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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Possibly speckled | —Unranked | — | 1995 | ||
The River Severn; deeper meaning unknown | —Unranked | — | 1977 | ||
Possibly she who is gazed upon, through Iseult | 20#5,996 | Up 2,616 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Short form of Albert and other Al names; meaning varies | —Unranked | — | 1933 | ||
White phantom through Jennifer; God is gracious through Jane | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
Variant of Alan; possibly little rock or connected with the Alans | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Possibly white, through Jennifer | —Unranked | — | 1983 | ||
Diminutive of Arthur or Artemis | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
Spelling variant of Gavin | —Unranked | — | 2009 | ||
Riot, through Tristan | —Unranked | — | 1987 | ||
Form of Briana; possibly high or powerful | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Celtic languages origin | —Unranked | — | 1929 | ||
Feminine form of Brian; deeper meaning uncertain | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
Feminine Alan, meaning uncertain; Hawaiian awakening | —Unranked | — | 1985 | ||
From a Manx surname; deeper meaning uncertain | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
White phantom | —Unranked | — | 1985 | ||
Dark in the Irish tradition; other origins also occur | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 2024 | ||
Feminine form of Alan; deeper meaning uncertain | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Possibly noble, through Alan | 7#9,755 | new | 2025 | ||
Alana form; meaning uncertain | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Possibly bear, through Arthur | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Meaning uncertain; in the Alan family | —Unranked | — | 2015 | ||
From Old French Galahad; literal meaning unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 2024 |
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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.