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Adhwynn f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish form of Dwynwen.

Adwen f Welsh, Cornish
Welsh name, in which the second element is gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed". It was borne by a Cornish saint, considered to be "the Cornish Saint Dwynwen" as a patron of sweethearts... [more]

Anaguistl f Medieval Cornish
Old Cornish name, possibly from Welsh anaw "wealth" and Welsh gwystl "hostage" (Cornish cognate gostel).

Anneth f Cornish (?)
From the Cornish word annedh "home". A fictional bearer is Anneth Sizemore in Silas House's 2001 novel 'Clay's Quilt'.

Annik f Cornish, French
Cornish cognate and Gallicized form of Annig.

Beaten f Medieval Cornish
Medieval Cornish form of Beatrix.

Bennath f Cornish (Rare)
Directly taken from Cornish bennath "blessing".

Berlewen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".

Bersaba f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish form of Bathsheba.

Beryan f History (Ecclesiastical)
Cornish form of Buriana.

Borlewen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star".

Bray m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bray, derived from Cornish bre meaning "hill".

Braya f Medieval Cornish
Medieval Cornish name which is said to be derived from Cornish bregh "brave; fine".

Brayleen f English
Possibly a combination of the English surname Bray, from the Cornish bre 'hill' combined with the suffix -leen. Another possibility is that it's a feminized variant of Brayden combined with the suffix -leen.

Breaca f Medieval Cornish (Latinized)
Latinized form of Breage, from Cornish bregh "brave". The 5th-century Cornish saint Breage is also known as Breaca or Bray. Breage is also probably the source of the medieval Cornish name Braya.... [more]

Briaga f Breton (Rare)
Feminine form of Briag, this name is occasionally also considered a Breton cognate of Cornish Breaca.

Bryluen f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from from Old Cornish breilu "rose" (vocative) combined with the singulative suffix en. This is a modern Cornish name.

Bryvyth f Medieval Cornish, History (Ecclesiastical)
The name of a medieval Cornish saint.

Caja f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kaja "daisy".

Catguistl f Medieval Cornish
Derived from Cornish kas "battle" and gostel "hostage".

Chesten f Cornish
Cornish form of Christine.... [more]

Delen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish delen "petal, leaf". This is a modern Cornish name.

Delennyk f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Delen. This is a modern Cornish name.

Derowen f Cornish (Modern)
Means "oak" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Derwa f Cornish, History (Ecclesiastical)
Likely derived from Cornish derow "oak trees" (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *daru "tree"). Saint Derwa is the patron saint of Menadarva (Merther Derwa in Cornish, translating to grave of St Derwa in English) in the parish of Camborne, Cornwall... [more]

Doryty f Cornish
Cornish form of Dorothy.

Ebbat f Cornish
Cornish diminutive of Elizabeth.

Ebrel f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Ebrel "(month of) April". This is a recent coinage.

Elestren f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish elester meaning "iris flower". This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Elisaued f Medieval Cornish
Medieval Cornish form of Elizabeth.

Endelyn f Cornish
Cornish form of Endellion (which survives in the place name San Endelyn).

Enor f Cornish (Archaic)
Derived from Cornish enor "honor" and apparently used as a vernacular form of Honora.

Eppow f Cornish
Cornish form of Elizabeth

Faria f Cornish
Cornish form of Maria

Glanna f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish glan "clean, clear, pure". This is a modern Cornish name.

Gwenna f Cornish, Breton
Younger Cornish form of Wenna and Breton variant of Gwenn.

Gwennol f Cornish (Modern)
Derivd from Cornish gwennel "swallow (the bird)". This is a modern Cornish name.

Gwenora f Cornish
A Cornish form of Guinevere.

Gwynnever f Arthurian Cycle, Cornish
Cornish form of Guinevere.

Hedra f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Hedra "October". This is a recent coinage.

Henna f Cornish
Cornish form of Henrietta

Ia f History (Ecclesiastical)
Of unknown origin and meaning. Saint Ia was a 5th-century Cornish virgin martyr, an Irish princess, according to popular tradition, who travelled to Cornwall as a missionary and was martyred on the River Hayle under Tudur Mawr, ruler of Penwith... [more]

Jenet f Scots, Cornish (Archaic)
Scots and Cornish form of Janet.

Jenifry f Cornish
Cornish form of Gwenfrewi.

Jenna f Cornish
Cornish form of Jane.

Jone f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish form of Joan 1.

Jyd f Cornish (Rare), Literature
First appeared in children's book "The Doll Who Came Alive" by Cornish author Enys Tregarthen (AKA Nellie Sloggett, Nellie Cornwall.) Jyd Trewerry is a little orphan girl living with her stepmother in a small harbour town in the west of Cornwall.

Kaja f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kaja "daisy".

Katel f Cornish (Rare)
Cornish form of Catherine.

Kekezza f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Comes directly from the Cornish meaning "heath."

Kelyn f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kelyn "holly".

Kelynen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kelynnen "hollies". This is a modern Cornish name.

Kensa f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish kensa "first". This is a modern Cornish name.

Keresen f Cornish (Modern)
Means "cherry" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Kerra f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish kerra "dearer" (the comparative form of ker "dear, precious"). This is a modern Cornish name.

