Celtic Baby Names

Celtic Baby Names

Names have always been given to babies to acknowledge
strength, honor, or courage. Celts were of Scottish, Irish,
or Welsh descent. People associate each person by his
or her name, which is very important, when distinguishing
one person from another. During Celtic times, a baby was
only giving one name to distinguish it from any other, and
then, as the baby grew into adulthood, the clans surname
was also used to distinguish which clan he was from.

Celts named their babies after places they had been or
something or someone they admired. This could relate
to one of their deities, a mythological name, someone
in history, or after a brave clan member, so that the name
of the respected clan member would live on through the
babies' names. Naming a baby was a very responsible task
because it was so important to choose just the right name.
As writing had not yet become very well known, this meant
that a clan’s heritage would have to live on, being passed down
from one generation to the next, by this new baby. The very first
gift that one gives to their new born baby is the gift of a name,
so people want the baby's name to be spectacular.

Since Celtic baby first names were given to a baby because the
name meant something to the clan, the name was a word that meant
something, such as the name Aife, which was a Celtic baby name
for a female of the clan that meant “A great warrior woman of Myth”.
The name Alan was an Irish male name that meant “handsome”.
The name “Morgan’ means “lives by the sea”. First given to a baby
boy, the name has since been changed to be used by either sex.

The name of “Cameron” was a boy’s Celtic baby name that meant
“crooked nose”. Jennifer was a name given to a girl, and it meant
“white wave”. The name Brianna was the feminine name for Brian,
and the name Brian meant “strong”.

Many people want their Celtic baby names to be unusual and unique,
so they may give it a name which is very seldom used, such as the name
“Quinn”, an odd name for today but yet it stands out among an ocean
of names at one's work place. The name “Quinn” means "Wise” or “wise one”.
Some parents have even changed the spelling of the name “Quinn” by
using a “C” instead of a “Q”, thus Quinn, is now Cuinn. Incidentally,
“Cuinn” is the original spelling, mostly derived from the particular
part of the country the baby was born in.

A very popular baby name today is the name “Erin”, which was a
Celtic baby name for a girl, and it meant “from Ireland”. Again
depending on what section of the country the baby was born,
depended on the way it was spelled, the Highlanders would spell
it Orin, and the lowlands would spell it Erin.

Every name a person has today, had its roots from something important,
and as it was then, as it still is, an important task in naming your child,
because we name our children after someone we respect, greatly.
Now a day’s people tend to name babies after their grand parents,
so that the grand parents would take part in the life of the child as it grows.

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