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

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

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

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, 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).

BRAN (2)   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "raven" in Welsh... [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]

GALAHAD   m   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

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

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

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

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

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]

PERCEVAL   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of PERCIVAL

PERCIVAL   m   Welsh Mythology, English
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chretien 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]

URIEN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "privileged birth" from Celtic orbo "privileged" and gen "birth"... [more]

YVAIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Old variant of OWAIN