Whether you are Welsh or just love the sound of a Welsh name, then check out our list of best Welsh baby names! These are all classic Welsh names and would be perfect for any newborn child.
Bryn was originally a Welsh place name describing a dwelling next to a hill. It was then adopted into a unisex first name.
Carys means ‘love,’ deriving from the Welsh word ‘caru,’ and is sometimes shortened to Cass.
In Welsh mythology, Dylan was the god of the sea, accidentally slain by his uncle Govannon.
Efan is a variant of the Welsh name Evan, which in turn is the Welsh form of the English name John. Efan is uncommon as a given name in England.
Gareth was first seen in the 15th century in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur tales and is said to mean ‘gentle.’
The name derives from the Welsh ‘rigantona’, meaning ‘great queen’. In the Mabinogion, a collec- tion of stories from Welsh mythology, Rhiannon was the horse goddess.
Rhys is considered a very traditional Welsh name and was borne by several Welsh rulers in the Middle Ages, including Rhys ap Tewdur and Rhys ap Gruffudd. It is traditionally masculine, although its spelling variants are often unisex names.
Siân is the Welsh version of the name Jane, used since the 1940s. The name means ‘God has given.’
