ADERYN: Welsh name meaning "bird."
AERON: Welsh unisex form of Celtic Agrona, the name a goddess of war and death who was portrayed as a masculine figure in Welsh mythology, meaning "carnage, slaughter."
AERONA: Feminine form of Welsh unisex Aeron, meaning "carnage, slaughter."
AERONWEN: Welsh name popularly translated aeron "berries" and gwen "white," yielding "white berries," but the first element is more likely to have come from the name of a Celtic goddess of war, Aeron, meaning "carnage, slaughter," hence "white slaughter."
AERONWY: Welsh compound name composed of Aeron "carnage, slaughter" and wy "river," hence "carnage river" or "slaughter river."
AFANEN: Welsh name meaning "raspberry."
AFON: Modern unisex Welsh name meaning "river."
ALIS: Welsh form of French Alais, meaning "noble sort." Compare with another form of Alis.
ALISON: Diminutive form of Welsh Alis, meaning "noble sort." Compare with another form of Alison.
ANARAWD: Unisex form of Welsh Angharad, meaning "undisgraced, free of shame."
ANGHARAD (ang-kar-ad): Welsh Arthurian legend name of a love of Peredur in the Mabinogion, derived from the word angharz, meaning "undisgraced, free of shame." She is known as Angharad Golden Hand, and in some versions of the story the lovers first meet at King Arthur's court
.ANGHARAT: Variant spelling of Welsh Angharad, meaning "undisgraced, free of shame."
ANGHARAWD: Variant spelling of Welsh Angharad, meaning "undisgraced, free of shame." This name appears in the family of Le Strange in 1344.
ANWEN: Welsh name meaning "very fair."
ANWYN: Variant spelling of Welsh Anwen, meaning "very fair."
ARANRHOD: Welsh name derived from proto-Celtic *arganto-rota, meaning "huge/round/humped wheel." In the Mabinogi, this is the name of the daughter of Beli Mawr, and mother of the twins Dylanand Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
ARIANRHOD: Modern form of Welsh Aranrhod ("huge/round/humped wheel"), but having a different origin and meaning, composed of the Welsh elements arian "silver" and rhod "wheel," hence "silver wheel."
BETHAN: Welsh form of Greek Elisabet, meaning "God is my oath."
BETRYS: Welsh form of Latin Viatrix, meaning "voyager (through life)."
BLODEUEDD: Welsh myth name, derived from the word blawd, meaning "flowers." In the Mabinogi, this is the name of a woman made from flowers who was the lover of Goronwy. After she killed her husband and was transformed into an owl, her name was changed to Blodeuwedd.
BLODEUWEDD: Welsh myth name, derived from proto-Celtic *blāto-weid-ā meaning "wild feminine (spirit)." In the Mabinogi, this is the name of a woman made from flowers who was the lover ofGoronwy. This is the name of Blodeuedd after she killed her husband and was transformed into an owl.
BLODEUYN: Welsh name derived from the word blawd, meaning "flower."
BLODWEDD: Variant spelling of Welsh Blodeuwedd, meaning "wild feminine (spirit)."
BLODWEN: Welsh name meaning "white flower."
BRAITH: Welsh unisex name derived from the word brith, meaning "diversely-colored," especially black and white or red and white.
