Celtic Female Names (General)

General Celtic Female Names

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A few of these may be repeated on other pages. If a name IS on one of the other sections, that takes precedence over this page.

Amena — “honest woman”.
Anna — “gracious”.
Antha — Greek, meaning “flower”. May have been used as an anglicization of Blathnait or Blathín.
Apirka — “pleasant”.

Birkita — “strength”.
Blair — “field or plain”.
Brietta — “strong”.
Brit — form of Brittania.
Brites — “strength”.
Britta — “strength”.

Carlin — “little champion”.
Cary — form of Carr; “from the marsh”.
Casey — “brave”.
Catriona — “pure”.
Colleen — “girl”.
Cori — “from the hollow”.

Dacey — “southerner”.
Dallas — “wise”.
Darcy — “dark”.
Delaney — “descendant of the challenger”.
Dempsey — “proud”.
Devin — “poet”.

Eavan — “fair form”.
Enid — “quiet woman”.
Eve — “life”.
Evette — form of Eve; “life”.
Evonne — see Eve, “life”; and Anna, “gracious”.

Fennella — “white shoulder”.

Gale — “a stranger”.
Galena — “calm”.
Gaynor — “son of the fair-haired one”.
Glenda — “divine goodness”.
Glenna — “valley”.
Glynis — “a narrow valley”.
Guinevere — “fair one”.
Gwyn — form of Gwyneth; “fortunate, blessed”.
Gwyneth — “fortunate, blessed”.

Isolde — “fair one”.

Jenna — form of Jennifer; “white spirit”.
Jenny — form of Jennifer; “white spirit”.

Keelan — “little and slender”.
Keeley — “beautiful and graceful”.
Kennedy — “helmeted chief”.
Kennis — “beautiful”.
Kerry — form of Carol; “manly”.
Kevina — from Kevin; “gentle, lovable”.
Kevyn — from Keven; “gentle, lovable”.
Kyle — “handsome, near the chapel”.
Kyleigh — fem. form of Kyle; “handsome, near the chapel”.
Kyna — “wise”.

Lesley — form of Leslie; “small meadow”.
Logan — “from the little hollow”.
Lynette — form of Linda; “pretty, graceful”. Linette.

Mavis — “the thrush”.
Morgan — “from the sea”.
Morgance — “sea-dweller”.
Myrna — “beloved”.

Neala — “having chieftains”.

Orla — “golden woman”.

Quinn — “wise”.

Renny — “small but mighty”.
Rhona — “rough island”.
Rhonda — “grand”.
Ryanne — “little ruler”.

Shela — “musical”.
Sloan — form of Slone; “warrior”.
Sloane — form of Slone; “warrior”.

Treva — “prudent”.

Venetia — “woman of Venice”.
Vevila — “woman with a melodious voice”.