Lamorna f Cornish, English (British, Rare)
From a Cornish place name of uncertain meaning, perhaps from lann "area around a church" combined with a contracted form of morlanow "high tide". It appears in the title of the folk song 'Way Down to Lamorna', as well as W. H. Davies' poem 'Lamorna Cove' (1929).

Lowdie f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish vernacular form of Loveday.

Lowdy f Cornish
Cornish form of Loveday.

Lowena f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish lowena "happiness, bliss, joy". This is a modern Cornish name.

Mailli f Cornish
Cornish form of Molly.

Medguistl f Medieval Cornish
Old Cornish name, in which the second element is Welsh gwystl "hostage" (Cornish cognate gostel). The first element may be Welsh medd "mead" (Cornish medh) or Welsh medd "power, authority".

Melder f Cornish (Modern)
Means "honey-sweet" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Melior f Medieval English (Rare)
Older form of Meliora, thought to come from Latin melior "better". Melior occurs as both family name and given name in Christian inscriptions of the Roman Empire... [more]

Melwynn f Cornish (Rare)
Derived from Cornish mel "honey" and gwynn "fair; white; blessed".

Melyonen f Cornish (Modern)
Means "violet" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Merrin f & m Cornish
Although the exact origin and meaning of this name are unknown, many modern-day academics believe this name to be the (possibly Anglicized) Cornish form of Morien.... [more]

Metheven f Cornish
Means "June" in Cornish (literally "midsummer"). This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Miniver f Cornish, Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Anglicized form of Menfre, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Menfre, born c.471, was one of the many holy daughters of King Brychan Brycheiniog. 'St. Menfre appears to have been active in Wales, around Minwear, near Haverfordwest, in Dyfed but, later, left her native land in order to evangelise the Cornish.' The early use of the name was in Cornwall where it appears to be a regional form of Guinevere... [more]

Morgelyn f Cornish (Rare)
Derived from Cornish morgelyn "sea holly".

Morvoren f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish morvoren "mermaid" (ultimately from Cornish mor "sea" and moren "maiden"). This was the bardic name or pseudonym of a member of the Gorsedh Kernow (Katherine Lee Jenner, 1904)... [more]

Nessa f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish nessa "second; nearest".

Newlyn f Cornish
Cornish form of Nolwenn. It belonged to a 5th-century Cornish saint.

Peswera f Cornish (Modern)
Means "fourth" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Rosen f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish rosen, the collective form of ros "rose".

Rosenwyn f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Rosen and Cornish gwynn "fair, white, blessed". This is a modern Cornish name.

Sevi m & f Cornish
Means "strawberries" in Cornish.

Sidwell f History (Ecclesiastical), Cornish (Anglicized, Archaic)
Anglicized form of Sadfyl which itself is considered a Cornish calque of Old English sidu "morality, good conduct; purity; modesty" as well as "ritual, religious practice, rite" and Old English full "full, filled, complete, entire" and hence understood as "the virtuous one"... [more]

Sowena f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish sowena "success, prosperity, welfare". This is a modern Cornish name.

Splanna f Cornish (Modern)
Means "brighter" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Talwyn f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish tal "brow; forehead; temple" and gwynn "fair; white; blessed". This is a modern Cornish name.

Tamara f Cornish, Celtic Mythology
In Cornish folklore, Tamara is a nymph who lived in the underworld and wanted to wander freely in the mortal world, against the advice of her parents. When she falls in love with the giant Tawradge, she refuses to return to the underworld with her father... [more]

Tanguistl f Medieval Cornish
Cornish cognate of Tangwystl.

Tarka m & f English (Rare), Literature
Name of the title character in Henry Williamson's novel 'Tarka the Otter' (1927) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1979). In the book the (male) character's name is said to mean "wandering as water"; perhaps the author based it on Welsh dwrgi "otter", literally "water dog", or on its Cornish cognate dowrgi.... [more]

Tedha f History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Cornish
Cornish form of Tedda. This name was borne by a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. Early Latin records, however, mention the saint by the name Tecla (itself a form of the name Thecla borne by the first female martyr in Christianity) and consider her a companion of Breaca, while in Cornish sources, she was listed among the daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in Wales... [more]

Tegen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish tegen "pretty thing, jewel, ornament".

Tregereth f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Means "mercy" in Cornish. This is a modern Cornish name.

Tremaine m & f African American, Cornish
Historically a Cornish surname meaning "stone settlement", derived from the Cornish 'tre', meaning a homestead or settlement, and 'men', meaning stone. ... [more]

Tressa f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish tressa "third". This is a modern Cornish name.

Trueth f Cornish
Means "compassion" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Veep f & m History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning unknown; most likely of Cornish origin. This was the name of a 6th-century Cornish saint. Almost nothing is known about the saint - there is debate over whether Veep was male or female. S/he is the namesake of the village St... [more]

Veryan f & m Cornish
From the name of a Cornish town, which is taken from Sen Veryan meaning "Saint Veryan", a Cornish corruption of Severian, itself a corrupted form of Symphorian (the saint to whom the village church is dedicated)... [more]

Wenna f Medieval Cornish
Early Cornish form of Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.

Ysella f Cornish
Derived from Cornish ysel "modest". This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Zennor m & f Cornish (Rare)
Name of a Cornish village derived from the local saint, St Senara. In current use.

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