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The names listed here are used in Wales. See also about Welsh names.
AERON (1) m & f Welsh
Either derived from Welsh aeron meaning "berry" or else from the name of a river in Wales.
AFON f & m Welsh
Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
ALED m Welsh
Means "offspring" in Welsh.
ALUN m Welsh
Welsh form of ALAN... [more]
ALWYN m Welsh
From the name of the River Alwen in Wales.
ANDRAS m Welsh
Welsh variant of ANDREW
ANDREAS m German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]
ANEIRIN m Welsh
Welsh name, originally spelled Neirin, which possibly means "noble"... [more]
ANEURIN m Welsh
Form of ANEIRIN
ARWEL m Welsh
Old Welsh name of unknown meaning.
AWSTIN m Welsh
Welsh form of AUSTIN
BEDWYR m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of BEDIVERE
BERWYN m Welsh
Means "white head" from the Welsh elements barr "head" and wyn "white".
BEVAN m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Evan meaning "son of EVAN".
BLEDDYN m Welsh
From Welsh blaidd "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix.
BRAITH f & m Welsh
Means "speckled" in Welsh.
BRAN (2) m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "raven" in Welsh... [more]
BRYN m Welsh
Means "hill, mound" in Welsh.
BRYNMOR m Welsh
From a Welsh place name meaning "great hill".
CADELL m Welsh
From Welsh cad "battle" and a diminutive suffix.
CADFAEL m Welsh
Means "battle prince" from Welsh cad "battle" and mael "prince".
CADFAN m Welsh
Means "battle peak" from Welsh cad "battle" and ban "peak"... [more]
CADOC m Welsh
Derived from Welsh cad "battle"... [more]
CADOGAN m Welsh, Irish
Anglicized form of CADWGAN
CADWALADER m Welsh
Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader"... [more]
CADWGAN m Welsh
Means "glory in battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwogawn "glory, honour"... [more]
CAERWYN m Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements caer "fortress" and gwyn "white, fair".
CARADOC m Welsh
Variant of CARADOG
CARADOG m Welsh
Welsh form of CARATACOS... [more]
CARWYN m Welsh
Means "blessed love" from Welsh caru "love" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
CEFIN m Welsh
Welsh form of KEVIN
CELYN m Welsh
Means "holly" in Welsh.
CERI (1) m Welsh
Possibly derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".
CLEDWYN m Welsh
Derived from the Welsh element caled "rough" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
COLWYN m Welsh
From the name of a river in northern Wales.
CULHWCH m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "hiding place of the pig" in Welsh... [more]
CYSTENNIN m Welsh
Welsh form of CONSTANTINE
DAFYDD m Welsh
Welsh form of DAVID... [more]
DAI m Welsh
Derived from the old Celtic word dei meaning "to shine"... [more]
DEINIOL m Welsh
Welsh form of DANIEL
DELWYN m Welsh
Means "pretty and white" from the Welsh element del "pretty" combined with gwyn "fair, white, blessed".
DEWEY m Welsh
Welsh form of DAVID
DEWI m Welsh
From Dewydd, an old Welsh form of DAVID... [more]
DEWYDD m Welsh (Archaic)
Old Welsh form of DAVID
DILWYN m Welsh
Means "genuine and white" from the Welsh element dilys "genuine" combined with gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
DISGLEIRIO f & m Welsh
Means "shine, glitter" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
DRYSTAN m Welsh
Welsh form of TRISTAN
DYLAN m Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]
EIFION m Welsh
Meaning unknown... [more]
EINION m Welsh
Means "anvil" in Welsh.
ELLIS (2) m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ELISEDD
EMLYN m Welsh
Probably from the name of an ancient region in Wales, its name meaning "around the valley"... [more]
EMRYS m Welsh
Welsh form of AMBROSE... [more]
EMYR m Welsh
Means "king" in Welsh.
ENFYS m & f Welsh
Means "rainbow" in Welsh.
ERCWLFF m Welsh
Welsh form of HERCULES
EURIG m Welsh
Derived from Welsh aur "gold".
EVAN m Welsh, English
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN.
FFRANSIS m Welsh
Welsh form of FRANCIS
FOLANT m Welsh
Welsh form of VALENTINE (1)
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]
GERALLT m Welsh
Welsh form of GERALD
GETHIN m Welsh
Means "dark-skinned, swarthy" in Welsh.
