Female Celtic Names

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1. AGRONA: Celtic myth name of a goddess of strife and war. The name derives from Proto-Celtic *Agronā, literally meaning "carnage, slaughter." 
2. AINE (Áine): Irish/Celtic myth name of a queen of fairies, meaning "radiance."
3. ANDRASTE: Celtic myth name of a Briton goddess of victory, meaning "invincible."
4. ARANRHOD: "Huge/round/humped wheel," from Proto-Celtic *Arganto-rota. This is the original form of the name Arianrhod, a Welsh myth name from the fourth branch of the Mabinogion; name of the daughter of Beli Mawr, and mother of the twins Dylan and Lleu Llaw Gyffes. 
5. AVALON: "Island of apples." Probably derived from Celtic abal or Welsh afal, meaning "apple." Name of the legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, where the body of King Arthur is said to be buried, having been brought there by his half-sister Morgan le Fay, and where he is supposed to one day return. 
6. BETONY: Name of a plant of the mint family once popular in herbal medicine, occasionally used as a forename. It is also called woundwort and lousewort. Some authors have suggested that the name derives from Celtic bew "head" and ton "good," because it is good for complaints of the head. Pliny said that the original name of this plant was Vettonica, from the Vettones, an ancient Iberian tribe. 
7. BLODEUEDD: Original form of Welsh Blodeuwedd, name of a woman made from flowers, and lover of Goronwy in the Mabinogion. The name was derived from Proto-Celtic *Blāto-weid-ā meaning "flower-faced/wild feminine (spirit)." 
8. BOADICEA: Variant of Celtic Boudica, meaning "victory."
9. BONDUCA: Variant of Celtic Boudica, meaning "victory."
10. BOUDICA: Name of a queen of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people who led the army against Roman invaders, meaning "victory."
11. BOUDICCA: Variant of Boudica, meaning "victory."
12. BRIGANTIA: Name of the tutelary goddess of the Brigantes (British Celts) from which the mythic Irish Brighid, daughter of Dagda, is probably an offshoot.
13. BRIGHID: "Exalted one." Irish Gaelic myth name of an ancient Celtic goddess, daughter of Dagda, one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. 
14. BUDUICA: Variant of Celtic Boudica, meaning "victory."
15. CARTIMANDUA: Name of a queen of Brigantes (British Celts), meaning "sleek pony." 
16. CARTISMANDUA: Variant of Celtic Cartimandua, meaning "sleek pony."
17. CINNIA: Name of a Celtic saint, meaning "beauty." 
18. CINNIE: Variant of Celtic Cinnia, meaning "beauty."
19. COVENTINA: Name of a Brythonic goddess of springs and wells, possibly meaning "memory of snow."
20. CROBH DEARG: Myth name of a Celtic goddess of harvest, meaning "red claws." She is also known by the names Lasair and Lassar, meaning "flame," Fhina, meaning "wine," and Lasairiona, meaning "flaming wine."
21. EPONA: Celtic myth name of the goddess of horses and fertility. It derives from Gaulish epos "horse," and epa "mare." 
22. FHINA: Celtic name meaning "wine."
23. INNOGEN: Correct spelling of the Shakespeare character name Imogen, which is of Celtic origin, possibly derived from the Gaelic element inghean, meaning "girl, maiden." 
24. ISEULT: Celtic form of Isolde, meaning "fair aspect."
25. NANTOSUELTA: Name of a Gaulish goddess of water and fertility, meaning "valley-sun."
26. REANNON: Variant of Celtic Rhiannon, meaning "great queen."
27. RHIANNON: Welsh myth name of a moon deity, and legend name of the mother of Pryderi, probably derived from the Old Celtic title Rigantona, meaning "great queen."
28. RONAT: A Celtic name of Irish origin, meaning "little seal/oath."
29. SABRINA: Latin form of Severn, name of a river in England. In Celtic legend, this is the name of a river goddess who dwelt in the Severn river. Apparently, there has been an error by certain authors who claim that the name, Sabrina, was mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He used the Old Welsh name Habren, not Sabrina, and he was probably wrong in claiming that the river was named after a princess who was drowned in it on orders of her stepmother, as the river name is much too ancient. 
30. SULIS: Name of a Celtic goddess of thermal springs who watched over Bath, probably meaning "good flowing one."
31. TRISTA: Feminine form of Celtic Tristan. 
32. ULA: Female Celtic name meaning "Gem/jewel of the sea." 

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