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1. ABELIO: Variant of Celtic Abellio, meaning "green growing one."
2. ABELIONNI: Variant of Celtic Abellio, meaning "green growing one."
3. ABELLIO: Celtic name of a god of apple trees, meaning "green growing one." 
4. AGRO: From a Celtic word meaning "battle; slaughter."
5. ALAN: English/Scottish name of Celtic origin, meaning "handsome." 
6. ALAUNOS: Variant of Celtic Alaunus, meaning "shining one."
7. ALAUNUS: Celtic myth name of a god of the sun, healing and prophecy, meaning "shining one." 
8. ALBAN: English name, from Roman Latin family name Albanus, meaning "from Alba," Alba itself meaning "white" and, possibly, "mountain." Alba is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic name for Scotland. It comes from the Celtic word Albion which was used to refer to the whole island of Great Britain. 
9. AODH: Myth name of a Celtic sun god. It is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Áed, meaning "fire." 
10. AONGHUS: Scottish/Gaelic myth name of a god of youth and love, composed of Celtic elements meaning "one/only choice." 
11. ARLEN: Celtic name meaning "pledge."
12. ART: From the Celtic word for "stone."
13. ARTHMAEL: "Stone prince." Celtic name derived from the elements art "stone" and mael "prince."
14. BEDIVERE: English form of Welsh Bedwyr, name of the Knight of the Round Table who returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after King Arthur's death. Described as being one-handed, he was still an excellent warrior. In Welsh, his full name was Bedwyr Bedrydant, meaning "Bedivere of the Perfect Sinews." The name may have been derived from proto-Celtic *bod(o)-wid-r, meaning "grave-knower," inferring "one who knows (Arthur's) grave."
15. BEDOIER (Bédoier): French form of English Bedivere, possibly from proto-Celtic *bod(o)-wid-r, meaning "grave-knower," inferring "one who knows (Arthur's) grave."
16. BEDWYR: Welsh form of Bedivere, possibly from proto-Celtic *bod(o)-wid-r, meaning "grave-knower," inferring "one who knows (Arthur's) grave."
17. BELENOS: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
18. BELENUS: "Shining." Celtic myth name of a god of fire and healing. In the Roman period he was identified with Apollo. 
19. BELINOS: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
20. BELINU: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
21. BELINUS: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
22. BELLINUS: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
23. BELUS: Variant of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
24. BORVO: "Heat." A sobriquet for the Celtic sun god Belenus. As Belenus Borvo, he was "shining heat."
25. BREANAINN (Bréanainn): Old Irish name of Celtic origin, meaning "prince."
26. BRENNUS: Old Celtic name/title from which the Brythonic Celtic word brenin derived, meaning "king." 
27. CADEYRN: "Battle-lord." Celtic legend name of the second son of Vortigern, composed of the Welsh elements cad "battle" and teyrn "lord, king."
28. CAEDMON: Celtic name of unknown origin, probably meaning "battle place," from cad "battle" and man "place, spot."
29. CATHAOIR: "Warrior." Irish/Gaelic name derived from the Gaelic word cathaoir "warrior," itself from the old Celtic elements cath "battle, fight" and vir "man."
30. CATIGERN: Variant of Celtic Cadeyrn, meaning "battle-lord."
31. CATOTIGERNOS: Variant of Celtic Catutigernos, meaning "battle-lord."
32. CATTEGIRN: Variant of Celtic Cadeyrn, meaning "battle-lord."
33. CATUTIGERNOS: A form of Celtic Catigern, meaning "battle lord."
34. CERNUNNOS: "Horned, antlered." Celtic myth name of an antlered god of animals, fertility and the underworld, from Gaulish carnon/cernon, meaning "horn, antler."
35. COCIDIUS: Myth name of a Celtic hunter god, possibly meaning "of the woods."
36. CORANN: Celtic myth name of a magical Druid, meaning "crown."
37. CUNOBELINUS: "Hound of Belenus." Celtic name of an ancient British king.
38. CUNOTIGERNOS: Old Celtic name meaning "hound-like Lord."
39. DAGDA: "The good god." Celtic myth name of a god of knowledge and magic, and a leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann, supernatural beings who inhabited Ireland prior to the coming of the Celts.
