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34EtymologyElaine is a feminine given name originating from an Old French form of Helen, which itself derives from the Greek name Helenē, possibly meaning 'torch' or 'light'. Some scholars have also proposed a Welsh etymol...
Enid is a feminine given name of Welsh and Arthurian origins, likely derived from Middle Welsh eneit, meaning “soul, spirit, life.” The name is thought to come from the Proto-Celtic root *ana-ti̯o- (related to Gaulish an...
Enide is a character from Arthurian romance, best known as the wife of Erec (and later Geraint) in medieval tales. The name is the Old French form of Enid, which is derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul, spirit, life."...
Guendolen is a feminine given name of Welsh origin, primarily known through the Arthurian tradition and 19th-century literary revival. It is a variant of Gwendolen, and like its root, it likely derives from the Welsh ele...
Guendoloena is the Latinized form of the Welsh name Gwendolen, first recorded in the 12th-century chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth. In his work Vita Merlini, Geoffrey used Guendoloena as the name of the wife of the pro...
Guenevere is a variant form of Guinevere, the well-known queen from Arthurian legend. This spelling, along with Guenever, represents an alternative modernization of the Norman French version of the name.EtymologyThe name...
Guinevere is the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar, which combines the Old Celtic roots *windos meaning "white" (modern Welsh gwen) and *sēbros meaning "phantom, magical being", giving the overall meaning o...
Guiomar is a name with roots in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arthurian traditions. Its etymology is uncertain; one theory links it to the Breton elements uuiu (worthy) and marc'h (horse), while another suggests it or...
Gwenhwyfar is the original Welsh form of the name Guinevere, borne by the legendary queen of King Arthur in Arthurian romance. The name is derived from the old Celtic roots *windos meaning "white" (modern Welsh gwen) and...
Gyneth is a feminine name from the Arthurian Cycle, likely a variant of Gwyneth. It was used by the Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott in his narrative poem The Bridal of Triermain (1813). In Scott's poem, Gynet...
Igerna is the Latin form of Igraine, the mother of King Arthur in Arthurian legend. The Latinized name Igerna was first recorded in the 12th-century work Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who rendered th...
Igraine is a figure from Arthurian legend, best known as the mother of King Arthur by Uther Pendragon. The meaning of her name is uncertain, but it originates from the Latinized form Igerna, which itself comes from the W...
Iseult (also spelled Isolde) is the name of several female characters in the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult, most famously Iseult the Blonde (or Iseult of Ireland), the wife of King Mark of Cornwall and the lover...
Etymology and MeaningIseut is a variant of the Old French name Yseut, which appears in the earliest known version of the story of Tristan and Iseult, a 12th-century Norman French poem by Béroul. The root name Iseult is o...
Isolda is a Latinate form of the name Iseult, best known from the tragic medieval romance of Tristan and Iseult. The name gained literary prominence through Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und Isolde, which uses the...
Isolde is the German form of Iseult, best known through the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg and Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und Isolde. Wagner also named his first daughter Isolde. Th...
Laudine is a character from the 12th-century Arthurian romance Yvain, or The Knight with the Lion by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes. Her name is likely a feminine derivative of Lot 2, the legendary king of Lothian, o...
Linet is a variant of Lynet, a name that appears in the Arthurian cycle. The name itself is a feminization of the Welsh name Eluned, derived from eilun meaning "image, likeness, idol."Etymology and OriginsThe ultimate ro...
Lionesse is a variant of the name Lyonesse, from the Arthurian Cycle. The name Lyonesse means "lioness" in Middle English, derived from the Old French word lionesse. In Thomas Malory's 15th-century work Le Morte d'Arthur...
Etymology and Literary OriginsLionors is a variant of the name Lyonors, which appears in Thomas Malory's 15th-century Arthurian compilation Le Morte d'Arthur. The name likely derives from Middle English lyon, meaning "li...
Luned is the Welsh form of Lunete, found in the medieval Welsh tale Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain, which is an adaptation of Chrétien de Troyes's Old French poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. The name stems from a...
Lunete is a character from Arthurian legend, best known as the resourceful handmaiden who orchestrates the marriage of the knight Yvain to Laudine, the Lady of the Fountain. Her name is a variant form of Eluned, a Welsh...
Lynet is a form of Lunete used in Thomas Malory's 15th-century tale Le Morte d'Arthur, where it is borne by a woman who enlists the help of Sir Gareth to rescue her sister Lyonesse. She eventually marries his brother Gah...
Lynette is a feminine given name that entered the English lexicon through literature, most notably used by Alfred Tennyson in his 1872 poem Gareth and Lynette. In the poem, Lynette is the sister of Lyonesse, and though i...
Lyones is a variant of Lyonesse, a feminine name from Arthurian legend. It appears in Thomas Malory's 15th-century work Le Morte d'Arthur, where Lyonesse is a lady trapped in a castle by the Red Knight. Her sister Lynet...
Lyonesse is a feminine given name derived from Middle English, meaning "lioness." It is primarily known from Thomas Malory's 15th-century epic Le Morte d'Arthur, where it is borne by a woman imprisoned in a castle by the...
Lyonors is a girl's name from Arthurian legend, probably derived from Middle English lyon meaning "lion." It first appears in Sir Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation, Le Morte d'Arthur, where a woman named Lyonors h...
Morgaine is a variant of Morgan, derived from a French form of the name. In Arthurian legend, Morgaine is an alternative spelling for Morgan le Fay, the legendary sorceress and half-sister of King Arthur. The name is mos...
Morgan 2 is a feminine given name rooted in the Arthurian Cycle, representing a modern form of the name Morgen. It was introduced by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century for the famous sorceress Morgan le Fay, a char...
Morgen is an earlier form of Morgan (2), traditionally associated with the Arthurian Cycle as the name of the sorceress Morgan le Fay. The name was first recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century in his works,...
Nimue is a mysterious sorceress from Arthurian legend, most famous for being the Lady of the Lake who entangles the wizard Merlin with love and traps him with magic. Her name, of uncertain etymology, has been recorded in...
Etymology and MeaningOlwen is a feminine name of Welsh origin, derived from the elements ol meaning "footprint, track" and gwen meaning "white, blessed," thus forming the meaning "white footprint." The name is closely as...
Etymology and BackgroundYseut is the Old French form of Iseult, originating from the 12th-century Norman French poem Tristan by Béroul. The name's roots are debated, possibly from a Germanic compound like *Ishild, combin...
Ysolt is an Old French form of the legendary name Iseult, first recorded in the 12th-century poem Tristan by Thomas of Britain. The name belongs to the tragic heroine of the Tristan and Iseult story, an Irish princess wh...