Celtic Names
These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Celtic peoples. See Irish mythology and Welsh mythology for more specific lists.
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Celtic
6Agrona is a reconstructed name from Proto-Celtic *agronā, meaning "battle" or "slaughter" (from the root *agro-). According to linguistic theories, particularly those of Scottish scholar William J. Watson in his 1926 wor...
Andraste, also known as Andrasta, was a Briton war goddess invoked by the Iceni queen Boudicca in her rebellion against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 60, according to the historian Cassius Dio. Her name likely de...
Etymology and OriginMaponos (also spelled Maponus) is a name of Celtic origin, meaning "great son". It derives from the Gaulish and Brythonic root *makwos meaning "son" (reflected in Gaulish mapos), combined with the aug...
Matrona is a name of Celtic origin, meaning "great mother," derived from the Celtic root *mātīr ('mother') combined with the divine or augmentative suffix -on. This name belongs to a Gaulish and Brythonic mother goddess,...
Nodens (also reconstructed as *Nodons or *Nudens) is a Celtic deity associated with healing, hunting, and fishing. The name is thought to derive from an old Celtic root *snowdo- meaning "mist, haze" [1], though an altern...
Rigantona is the reconstructed Old Celtic form of Rhiannon. It derives from the unattested Celtic name *Rīgantonā, meaning "great queen" (from Celtic *rīganī "queen" with the divine or augmentative suffix -on). Rigantona...