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Welsh Mythology Names

These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Wales.
There are 57 names matching your criteria.

AERON (2)   f & m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of AGRONA... [more]
ANGHARAD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "more love" in Welsh... [more]
ARAWN   m   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
ARIANRHOD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Possibly means "silver wheel" or "round wheel" in Welsh... [more]
ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]
BEDIVERE   m   Welsh Mythology (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of the Welsh name Bedwyr, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
BEDWYR   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of BEDIVERE
BELI   m   Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh derivative of BELENUS... [more]
BLODEUWEDD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "face of flowers" in Welsh... [more]
BRÂN   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of BRAN (2)
BRAN (2)   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "raven" in Welsh... [more]
BRANWEN   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white, blessed"... [more]
CAI (2)   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of KAY (2)
CERIDWEN   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "blessed poetry" from Welsh cerdd "poetry" and gwen "white, fair, blessed"... [more]
CULHWCH   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "hiding place of the pig" in Welsh... [more]
DYLAN   m   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]
ELAINE   f   English, Welsh Mythology
From an Old French variant of HELEN... [more]
ENID   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life"... [more]
GAHARIET   m   Welsh Mythology
Medieval French form of GARETH
GALAHAD   m   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
GAWAIN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Meaning uncertain, from the name of a nephew of King Arthur and one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend... [more]
GERAINT   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly a Welsh form of GERONTIUS... [more]
GORONWY   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
GOVANNON   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of GOIBNIU
GUINEVERE   f   Welsh Mythology
From the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth"... [more]
GWENHWYFAR   f   Welsh Mythology
Original Welsh form of GUINEVERE
IGRAINE   f   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, from the Welsh Eigyr... [more]
KAY (2)   m   Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh name Cai or Cei, possibly a form of the Roman name GAIUS... [more]
LANCELOT   m   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see LANCE)... [more]
LLEU   m   Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh form of LUGUS... [more]
LLEW   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Variant of LLEU... [more]
LLYR   m   Welsh Mythology
Means "the sea" in Welsh... [more]
LUNED   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Variant of ELUNED... [more]
LUNETE   f   Welsh Mythology
Variant of LUNED
MABON   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh mab meaning "son"... [more]
MEDRAUT   m   Welsh Mythology
Older Welsh form of MORDRED
MERLIN   m   Welsh Mythology, English
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales... [more]
MODRED   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of MORDRED
MORDRED   m   Welsh Mythology
From Welsh Medraut, meaning uncertain... [more]
MORGAINE   f   Welsh Mythology
Variant of MORGAN (2), from a French form.
MORGAN (2)   f   Welsh Mythology
Modern form of Morgen, which was used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century for the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay, who was unnamed in earlier stories... [more]
MORGEN   f   Welsh Mythology
Earlier form of MORGAN (2)
MYRDDIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Original Welsh form of MERLIN
NIMUE   f   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
NUDD   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of NUADA
OWAIN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh form of EUGENE, though it might be derived from Welsh eoghunn meaning "youth"... [more]
PERCIVAL   m   Welsh Mythology, English
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail'... [more]
PEREDUR   m   Welsh Mythology
Possibly means "hard spears" in Welsh... [more]
PRYDERI   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "care" in Welsh... [more]
RHIANNON   f   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen"... [more]
URIEN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "privileged birth" from Celtic orbo "privileged" and gen "birth"... [more]
YVAIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Form of OWAIN used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his Arthurian tales.
YWAIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of YVAIN
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