The names listed here occur in the mythologies and legends of Wales.

AERON (2)   f & m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of AGRONA... [more]

ANGHARAD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "more love" in Welsh... [more]

ARANRHOD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Older variant of ARIANRHOD

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, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

BEDIVERE   m   Welsh Mythology
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
Welsh cognate of Bel (see BELENUS).

BLODEUWEDD   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "face of flowers" in Welsh... [more]

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]

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 "sea"... [more]

ENID   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life"... [more]

GALAHAD   m   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

GAWAIN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology, English
Possibly from the Welsh name Gwalchgwyn which meant "white hawk"... [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

GUENEVERE   f   English, Welsh Mythology
Variant of GUINEVERE

GUINEVERE   f   English, Welsh Mythology
Old French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of the elements gwen meaning "fair, white" and hwyfar meaning "smooth"... [more]

IGRAINE   f   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, from the Welsh Eigyr... [more]

KAY (2)   m   Welsh Mythology
Possibly a Welsh form of GAIUS... [more]

LANCELOT   m   English, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly an Old French pet form of Lanzo (see LANCE)... [more]

LLEU   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of LUGH... [more]

LLYR   m   Welsh Mythology
Means "the sea" in Welsh... [more]

LUNED   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Variant of ELUNED... [more]

MABON   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh mab meaning "son"... [more]

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]

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
There are several theories on the origins of this name: it could be a Welsh form of EUGENE; it could be derived from either of the Welsh elements oen "lamb" or eoghunn "youth"; or it could be related to Esos, the name of a Celtic god... [more]

PERCIVAL   m   English, Welsh Mythology
Old French form of Peredur, a Welsh name of unknown meaning... [more]

PEREDUR   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of PERCIVAL

PRYDERI   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "care" in Welsh... [more]

RHIANNON   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Old Celtic 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
Old variant of OWAIN