfa will sell (online) 'Welsh names for children' by Heini Gruffudd. This would be a good place for you to start.

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