Celtic Names for Girls
- Melvina
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"chieftain"Description:
Melvina ranked in the Top 1000 for over 65 years in the US, coinciding to a large extent with the years its much more popular masculine counterpart Melvin ranked in the Top 100. Today, Melvin is still hanging on in the Top 1000 for boys, but Melvina hasn't been given to more than 20 babies in a year since 1991.
- Arthurette
Origin:
Feminine form of Arthur, CelticMeaning:
"bear"Description:
If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.
- Danu
Origin:
Celtic, goddess of fruitfulnessDescription:
This sprightly Irish mythology name would make an attention-grabbing choice.
- Piala
Origin:
Celtic, meaning unknownDescription:
This name of a saint martyred in Cornwall makes an unusual choice with traditional roots.
- Donnelly
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dark brave one"Description:
Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.
- Arthurine
Origin:
Feminine form of Arthur, CelticMeaning:
"bear"Description:
If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.
- Arthurina
Origin:
Feminine form of Arthur, CelticMeaning:
"bear"Description:
If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.
- Gull
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"long-winged swimming birds"Description:
Suggests the salty, windswept air of the seashore.
- Tristana
Origin:
Celtic mythology name, feminine variation of TristanMeaning:
"sorrow"Description:
A more substantial but less-popular feminization of Tristan, the originally-male mythological name now used for girls as well as boys.
