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
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, German, 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]

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]

GARETH   m   Welsh, English (British), Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

GAWAIN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
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   Welsh Mythology
Variant of GUINEVERE

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]

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]

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]

PERCEVAL   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of PERCIVAL

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