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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
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