Celtic Names for Girls

  1. Trista
    • Origin:

      Feminine variation of Tristan
    • Meaning:

      "noise or sorrowful"
    • Description:

      This female form of Tristan was featured on the reality-television show The Bachelorette, and has been rocketing up the charts as a new millennium Trisha.
  2. Brice
    • Origin:

      Scottish surname
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  3. Donnelly
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "dark brave one"
    • Description:

      Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.
  4. Piala
    • Origin:

      Celtic, meaning unknown
    • Description:

      This name of a saint martyred in Cornwall makes an unusual choice with traditional roots.
  5. Arthurette
    • Origin:

      Feminine form of Arthur, Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "bear"
    • Description:

      If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.
  6. Tristana
    • Origin:

      Celtic mythology name, feminine variation of Tristan
    • Meaning:

      "sorrow"
    • Description:

      A more substantial but less-popular feminization of Tristan, the originally-male mythological name now used for girls as well as boys.
  7. Arthurine
    • Origin:

      Feminine form of Arthur, Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "bear"
    • Description:

      If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.
  8. Gull
    • Origin:

      Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "long-winged swimming birds"
    • Description:

      Suggests the salty, windswept air of the seashore.
  9. Arthurina
    • Origin:

      Feminine form of Arthur, Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "bear"
    • Description:

      If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.