40. DEI: From the Celtic word meaning "to shine."
41. DUMNO: From the Celtic word meaning "world."
42. EOGHAN: Old Celtic name possibly meaning "born from the yew tree."
43. EOGHANN: Variant of Celtic Eoghan, meaning "born from the yew tree."
44. ESUGENIUS: Celtic name derived from Latin Eugenius meaning "well born."
45. EUDEYRN: Variant of Celtic Cadeyrn, meaning "battle-lord."
46. EUGUEIN: Celtic form of Eugene, meaning "well born."
47. GAHAREET: Old Celtic legend name probably derived from Welsh Geraint, meaning "old."
48. GARETH: Welsh Arthurian legend name, possibly derived from Celtic Gahareet, meaning "old."
49. GRANNUS: "Boiling." A sobriquet for the Celtic sun god Belenus. As Belenus Grannus, he was "boiling brilliance."
50. GWALCHMAI: "May hawk." Celtic myth name of a sun god, composed of the elements gwalch "hawk" and Mei "May."
51. KEDEHERN: Variant of Celtic Cadeyrn, meaning "battle-lord."
52. JODOC: Celtic name meaning "lord."
53. KOUN: From the Celtic word for "hound."
54. KYNDEYRN: Variant of Celtic Cadeyrn, meaning "battle-lord."
55. LEUCETIUS: Gallo-Roman myth name of a god of thunder, meaning "white light." 
56. LLWYD: Celtic nickname, from the word llwyd, meaning "gray-haired."
57. LUG: Celtic myth name of an ancient god who bore the epithet "skilled in all arts," which has led some scholars to believe that Mercury was Lug. The name seems to have derived from the Proto-Celtic element *lugios, meaning "oath."
58. LUGOBELINOS: "Oath of Belenus." Old Celtic name composed of the element *lugios "oath" and the name of the Celtic god of fire.
59. LUGOVALOS: Celtic name meaning "strong as Lug."
60. LUGUBELENUS: Variant of Lugobelinos, meaning "oath of Belenus."
61. LUGUS: Gaulish form of Irish Lugh, meaning "oath."
62. MABON: Welsh myth name of a Celtic god, derived from the word mab, meaning "son."
63. MAPONOS: Celtic myth name of a god of youth and music, meaning "divine son." 
64. MAPONUS: Variant of Celtic Maponos, meaning "divine son."
65. MORCANT: "Sea circle." Old Celtic name, probably composed of the elements mor "sea" and cant "circle." 
66. NEMAUSUS: Name of the Celtic patron god of the city of Nimes, meaning "from the source."
67. PEREDUR: Old Celtic/Welsh Arthurian romance name of unknown meaning, mentioned in the Mabinogion, identified with a historical Brythonic king. It is the name on which the drastically altered French Percevel was based.
68. PIRAN: Proto-Celtic form of Irish Ciaran, meaning "little black one."
69. PRASUTAGUS: Celtic name of a king of the Iceni and husband of Boudica. 
70. RUAIDHRI (Ruaidhrí): "Red king." Irish/Gaelic name composed of the Celtic elements ruadh "red" and rí "king."
71. TARANIS: Celtic myth name of a thunder god, meaning "thunder."
72. TEUTORIGOS: Variant of Celtic Teutorix, meaning "king of the tribe."
73. TEUTORIX: Old Celtic name meaning "king of the tribe."
74. TRISTAN: Celtic legend name of uncertain origin. See Drystan.
75. TRISTAND: Variant of Celtic Tristan.
76. TRISTEN: Variant of Celtic Tristan.
77. TRISTIN: Variant of Celtic Tristan.
78. TRISTON: Variant of Celtic Tristan.
79. TRYSTAN: Variant of Celtic Tristan.
80. TUIREANN: Irish/Celtic myth name of the husband of Brighid, probably meaning "thunderer." 
81. UISNECH: Celtic name for the Rasena Druids, meaning either "waters of pure spirit," or "seed of the pure." 
82. URIANUS: "Privileged birth." Name of a legendary king of the Britons, probably a form of Celtic Urien, meaning "privileged birth." 
83. URIEN: "Privileged birth." Welsh Arthurian legend name of the husband of Morgan le Fay, composed of the Celtic elements ōrbo "privileged" and gen "birth."
84. VERCINGETORIX: "Overlord." Celtic name composed of the Gaulish elements ver "on, over" and cingeto "warriors." Name of the chieftain of the Averni who led the Gallic war against Roman imperialism.

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