GLAW m & f Welsh
Means "rain" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
GLENDOWER m Welsh
Anglicized form of GLYNDWR
GLYN m Welsh
Means "valley" in Welsh.
GLYNDWR m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley water"... [more]
GORONWY m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
GRIFFITH m Welsh
Anglicized form of GRUFFYDD
GRIGOR m Welsh, Bulgarian
Welsh and Bulgarian form of GREGORY
GRONW m Welsh
Variant of GORONWY
GRUFFUD m Welsh
Variant of GRUFFYDD
GRUFFUDD m Welsh
Variant of GRUFFYDD
GRUFFYDD m Welsh
From Old Welsh Grippiud... [more]
GRWN m Welsh
Means "ridge" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
GUTO m Welsh
Diminutive of GRUFFUDD
GWALLTER m Welsh
Welsh form of WALTER
GWIL m Welsh
Welsh short form of WILLIAM
GWILIM m Welsh
Welsh form of WILLIAM
GWILLYM m Welsh
Welsh form of WILLIAM
GWILYM m Welsh
Welsh form of WILLIAM
GWYN m Welsh
Means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh.
GWYNEDD f & m Welsh
From the name of a region in Wales, named after an ancient kingdom, which may be derived from the old Welsh personal name Cunedda.
GWYNFOR m Welsh
Derived from the Welsh element gwyn "white, fair, blessed" combined with mawr "great, large".
GWYTHYR m Welsh
Welsh form of VICTOR
HARRI m Finnish, Welsh
Finnish and Welsh form of HARRY
HAUL m Welsh
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
HEDDWYN m Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements hedd "peace" and gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
HEFIN m Welsh
Means "summer" in Welsh.
HEILYN m Welsh
Means "winebearer" in Welsh.
HEULOG f & m Welsh
Means "sunny" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
HOPCYN m Welsh
Welsh form of HOPKIN
HOWELL m Welsh
Anglicized form of HYWEL
HYWEL m Welsh
Means "eminent" in Welsh. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Wales.
IAGO m Welsh, Galician, Portuguese (Rare)
Welsh and Galician form of JACOB... [more]
IANTO m Welsh
Diminutive of IFAN
IDRIS m Welsh
Means "ardent lord" from Welsh iud "lord, prince" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive".
IDWAL m Welsh
Means "lord of the wall", derived from Welsh iud "lord, prince" combined with gwal "wall, rampart".
IEFAN m Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN
IESTYN m Welsh
Welsh form of JUSTIN
IEUAN m Welsh
Old Welsh form of JOHN
IFAN m Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN
ILAR m Welsh
Welsh form of HILARIUS
ILLTYD m Welsh
Means "multitude of land" from Welsh il "multitude" and tud "land, people"... [more]
IOAN m Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN... [more]
IOLO m Welsh
Diminutive of IORWERTH
IOLYN m Welsh
Diminutive of IORWERTH
IORWERTH m Welsh
Means "handsome lord" from Welsh ior "lord" and berth "handsome"... [more]
ISLWYN m Welsh
From the name of a mountain in Wales which means "below the grove" from Welsh is "below" and llwyn "grove".
ITHEL m Welsh
Means "generous lord" from the Welsh elements iud "lord, prince" and hael "generous".
IVOR m Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]
IWAN m Welsh, Polish
Welsh form of JOHN and a Polish form of IVAN
KENDAL m & f English (Modern), Welsh
From a surname which was a variant of KENDALL.
KENDALL m & f English, Welsh
From a surname which comes from the name of a city in northwest England meaning "valley of the River Kent".
LLEW m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Variant of LLEU... [more]
LLEWELLYN m Welsh
Variant of LLEWELYN
LLEWELYN m Welsh
Variant of LLYWELYN influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".
LLYWELLYN m Welsh
Variant of LLYWELYN
LLYWELYN m Welsh
Possibly a Welsh form of the old Celtic name Lugubelenus, a combination of the names of the gods LUGUS and BELENUS... [more]
MABON m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh mab meaning "son"... [more]
MACSEN m Welsh
Welsh form of MAXIM
MADOC m Welsh
Possibly derived from Welsh mad "fortunate" combined with a diminutive suffix.
