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Welsh names - Baby names with the origin Welsh

Showing 50 of 1,326 names
Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
Gethyn Dark-skinned, swarthy or dusky Welsh Boy
Gildass Uncertain - traditionally interpreted as 'servant' or 'devotee'; exact etymology is debated Breton, Welsh Boy
Gilvaethwy Unknown - a mythological personal name from the Welsh Mabinogion; exact etymology is unclear. Welsh Boy
Ginervah Fair or white; often rendered as 'fair lady' or 'white phantom' Welsh Girl
Gini Diminutive of Virginia/Ginevra - 'virgin, pure' or 'white/fair' Italian, Welsh Girl
Glad Happy, cheerful, bright English, Hungarian, Welsh Unisex
Gladsis Probably related to Gladys: 'country, nation' (Welsh) or derived from English 'glad' meaning 'happy'. English, Welsh Girl
Gladwen Derived from Welsh elements with -wen ('white, fair, blessed'); generally interpreted as 'fair/blessed' or 'white and blessed'. Welsh Girl
Glady From Welsh 'gwlad' meaning 'country, nation'; also associated with 'glad' meaning 'happy, joyful'. English, Welsh Girl
Gladyss From Welsh gwlad, meaning "land" or "homeland" Welsh Girl
Glain Likely from Welsh glân ('clean, pure') or glain ('grain, seed'); generally conveys 'pure' or 'grain/seed'. Welsh Unisex
Glan Clean, pure; (in Welsh) shore or bank Irish, Welsh Unisex
Glaw Rain Welsh Unisex
Glendalys Likely 'valley' (from 'glen'); possibly interpreted as a poetic 'valley of the lily' or a modern elaboration English, Welsh Girl
Glennys Valley / dweller of the valley Welsh Girl
Glenys Pure, clean, holy (occasionally associated with 'valley') Welsh Girl
Glew Quick, nimble; eager/ready Welsh Boy
Glewlwyd Likely from Welsh glew (keen/valiant/merry) + llwyd (gray) - roughly 'keen/valiant gray' or 'gray-brave'. Welsh Boy
Glyn Valley Welsh Boy
Glyndan Related to a valley; roughly 'valley' or 'valley + hill/settlement' English, Welsh Boy
Glynden From the valley; valley settlement English, Welsh Unisex
Glyndin Valley fortress; fortified valley (from glyn 'valley' + din 'fort') Welsh Boy
Glyndur Likely 'valley of water' or 'valley-stream' (from Welsh glyn 'valley' + dŵr 'water') Welsh Boy
Glyndyn Man of the valley (from glyn 'valley' + dyn 'man') Welsh Boy
Glyndŵr Valley of the water (from glyn 'valley' + dŵr 'water') Welsh Boy
Glynis Valley (from the valley) Welsh Girl
Glynna Valley; dweller of the valley English, Welsh Girl
Glynndan Likely 'valley-hill' - from Welsh glyn 'valley' combined with an element like Old English 'don/dun' meaning 'hill' or a -dan suffix English, Welsh Boy
Glynnden Valley; dweller of the valley Welsh Boy
Glynndyn 'Man of the valley' / 'valley man' Welsh Boy
Glynnea From the valley / valley English, Welsh Girl
Glynnis Valley; 'dweller of the valley.' Welsh Girl
Glynnrowin From Glynn (valley) + Rowan (rowan tree / 'little red one') - 'valley of the rowan' or 'dweller of the rowan valley' Gaelic, Welsh Unisex
Glynnys Valley Welsh Girl
Glynrowen Valley of the rowan tree. Welsh Unisex
Gobrwy Uncertain - not well attested; may incorporate Welsh element gob ("beak/, promontory") with a second element of unclear meaning; overall meaning unknown Welsh Boy
Goewin From Welsh elements meaning 'fair/blessed'; name of a virgin steward in Arthurian legend Welsh Girl
Gof Smith, blacksmith (metalworker) Cornish, Welsh Boy
Goldwyne Golden friend/joy; 'gold' + 'wyn' (fair/joy) English, Welsh Unisex
Goldwynne Golden and fair - "gold" + Welsh "wynne" (fair/blessed) English, Welsh Girl
Goleuddydd Daylight; light of day Welsh Girl
Gorasgwrn Great bone / mighty bone Welsh Boy
Gorawen Likely "great inspiration" - from Welsh gor- "very/over" + awen "poetic inspiration/muse". Welsh Girl
Goreu Best, the best Welsh Boy
Gorsedd ‘throne’ or ‘assembly’, especially the bardic assembly (the Gorsedd of the Bards) Welsh Unisex
Gough Red; red-haired or ruddy-complexioned Welsh Boy
Govannon Smith (divine or legendary smith) Celtic, Welsh Boy
Gower From Gower (the peninsula in Wales); a habitational name English, Welsh Boy
Gracelynnn Combines 'Grace' (favor, blessing) and 'Lynn' (lake, waterfall) - roughly 'graceful lake' or 'blessed pool'. English, Welsh Girl
Graig Rock, crag Welsh Boy

Welsh name popularity over time

Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany for every Welsh-origin name in our dataset.

1,326
Names in this origin
10
With data in 2025
0
Births 2025
99,706
Peak year 2000