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Personal Names
Perhaps you are expecting a baby and would
like to give the child a Cornish name. Here is a list of some
personal names in Cornish.
There are many more than this, and you can find fuller lists in
Cornish name books listed on the Reference
Books page.
Androw (m) – Cornish equivalent of Andrew
Arthur (m) – the legendary king of Cornwall
Aswen (f) – saint who gave her name to Advent,
Cornish patron saint of sweethearts
Borlewen (f) – meaning ‘morning star’
Briallen (f) – meaning ‘primrose’
Caradoc (m) – the name of a legendary Duke of
Cornwall, meaning ‘amiable’ (see also
Karadok)
Chesten (f) – Cornish equivalent of
Christine
Clemmo (m) – Cornish equivalent of Clemence (see
also Klemmo)
Conan (m) – Cornish saint (see also
Konan)
Davydh (m) – Cornish equivalent of David
Demelza (m) – from the place name on Goss Moor,
meaning ‘Maeldaf’s Fort’
Dewi (m) – Cornish pet form of David
Elowen (f) – meaning ‘elm tree’
Elys (f) – Cornish pet form of Elizabeth
Eseld (f) – from the legend of Tristan and
Eseld
Gawen (m) – Cornish form of Gawain from the
Arthurian legends
Gerens (m) – Cornish form of Geraint, who gave his
name to Gerrans on the Roseland
Humfra (m) Cornish equivalent of Humphrey
Hykka (m) – Cornish pet form of Richard
Ia (f) – patron saint of St Ives
Igerna (f) – the mother of King Arthur
Jago (m) – Cornish equivalent of James
Jacka (m) – Cornish equivalent of Jack
Jeffra (m) – Cornish pet form of Geoffrey
Jenefer (f) – Cornish equivalent of Guinevere, the
wife of King Arthur
Jenken (m) – Cornish Christian name as well as
surname
Jenna (f) – Cornish equivalent of Jane
Jori (m) – Cornish equivalent of George
Josep (m) – Cornish equivalent of Joseph
Josepa (f) – Cornish equivalent of Josephine
Jowan (m) – Cornish equivalent of John
Kaja (f) – meaning ‘daisy’
Karadok (m) – name of a legendary Duke of
Cornwall, meaning ‘amiable’ (see also
Caradok)
Katel (f) – Cornish equivalent of Catherine
Ke (m) – saint who gave his name to the parish of
Kea
Kelyn (f) – meaning ‘holly’
Kensa (m/f) – meaning ‘first’
Kenwyn (m) – saint who gave his name to the parish
of Kenwyn
Kerensa (f) – meaning ‘love’
Klemmo (m) – Cornish equivalent of Clemence (see
also Clemmo)
Kytto (m) – Cornish equivalent of
Christopher
Konan (m) – Cornish saint
Lowena (f) – meaning ‘joy’
Margh (m) – meaning ‘horse’, an early form of the
name Mark
Maria (f) – Cornish equivalent of Mary
Mathi (m) – Cornish pet form of Matthew
Melwynn (f) – meaning ‘fair honey’
Meriasek (m) – patron saint of Camborne
Mewan (m) – saint who gave his name to St Mewan
near St Austell
Mihal (m) – Cornish equivalent of Michael
Morgan (m) – meaning ‘great song’
Morgana (f) – female equivalent of Morgan
Morgelyn (f) – meaning ‘sea holly’
Morvoren (f) – meaning ‘mermaid’
Morwenna (f) – saint who gave her name to
Morwenstow
Nessa (m/f) – meaning ‘second’
Nonna (f) – mother of St David of Wales, who gave
her name to Altarnun
Nikka (m) – Cornish pet form of Nicholas
Pawl (m) – Cornish equivalent of Paul
Peder (m) – Cornish equivalent of Peter
Peran (m) – patron saint of Cornwall
Petrok (m) – saint who gave his name to
Padstow
Piran (m) – patron saint of Cornwall (see also
Peran)
Rosen (f) – meaning ‘rose’
Ruan (m) – saint who gave his name to several
places on the Lizard
Rudhek (m) – Cornish equivalent of Robin
Seleven (m) – saint who gave his name to St
Levan
Senara (f) – saint who gave her name to
Zennor
Sewena (f) – meaning success
Stefan (m) – Cornish equivalent of Stephen
Stefana (f) – Cornish equivalent of
Stephanie
Talek (m) – meaning ‘broad browed’
Talwynn (f) – meaning ‘fair browed’
Tamara (f) – who gave her name to the river Tamar,
according to legend
Tamsin (f) – Cornish equivalent of Thomasina
Taran (m) – meaning ‘thunder’
Tegen (f) – meaning ‘pretty little thing’
Tekka (f) – meaning ‘fairer’
Tewdar (m) – the name of a king of
Cornwall
Tristan (m) – from the legend of Tristan and
Eseld
Uther (m) – the father of King Arthur
Wella (m) – Cornish equivalent of William
Yestin (m) – Cornish equivalent of Justin
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