Male Celtic Names

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1. ABELIO: Variant spelling of Celtic Abellio, meaning "green growing one."
2. ABELIONNI: Variant form 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. ALAIN: French form of Celtic Alan, meaning "little rock." 
6. ALAN: Old Celtic name, possibly having the same origin as Irish Gaelic Ailín, from ailín, a diminutive of ail "rock," hence "little rock." 
7. ALAUNOS: Variant form of Celtic Alaunus, meaning "shining one."
8. ALAUNUS: Celtic myth name of a god of the sun, healing and prophecy, meaning "shining one." 

9. ARLEN: Celtic name meaning "pledge." Compare with another form of Arlen.

10. AODH (pronounced ee): Modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Old Gaelic Áed, meaning "fire." In Celtic mythology, this is the name of a sun god. 
11. AONGHAS: Gaelic name composed of the elements aon "excellent" and gais "boldness, valor," hence "excellent valor." In Celtic mythology, this is the name of a god of youth and love. Also spelled Aonghus. Translated by the Scottish into Aeneas. 
12. ARTHUR: Celtic Arthurian legend name of a famous King of Britain. The name is of obscure etymology, possibly composed of Welsh art/arth "bear" and Brittonic gur "man," hence "bear-man." The earliest mention of him is in Welsh texts, where he is never called "king," but rather dux bellorum, meaning "war leader." Medieval Welsh texts call him ameraudur "emperor" which could also mean "war leader." In early Welsh works the word art was used as a figurative synonym for "warrior." 
13. AVALLACH: Celtic Arthurian legend name of a king of Avalon who made Galahad's shield, meaning "apple's masculine spirit." King Avallach painted a red cross on the shield with the blood of Joseph of Aramathea.
14. AVALLOC: Variant spelling of Celtic Avallach, meaning "apple's masculine spirit.
15. BELENOS: Variant spelling of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."
16. BELENUS: Celtic myth name of a god of fire and healing, derived from the root bel, meaning "shining." In the Roman period he was identified with Apollo. 

17. BELINOS: Variant spelling of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."

18. BELINU: Variant spelling of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."

19. BELINUS: Variant spelling of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."

20. BELLINUS: Variant spelling of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."

21. BELUS: Contracted form of Celtic Belenus, meaning "shining."

22. BORVO: A sobriquet for the Celtic sun god Belenus, meaning "heat." As Belenus Borvo, he was "shining heat."

23. BRENNUS: Old Celtic name and title, meaning "king." 

24. BRIGONOS: Old Celtic name meaning "high hill."

25. CERNUNNOS: Celtic myth name of an antlered god of animals, fertility and the underworld, from Gaulish carnon/cernon, "horn, antler," hence "horned."

