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Celyn

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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Welsh

Meaning & History

Means "holly" in Welsh. It appears briefly in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen [1], belonging to son of Caw, but was not typically used as a given name until the 20th century.

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Last ranked #987 in 2007 England and Wales

Categories

Christmas, flowers, green, nature, plants, red, trees, Welsh words, word names, y vowels

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://www.culhwch.info.
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Entry updated April 5, 2022

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