Celtic Names for Girls
- Brice
Origin:
Scottish surnameMeaning:
"speckled, freckled"Description:
Among the more masculine of the short unisex B names, Brice is less popular than Bryce for both sexes. There were 240 boys named Brice in the US in one recent year, versus only five girls -- and more than ten times that many of both genders named Bryce.
- 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.
- 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.
- Binnie
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"crib, wicker basket"Description:
Like Minnie and Winnie, eccentric enough to appeal to the iconoclastic parent.
- 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.
- Donnelly
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dark brave one"Description:
Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.
- 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.
- Piala
Origin:
Celtic, meaning unknownDescription:
This name of a saint martyred in Cornwall makes an unusual choice with traditional roots.
- Gull
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"long-winged swimming birds"Description:
Suggests the salty, windswept air of the seashore.