Taran

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11/27/2020, 5:44 AM Frollein Gladys 14124
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11/23/2011, 2:45 AM Lucille 14124
7/1/2008, 12:52 PM wendigo 14124
9/2/2007, 7:21 AM Lucille

Gender Masculine
Usage Welsh Mythology, Pictish

Meaning & History

Means "thunder" in Welsh, from the old Celtic root *toranos. It appears briefly in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1]. The name is cognate to that of the Gaulish god Taranis. It was also borne by the 7th-century Pictish king Taran mac Ainftech.