Names By Meaning
Looking for a name that means something specific? Here are Welsh names grouped by subject:
JOBS, NOBILITY, STATIONS
| Betrys | BET rees | Welsh form of Beatrice, "voyager" | |
| Brythonwen | bree THON wen | "Briton" + gwyn ("white; holy; pure") | |
| Cospatrick | COS pat rick | an anglicization of a name meaning "servant of St. Patrick" | . |
| Crystyn | KRIS stin | from Latin Christina, meaning 'Christian." | |
| Cynfab | KEEN fab | "first son" | . |
| Cynfael | KEEN fyle | from cyn meaning "chief" and mael meaning "prince" or "armor" | . |
| Emyr | EM ur | "King; lord." The name of a sixth century saint. | |
| Ffraid | FRYDE | Welsh form of Bríd (Brigid) meaning "exalted one" or "high goddess" | . |
| Fflamddwyn | FLAM thwin | "flame-bearer" | |
| Gruffydd | GRIF ith | Part of this name is derived from a word meaning "prince." The other part is unknown. | Griffith, Gruffudd |
| Gwynfor | GWIN vor | "holy; white" + "lord" | |
| Heilyn | HYE lin | "cup-bearer" | |
| Idwal | ID wal | "lord of the ramparts" | |
| Illtyd | EELL tood | "lord of everything" | |
| Iolo | YO lo | A short form of Iorweth, which means "worthy lord" | |
| Iorweth | YOR weth | "worthy lord" | Yorath |
| Llywelyn | hlee WEL in | "leader" | Llewellyn |
| Mael | MYLE | "prince" | |
| Maelgwyn | MYLE gwin | "prince" + gwyn, Meaning "holy; white; pure" | |
| Maelgwn (m) | MYLE goon | "prince" + "hound; wolf" | . |
| Maelmadog | myle MAD oc | "follower; servant of Madoc" | Marmaduke |
| Maelona | mye LONN a | feminine of Maelon, meaning 'prince.' | Lona |
| Maelorwen | mye LAR wen | prince(?) + gwyn ("white; holy; pure") | |
| Manon | MAH non | "queen; most beautiful" | |
| Meirion | may REE on | possibly, Dairy farmer" | |
| Meredudd | meh RED ith | "great lord" | Mareddyd, Meredith, Meriadoc |
| Meudwen | MAYD wen | from the words "hermit" + gwyn Meaning "holy; white; pure" | |
| Rhiannon | hree AN on | possibly derived from rhiain "maiden" or from the name of a moon goddess. | |
| Rhydderch | HREE therkh | "great king" | |
| Sara | SAH ra | Welsh form of Sarah. "princess" | |
| Sior | SHOR | Welsh form of George, which means "farmer" in Greek. | |
| Tangwystl | tang WOO'EE stil | "peace" + "hostage; pledge" | |
| Tewdwr | TEH'OO dur | derived from elements meaning "people; tribe" and "ruler; king" | Tudur, Tudor |