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Welsh names - Baby names with the origin Welsh

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Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
Brynton Settlement on or by a hill ('hill town') English, Welsh Boy 5 #251
Cadel From Welsh element 'cad' meaning 'battle'; understood as 'battle leader' or 'warlike'. Welsh Boy 5 #252
Cadell Little battle Welsh Boy 5 #253
Ceridwen Welsh mythological enchantress associated with poetic inspiration; often interpreted as 'fair/blessed poetess' or linked to poetry and inspiration. Welsh Girl 5 #254
Davies Son of David (David = 'beloved') Welsh Boy 5 #255
Glenis From Welsh 'glân' meaning 'pure/clean' or from Gaelic/Scots 'gleann' meaning 'valley' Welsh Girl 5 #256
Gwynivere From Welsh gwen 'white, fair, blessed' + hwyfar 'smooth, phantom' - often rendered 'white phantom' or 'fair one'. Welsh Girl 5 #257
Jamilynn Combination of Arabic 'jamīl' (beautiful) and 'Lynn' (lake) - roughly 'beautiful Lynn' or 'beautiful lake'. Welsh Girl 5 #258
Keddrick Variant of Kendrick meaning 'royal ruler' or 'chief' (also linked to 'son of Henry') English, Welsh Boy 5 #259
Kerris Love English, Welsh Girl 5 #260
Lashonda God is gracious English, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh Girl 5 #261
Linet Often treated as a variant of Lynette (from Welsh Eluned, 'idol' or 'image') or associated with 'linnet' (a small songbird); broadly 'little songbird' or 'beloved/idol'. English, Welsh Girl 5 #262
Marvon Likely a variant of Marvin, generally interpreted as 'sea friend' or 'famous friend'. English, Welsh Boy 5 #263
Maygan Pearl Welsh Girl 5 #264
Mervyn Derived from Welsh Merfyn, combining elements related to 'sea' and 'eminence' - often interpreted as 'sea lord' or 'sea-born'. Welsh Boy 5 #265
Reace Ardor; enthusiasm; passion Welsh Unisex 5 #266
Rease Ardent; enthusiastic Welsh Unisex 5 #267
Rhedyn Fern Welsh Girl 5 #268
Saier Possibly 'sawyer' or 'carpenter' (occupational); may also be an invented or transliterated name without an established meaning Welsh Boy 5 #269
Seryn Derived from Welsh 'Seren' meaning 'star'; also evokes 'serene' (calm) Welsh Girl 5 #270
Wen Varies by Chinese character: 文 = 'literature, culture'; 温 = 'warm, gentle'; 闻 = 'to hear, famed'. In Welsh 'wen' = 'white, fair, blessed'. Chinese, Welsh Unisex 5 #271
Enide Soul, life, spirit Welsh Girl 4 #272
Alwen Likely 'fair/blessed' (from Welsh elements al + -wen, with -wen meaning 'white, fair, blessed') Welsh Girl 3 #273
Aneurin Etymology uncertain; traditionally associated with ideas of brightness/golden or excellence (often rendered as 'shining' or 'very golden'). Welsh Boy 3 #274
Dylian Variant of Dylan - 'son of the sea' or 'born from the sea'. Welsh Boy 3 #275
Huw Mind, heart, spirit Welsh Boy 3 #276
Rean Possible meanings vary by origin: from Irish Rian, 'little king'; from Welsh Rhian, 'maiden'; otherwise often a modern/phonetic spelling with no single established meaning. English, Irish, Japanese, Welsh Unisex 3 #277
Aberfa Derived from Welsh 'aber' (river mouth) + likely a river name 'Fa' - 'mouth of the Fa (river)'. Welsh Unisex
Abern Likely 'settlement at a river mouth' or 'from the river mouth' (derived from Welsh 'aber') English, Welsh Boy
Addan Likely 'little fire' (from Irish Aodhán); alternatively a form of Adán/Adam meaning 'man' or 'earth'. Hebrew, Irish, Spanish, Welsh Boy
Adwyn Likely 'fortunate/blessed friend' or 'noble friend' (exact meaning uncertain; formed from elements meaning 'wealth/noble' and Welsh '-wyn' meaning 'fair/blessed') English, Welsh Boy
Aedd Fire Welsh Boy
Aeddan Little fire Irish, Welsh Boy
Aelwen Fair/blessed; often rendered 'fair brow' or 'fair and blessed' Welsh Girl
Aelwyd Hearth; home; fireside; family Welsh Unisex
Aelwyn Fair/blessed (often interpreted as 'fair brow' or 'fair and blessed') Welsh Boy
Aerona Likely linked to the Welsh river/goddess Aeron (possibly 'berries' or a place-name); in modern usage sometimes associated with 'air' or 'airy'. Welsh Girl
Aeronwen From Aeron (a Welsh river or personal name) + -wen ('white, fair, blessed') - 'fair/blessed one of Aeron' or 'fair river maiden'. Welsh Girl
Aeronwy Likely "from the River Aeron" (Aeron is a Welsh river-name) Welsh Girl
Afon Welsh for "river" Welsh Boy
Ailwyn From Welsh elements 'ail' (second/other) + 'wyn' (fair, blessed); often rendered 'fair/blessed second'. Sometimes associated with Old English Aethelwine, 'noble friend'. Welsh Boy
Aiwyn Noble or fair friend English, Welsh Unisex
Albanwr 'man of Alba' - implying 'Scottish man' or 'white man' Welsh Boy
Aled Derived from the River Aled; a Welsh place-name origin meaning 'of/from the Aled'. Welsh Boy
Aloun Likely 'oak' (from Hebrew Alon) or a variant of Alan/Alun with senses like 'rock', 'harmony' or 'handsome', depending on origin Hebrew, Welsh Boy
Alun Welsh form of Alan, often associated with 'handsome' or linked to the River Alyn Welsh Boy
Alwynne Elf-friend; noble friend English, Welsh Unisex
Amerawdwr Emperor; supreme ruler Welsh Boy
Amlawdd Uncertain; possibly from Old Welsh elements aml ('around, many') plus a second element of uncertain meaning - sometimes interpreted loosely as 'surrounding lord' or 'great ruler'. Welsh Boy
Amser Time Welsh Unisex

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