Celtic sounding names?

[LittleB]

Hi, dd has a welsh name and I'm trying to find other welsh or celtic names that I like (we have a Scottish surname so it seems to be in keeping too). So far have;
For a girl;
Clodagh
Bronwyn
Arwen (I know its lord of the rings but I really like it!)
Guinevere
Iona
Isla
Rhiannon
Shannon
Thea
Boys names;
Angus
Caleb
Euan
Finlay
MurphyAny more ideas or thoughts on the above appreciated!

Please, please make it Bronwen not Bronwyn if you choose it for a girl - endings in wyn are for boys!

Personally I like Euan and Iona.

I really don't like Euan (DH was very keen). Evan, Owen and Euan all blend into one for me!

Caleb isn't celtic is it? I thought it was biblical?

I like Finlay (Finn is one of our chosen names) and Angus (very unusual) and Iona is very nice!

Thanks snow will make sure we get the ending right if we go for bronwen - thats baby names books for you. Caleb is biblical, but I still like it anyway! Any other suggestions, need a long list as DH will discount lots of them!

Shannon sounds a bit Irish-American as a girl's name rather than a place/river.

But didn't someone suggest Cara as a proper girl's name - that's lovely. Or Caitlin. Or Fiona.

You might have problems with spelling and pronounciation if you choose Clodagh. How is it said - I'd presume Clodd-agg?

www.byig-wlb.org.uk/English/using/Pages/Welshnamesforchildren.aspx

Girls: Eilidh, Skye, Rhona, Seona, Morna, Brigi(d)(t), Ailsa, Roisin.

Boys: Lachlann, Calum, Murdo, Donald, Brendan, Duncan, Aidan, Seamus.

(these are all names of children at my kids school, which is Gaelic medium therefore very celtic!)

I love Welsh names, we used to live in Wales. How about:

Girl: Carys, Nansi (Welsh spelling of Nancy), Catrin, Bethan, Rhian, Seren, Anwen, Ffion

Boy: Gethin, Rhys, Geraint, Tomos, Fergus, Travis

Thanks for the ideas - I used to work with a clodagh, she said it cloe - dah, we used to call her Clo.
Thanks for the link Naetha, glad to see dd's name is there, I do like Rhian and Nia alot. And thank you weegiemum - I really like seamus (although it does remind me of a horse I used to ride with the same name!), and Calum. Thanks bellissima - I did wonder that about Shannon, and Rhiannon, I do like Cara, but know a catlin and not keen on Fiona so wouldn't use those.

Murray or Harris for boys

You could add Bethan for a girl and Rory for a boy.

for girls
Aoife (pron Eeefa)
Niamh (pron Neave)
For Boys
Oisin (pron Osheen)
Dara (after lovely Dara O'Brian) maybe a bit girlish)
Eoin (pron Owen/Iain)

Thanks squeezy, I like Anwen alot and seren. Also Travis for boys, could you tell me how you pronounce Geraint? I like Murry and Bethan too!

sholto
rory and a million variants
fergus
angus
douglas
if ds2 had been a girl he'd be guinevere

Thanks grammar, aoife is pretty and unusual, we know 3 naimh already (2 spelt neive). Will add oisin to my list too, but Dara wouldn't go with our surname (starts with an R - too many R's together!)

Geraint is as it's spelt really, with a hard 'G' - 2 syllables Geh-rainte. Ge as in (Bob) Geldof and 'rai' as in ryvita, not rain! If that makes any sense at all...

Thanks beasknees, we really like Guinevere, was on the short list when we had dd, just seems long too long when they are only little, and a nightmare when they are learning to write their names, but it is really growing on me, and I do like Gwyn (is that how you'd spell at?) as a nicname!

Thanks squeezy, wasn't sure if it had a hard or soft 'G'.

ooh, I forgot one of my favourites - Gwen! Short for either Gwendoline or Gwenllian (the double-l pronounced the welsh way). Or Gwyneth - lovely name that doesn't sound so old-ladyish now thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Olwen, Clodagh or Maeve for a girl
Gregor, Fergus or Diarmuid for a boy

I do like Gwen too, Gwendoline is lovely, had a step grandmother Gwyneth so would feel a bit odd about that, but Gwendolin is now on the list - I do have more girls names than boys!

I'd go for Branwen over Bronwen tbh, Bronwen isn't at all popular in Wales.

Other Welsh suggestions:

Girls - Cadi (short for Catrin), Lois, Manon, Nia, Lowri, Gwenno, Elin, Haf (Welsh for Summer), Mai (Welsh for May), Medi (Welsh for September)

Boys - Cai, Cian, Owain, Gwyn (Welsh for White), Glyn, Math, Osian, Dylan.

ps, i love Bruce and Donald too.

Skye is lovely as a middle name I think. Wouldn't use it as a first name. Roisin is nice too and can be Rosie if people struggle with roisin.

ps, shannon is the dreaded C word. I think because it was Americans who labelled it Irish, rather than the Irish! It just has the same vibe as Madison or Taylor for me.

[runs and hides]

Branwen is good, like Cadi too. Can't have a name starting with M as thats what dd's name starts with and could lead to confusion with post etc! Roisin and Rosie is a good idea!
Keep them coming!