Celtic Baby Names
Names traced to the Celtic language family broadly — ancient Celtic roots, Cornish, Manx and Brythonic sources — rather than to one modern language. Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic names each have their own page.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cornish form of Guinevere; possibly white phantom | 501#586 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Meaning uncertain; possibly a Celtic bear name or related to Artorius | 3,847#87 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Lord, from Breton Judoc | 226#1,074 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
God is gracious in Spanish and Manx; beautiful or graceful for Chinese 娟 | 2,318#159 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Breton name of uncertain meaning; also a Kurdish tribal name | 1,915#191 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
Uncertain; possibly little rock or noble, through Alan | 507#578 | Down 115 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Meaning uncertain; medieval form of Gawain | 1,125#303 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
White phantom through Jennifer; God is gracious through Jane | 418#679 | Down 131 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
The River Severn; deeper meaning unknown | 956#321 | Up 67 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Iron or battle, with eager or fiery | 1,381#251 | Up 165 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Possibly noise or tumult; later associated with sad | 1,103#309 | Down 127 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Probably speckled, through Brice | 919#357 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Variant of Alan; possibly little rock or connected with the Alans | 223#1,013 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Form of Briana; possibly high or powerful | 69#2,548 | Down 1,365 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Feminine Alan, meaning uncertain; Hawaiian awakening | 2,085#140 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Noble kind or defender of men, depending on the longer name | 529#569 | Down 140 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Alana form; meaning uncertain | 1,366#224 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Meaning uncertain; in the Alan family | 927#332 | Down 84 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Precious stone; also a surname form | 14#7,649 | Down 1,193 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Feminine form of Alan; deeper meaning uncertain | 1,099#280 | Up 281 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
White phantom | 15#7,280 | Up 83 rank positions in five years | 1974 | ||
Dark in the Irish tradition; other origins also occur | 219#1,097 | Down 101 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Feminine form of Brian; deeper meaning uncertain | 24#5,266 | Down 1,919 rank positions in five years | 1979 | ||
Variant of Briana | 79#2,302 | Down 878 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Short form of Albert and other Al names; meaning varies | 12#6,818 | Down 1,961 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
From a Manx surname; deeper meaning uncertain | 6#11,374 | new | 1919 | ||
Possibly speckled | 42#2,945 | Down 1,198 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 88#2,118 | Down 745 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Child | 123#1,674 | Down 593 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Possibly noise or tumult; later associated with sad | 22#5,705 | Down 1,972 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Short form of Arthur; deeper meaning unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Possibly bear, through Arthur | 34#3,381 | Up 438 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Spelling variant of Gavin | 25#4,172 | Down 1,819 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Cornish form of Guinevere; possibly white phantom | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
Precious stone; also a surname form | 5#12,868 | new | 1923 | ||
White phantom | 295#899 | Up 112 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Short form of Arthur; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 10#7,717 | Down 649 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Possibly noble, through Alana | 65#2,648 | Down 597 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Probably speckled, through Brice | 76#2,369 | Up 266 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Possibly noble, through Alan | 72#2,459 | Down 263 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Meaning uncertain; possibly a Celtic bear name or related to Artorius | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Girl, maiden | 211#1,117 | Up 121 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Noble kind or defender of men, depending on the longer name | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Lord, from Breton Judoc | 7#10,160 | Up 2,843 rank positions in five years | 1932 | ||
God is gracious in Spanish and Manx; beautiful or graceful for Chinese 娟 | —Unranked | — | 1983 | ||
Uncertain; possibly little rock or noble, through Alan | —Unranked | — | 1925 | ||
Possibly pierce + valley | 113#1,536 | Up 1,183 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Breton name of uncertain meaning; also a Kurdish tribal name | —Unranked | — | 1962 | ||
Iron or battle, with eager or fiery | 19#6,195 | Up 837 rank positions in five years | 1926 | ||
Meaning uncertain; medieval form of Gawain | —Unranked | — | 2004 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Celtic. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.