MALDWYN m Welsh
Welsh form of BALDWIN
MARC m French, Catalan, Welsh
French, Catalan and Welsh form of MARK
MAREDUDD m Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH
MARTYN m Welsh, Ukrainian
Welsh and Ukrainian form of MARTIN
MAXEN m Welsh
Welsh form of MAXIMUS
MEICAL m Welsh
Welsh form of MICHAEL
MEIRION m Welsh
Welsh form of MARIANUS
MEREDITH m & f Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord"... [more]
MEREDYDD m Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH
MERFYN m Welsh
Older Welsh form of MERVYN
MERRION m Welsh
Variant of MEIRION
MERVIN m Welsh, English
Variant of MERVYN
MERVYN m Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Merfyn, which possibly meant "marrow famous"... [more]
MEURIC m Welsh
Welsh form of MAURICE
MEURIG m Welsh
Welsh form of MAURICE
MIHANGEL m Welsh
Welsh name of the archangel Michael, formed from a contraction of MICHAEL and "angel".
MORGAN (1) m & f Welsh, English, French
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle"... [more]
MOSTYN m Welsh
From a Welsh place name which means "moss town" in Old English.
NEIFION m Welsh
Welsh form of NEPTUNE
NEIRIN m Welsh
Older form of ANEIRIN
NYE m Welsh
Diminutive of ANEIRIN
OFYDD m Welsh
Welsh form of OVID
OWAIN m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh form of EUGENE, though it might be derived from Welsh eoghunn meaning "youth"... [more]
OWEN (1) m Welsh, English
Modern form of OWAIN
PADERAU f & m Welsh
Means "beads" or "rosary" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
PADRIG m Welsh, Breton
Welsh and Breton form of PATRICK
PARRY m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Harry meaning "son of HARRY".
PEDR m Welsh
Welsh form of PETER
PRICE m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Rhys meaning "son of RHYS".
PRYDERI m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "care" in Welsh... [more]
REECE m Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS
REES m Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS
REESE m Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS
RHEINALLT m Welsh
Welsh form of REYNOLD
RHISIART m Welsh
Welsh form of RICHARD
RHODRI m Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements rhod "wheel" and rhi "king"... [more]
RHYDDERCH m Welsh
Means "reddish brown" in Welsh... [more]
RHYS m Welsh
Means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. Several Welsh rulers have borne this name.
RODERICK m English, Scottish, Welsh
Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power"... [more]
SAWYL m Welsh
Welsh form of SAMUEL
SIARL m Welsh
Welsh form of CHARLES
SIEFFRE m Welsh
Welsh form of GEOFFREY
SIÔN m Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN, via Old French Jehan.
SIÔR m Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE
SIORS m Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE
SIORUS m Welsh
Welsh form of GEORGE
STEFFAN m Welsh
Welsh form of STEPHEN
TAFFY m Welsh
Diminutive of DAFYDD
TALFRYN m Welsh
From a Welsh place name meaning "high hill", derived from Welsh tal "high" and bryn "hill".
TALIESIN m Welsh
Means "shining brow", derived from Welsh tal "brow" and iesin "shining"... [more]
TOMOS m Welsh
Welsh form of THOMAS
TRAHAEARN m Welsh
Means "very much like iron", derived from Welsh tra "very, over" and haearn "iron".
TRAHERNE m Welsh
Anglicized form of TRAHAEARN
TREFOR m Welsh
Original Welsh form of TREVOR
TREV m Welsh, English
Short form of TREVOR
TREVOR m Welsh, English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".
TRISTAN m Welsh, English, French, Celtic Mythology
Old French form of the Pictish name Drustan, a diminutive of DRUST... [more]
TRYSTAN m Welsh
Variant of TRISTAN
TUDOR (1) m Welsh
Welsh form of the old Celtic name Teutorigos, meaning "ruler of the people" (cognate with THEODORIC)... [more]
TUDUR m Welsh
Variant of TUDOR (1)
URIEN m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "privileged birth" from Celtic orbo "privileged" and gen "birth"... [more]
VAUGHAN m Welsh
From a surname which was a variant of VAUGHN.
VAUGHN m Welsh, English
From a Welsh surname which was derived from Welsh bychan meaning "little".
WYN m Welsh
Derived from Welsh gwyn meaning "blessed, white, fair".
WYNFOR m Welsh
Variant of GWYNFOR
WYNNE (1) m & f Welsh
Variant of WYN, sometimes used as a feminine form.
YALE m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was itself derived from a place name meaning "fertile upland" (from Welsh ial).
YORATH m Welsh
Anglicized form of IORWERTH
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