Celtic Baby Name

Celtic baby name lists are available in books and as free services from online databases.

Most of the books about Celtic names for girls and boys cover names at least from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Brittany.

For a list of 417 Irish baby girl names, see here.

The best sources explain meaning behind each name, as are the associated myths and stories or places and saints.

Also, look for pronunciation guides, facts about the names, and over variations of the listed names.

Celtic Baby Name – Books

There are great books available about Celtic names. These books will save you the expense and inconvenience of printing tens or hundreds of pages from Internet sites about the same information.

As an exemplary list, books about the subject include:

• Celtic Names for Children
  by Loreto Todd
• Celtic Baby Names
  by Judy Sierra
• O'Baby: The Irish Baby Name Book
  by Geoffrey Johnson
• The Celtic Book of Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
  by D. J. Conway
• Celtic First Names
  by George Mackay

Celtic Baby Name – BabyNameGuide & BabyNameWorld

BabyNameGuide.com offers a great free source for Celtic names, for both girl and boy names. The listing offers a database of names from A to Z, with associated meanings.

You’ll also find additional content for naming a baby. These include top names, tips on choosing a name, and other related content.

BabyNameWorld.com offers pretty much similar baby name resource in a form of Celtic name list. The list includes names and associated meanings. However, the database is smaller than the one at BabyNameGuide.


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