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Origin · Welsh · 13 names

Welsh
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Names rooted in the Welsh tradition — each carrying a fingerprint of language, scripture, and place.

Total names: 13
Girls: 4
Boys: 6
Top US name: Megan

About Welsh names

Welsh names favor consonant clusters that look intimidating but follow consistent rules — ll = a hissed L, dd = a soft 'th'. Many encode meaning openly (Gwen = white, Rhys = ardor).

4 Welsh girl names

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Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from Greek margaritēs meaning 'pearl'

A 20th-century American name, likely from the Welsh Rhondda Valley (from Welsh rhoddni 'noisy' — the name of a river) or as an elaboration of Rhoda

A 19th-century English diminutive of Jane (from Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious') or of Jennifer (from Welsh Gwenhwyfar, 'white and smooth')

From Old Welsh — gwen ('white, fair, blessed') + a second element possibly meaning 'ring' or 'bow'; often glossed 'white ring' or 'blessed circle'

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Son of the sea; great wave

From the Old Welsh name Merfyn — possibly mer ('marrow' or 'eminence') + myn ('hill') or ('great')

Young warrior; noble-born

From the Welsh adjective llwyd meaning 'grey' — originally a surname for someone with grey hair

From the Welsh place name Trefor — tref ('settlement') + mawr ('large'); 'large settlement'

An English spelling of the Welsh surname Llwyd meaning 'grey' — the F-spelling arose because English speakers couldn't pronounce the Welsh 'Ll' sound

3 unisex Welsh names

Names that work either way.

From Old Welsh Morcant — likely mor ('sea') + a second element meaning 'circle' or 'bright'; often glossed 'sea-born' or 'sea-circle'

From Welsh llyn meaning 'lake' or 'pool' — originally a surname tied to several places in Wales and England

Anglicized from the Welsh given name Rhys, "ardor, enthusiasm

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