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Celtic Baby Names for Boys Here's a mix of popular and unusual Celtic names for baby boys: Brendan From a Welsh word for 'prince.' Brogan From the The Irish word bróg, 'shoe,' plus a diminutive suffix. Cameron (m or f) From the Scottish words cam, 'bent,' and sròn, 'nose.' Campbell From the Scottish words cam, 'bent,' and beul, 'mouth.' Colwyn The second element may come from the Welsh word gwen, 'fair, blessed.' Conan From the Irish word cú, 'wolf, hound,' plus a diminutive suffix. Craig From the Scottish word creag, 'crag.' Donald From an early Gaelic name meaning 'world mighty.' Douglas From the Gaelic elements dubh, 'dark,' and glas, 'water.' Duncan From the Gaelic words donn, 'brown, dark,' and either cath, 'warrior,' or ceann, 'head, chief.' Dylan From the Welsh elements dy, perhaps meaning 'great,' and llanw, 'tide.' Glen From the Gaelic word gleann, 'mountain valley.' Gordon From the Celtic words gor and dun, likely meaning 'great' and 'hill.' Kennedy (m or f) One possible origin is the Irish word cinnéidigh, 'helmeted head' or 'ugly head.' Killian Irish, either from a word for 'war, strife,' or a different word meaning 'church.' Lennox From the Gaelic word leamhann, 'elm,' plus a locational suffix. Liam An Irish short form of William. Logan Could be from a Scottish place name meaning 'little hollow.' Maddox From the Welsh word mad, 'fortunate, good.' Malcolm From the Scottish phrase mael coluim, 'disciple of Saint Columba.' Morgan (m or f) From the Welsh elements mor and cant, possibly meaning 'sea' and 'circle.' Nolan From an Irish name perhaps meaning 'champion' or 'chariot fighter.' Rhys From a Welsh word that might mean either 'enthusiasm' or 'ardor.' Ross From the Scottish word for 'headland, promontory.' Ryan From the Irish word for king, rí, plus a diminutive suffix. Trevor From the Welsh words tref, 'town,' and mawr, 'large.' Vaughan (m or f) From a Welsh surname meaning 'small, little.'
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