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Celtic Baby Names

The Celtic languages were spoken by the Celts across Europe in the 1st millennium BC. Parts of the language remain today in the Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Breton, Manx, and Cornish dialects. Celtic is itself still used occasionally in regions such as Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. A form of Celtic spoken in the Scottish Highlands is also known as Gaelic.

Celtic Names for Boys

There are 979 Celtic names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Celtic names 1 to 20. Aiden was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English Aden, the Italian, Spanish, and English Adan, the English Aidyn, and the Gaelic name, Aedan. The unusual Celtic names are Aart (Dutch), Adie (Scottish and English), Adin (English), Aeddan (Welsh), Aengus (Irish), Aeron (English and Welsh), Aid, Ailbhe (Irish), Ailean (Scottish), Ailin (Irish), Ailín (Irish), Al (English), and Alain (French).

Celtic names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1992, 11.740% of baby boys were given Celtic names. There were 94 Celtic names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Celtic names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 96 Celtic names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 9.450%. Within all Celtic names, the English Aiden was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.7165%.

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NAMES OF CELTIC ORIGIN:

Aart stone, bear; thor, the eagle ... is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in the ...

Adan Popularity Trend of Adan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 299 299 a large bat; fire, brightness, splendor; little fire; man ... African-Yoruba, and Celtic ...

Aden Popularity Trend of Aden
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 254 254 little fire; fire, brightness, splendor ... language of origin is Celtic and it is predominantly ...

Adie little fire; man; man ... is Hebrew, Latin, and Celtic. ...

Adin Popularity Trend of Adin
from 1900 to 2008. an ornament; fire, brightness, splendor ...Adin's language of origin is Hebrew and Celtic ...

Aedan Popularity Trend of Aedan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 821 821 little fire ... and its origin is Celtic. ...

Aeddan little fire ... in Welsh and it is of Celtic origin. ...

Aengus one choice ... boy name Aengus is of Celtic origin and it is used ...

Aeron battle; berry, fruit; ... origin is Hebrew and Celtic ...

Aid little fire ...Aid's language of origin is Celtic. ...

Aidan Popularity Trend of Aidan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 59 59 little fire ... and its origin is Celtic ...

Aiden Popularity Trend of Aiden
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 16 16 little fire ...Aiden's origin is Celtic, and its use, English. ...

Aidyn Popularity Trend of Aidyn
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 699 699 little fire ... language of origin is Celtic and it is predominantly ...

Ailbhe white ... and its origin is Celtic ...

Ailean little rock; harmony, ... and its origin is Celtic. ...

Ailin little rock; harmony, ... is an Irish name of Celtic origin. ...

Ailín little rock; harmony, ... boy name Ailín is of Celtic origin and it is used ...

Al Popularity Trend of Al
from 1900 to 2008. little rock; harmony, ... and it is derived from Celtic, Germanic, Latin, Old ...

Alain little rock; harmony, ... and its origin is Celtic. ...

Alan Popularity Trend of Alan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 135 135 little rock; harmony, ... and it is derived from Celtic origins ...


Popularity Trend
for Celtic Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Celtic Names
in 2006