Gallery XII · 800 BC to AD 800
The Celtic World
Gaulish and British names of the Iron Age, and the early names of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.
Few names survive from the Celtic Iron Age, mostly through Roman writers and inscriptions. Far more come from early Irish and Welsh annals, saints' lives and tales, written down by monks from about the seventh century.
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.