26. CETHIN: Old Celtic byname, meaning "dark, swarthy."

27. COCIDIUS: Myth name of a Celtic hunter god, possibly meaning "of the woods."

28. CORANN: Celtic myth name of a magical Druid, meaning "crown."

29. CUNOBELINUS: Celtic name of an ancient British king, meaning "hound of Belenus."
30. CUNOTIGERNOS: Old Celtic name meaning "hound-like Lord."
31. DAGDA: Irish Gaelic name meaning "the good god." In Celtic mythology, this is the 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.
32. DEI: From the Celtic word meaning "to shine."
33. DUMNO: From the Celtic word meaning "world."
34. DUMNONOS: Celtic myth name of a god worshiped by the Dumnonii, meaning "world spirit" or "world lord."
35. ESUGENIUS: Celtic name derived from Latin Eugenius (2), meaning "well born."
36. EUDEYRN: Old Celtic variant form of Welsh Cadeyrn, meaning "battle lord."
37. GAHAREET: Old Celtic legend name probably derived from Welsh Geraint, meaning "old."
38. GALL: Old Celtic byname derived from the Gaelic word gal, meaning "Gaul, Lowlander, stranger." 
39. GAVIN: Celtic form of Norman French Gauvain, meaning either "May hawk" or "white hawk."
40. GOIBNIU: Celtic name derived from the word gobha, meaning "smith." In mythology, this is the name of a god of craftsmanship who provided weapons for the Tuatha De Danaan.
41. GRANNUS: Celtic name meaning "boiling." In mythology, this is an epithet of the sun god Belenus. As Belenus Grannus, he is "brilliance boiling."
42. HEFEYDD: Welsh name of uncertain etymology, possibly from haf, meaning "summer." In Celtic mythology, this is the name of the father of Rhiannon. 
43. JODOC: Celtic name derived from a diminutive form of iudh, meaning "lord."
44. KEDEHERN: Old Celtic variant form of Welsh Cadeyrn, meaning "battle lord."
45. KOUN: From the Celtic word for "hound."
46. KYNDEYRN: Old Celtic variant form of Welsh Cadeyrn, meaning "battle lord."
47. LLWYD: Celtic byname for a "gray-haired" man, derived from the word llwyd, meaning "gray."
48. LUG: Celtic name probably derived from the Proto-Celtic element *lugios, meaning "oath." In mythology, this is the name of an ancient god who bore the epithet "skilled in all arts," which has led some scholars to believe that Mercury and Lug were one and the same. 
49. LUGOBELINOS: Old Celtic name composed of the word *lugios "oath" and the name of a god of fire, hence "oath of Belenus."
50. LUGOVALOS: Celtic name meaning "strong as Lug."
51. MABON: Welsh name meaning "divine son." In Celtic Arthurian legend, this is the name of the son of Modron ("divine mother"). He was a hunter god who was stolen by Annwn from his mother three days after his birth. He was rescued by Culhwch, a cousin to Arthur, but because of the time he spent with Annwn, he remained young. He later assisted Culhwch in his search of Olwen. 
52. MAPONOS: Celtic myth name of a god of youth and music, meaning "divine son." 
53. MAPONUS: Variant of Celtic Maponos, meaning "divine son."
54. MIDIR: Irish name of unknown meaning. In Celtic mythology, this is the name of a lord of the underworld, the husband of Fuamnach.
55. MORCANT: Old Celtic name, probably composed of the elements mor "sea" and cant "circle," hence "sea circle."
56. NAOISE: Irish Gaelic name, of unknown meaning. In Celtic mythology, this is the name of the warrior nephew of King Conchobar and beloved of Deirdre.
57. NEMAUSUS: Name of the Celtic patron god of the city of Nimes, meaning "from the source."
58. ORBOGEN: Old Celtic name composed of the elements ōrbo "privileged" and gen "birth," hence "privileged birth." 
59. PENDRAGON: Celtic name meaning "chief dragon." In Arthurian legend, this is a title/ name of several kings of the Britons, and King Arthur's father Uther Pendragon. 
60. PEREDUR: Old Celtic Arthurian legend name of unknown meaning. It is the name on which the drastically altered French Percevel may have been based. 
61. PIRAN: Proto-Celtic form of Irish Ciarán, meaning "little black one." In use by the Cornish.
62. PRASUTAGUS: Celtic name of a king of the Iceni and husband of Boudica. 
63. TARANIS: Celtic myth name of a thunder god, meaning "thunder."
64. TEUTORIX: Old Celtic equivalent of Teutonic Thiudereiks, meaning "first of the people; king of nations."
65. TOR: Celtic name meaning "conical hill." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a Knight of the Round Table. He was an adopted son of King Ars/Aries, the natural son of King (or shepherd) Pellinore. He was brother to Sir Aglovale, Sir Lamorak, Sir Domar, Sir Percival, and Dindrane. Tor and his twelve half-brothers were raised as shepherds, but Arthur later made him a knight. Compare with other forms of Tor.
66. TUIREANN: Irish name meaning "thunderer." In Celtic mythology, this is the name of the husband of Bríghid.
67. UISNECH: From the Celtic name for the Rasena Druids, meaning either "waters of pure spirit" or "seed of the pure."
68. VERCINGETORIX: Celtic name composed of the Gaulish elements ver "on, over" and cingeto "warriors," hence "overlord; lord over warriors."

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