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German-Welsh names for girls
Adele
Alys
Catrin
Cheryl
Delia
Emma
Freda
Helena
Isolda
Isolde
Jennifer
Maud
Melanie
Rose
Trudy
Winifred
Additional German-Welsh results
Feminine German names that may also be Welsh words
The following names often appeared in Welsh language web pages. That means that they are either Welsh words, or names which are very familiar to Welsh speakers.
Welsh word ending matches
Feminine Welsh names often end with -en. Below are German names ending with the same word ending.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the German name on the left, and the Welsh name on the right.
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Adele
Adele is a German name meaning “noble” or “nobility,” suggesting someone of high rank. Adele is also treated as a French form of Adelaide, with related forms such as Adela, Adelia, and Adeline.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
Cheryl
Cheryl arose as a blend of Beryl with Cherry or Cher, “dear,” and is linked to Cheryl Tiegs and Cheryl Ladd, though it is now rarely used. Cheryl is read as French for “beloved” or “darling.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Everything Baby Names Book, Unusual Baby Names
Delia
Delia is Greek for “from Delos,” the island where Artemis was born, linking it to Diana. Delia is also read as “visible.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Numerology for Baby Names
Emma
Emma is an Old German name meaning “whole,” “all-embracing,” or “universal.” Emma came to England with the Normans and has been warmly revived as a romantic, Victorian-feeling name, helped by Jane Austen’s heroine.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Freda
Freda is a German name meaning “peaceful” or “peaceful ruler,” with Frida and Frieda as variants. Freda is also read as “merciful leader.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
Helena
Helena is a form of Helen, meaning “light,” “torch,” or “sunbeam.” Actress Helena Bonham Carter is a well-known bearer.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Isolde
Isolde is a Welsh and Celtic name meaning “fair lady” or “fair maiden,” with one book adding the German sense “to rule.” In Arthurian legend Isolde was the Irish princess loved by the knight Tristan; Iseult and Isolda are variants.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Made Easy
Jennifer
Jennifer is a Welsh or Cornish version of Guinevere, meaning “white and smooth,” “fair,” or “white wave.” Jennifer was hardly known beyond Cornwall until George Bernard Shaw put it in a play, and by the early 1970s it was the most popular name in the country.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Maud
Maud is a form of Matilda, a German name meaning “strength in battle.” Maud is a short form of Madeline or Matilda, borne by actress and model Maud Adams.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
Melanie
Melanie comes from Greek and means “dark,” glossed as “dark-skinned” or “dark-clothed.” A fifth-century saint known for helping the poor carried the name, which was rare in the U.S. until Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind made it popular from 1938.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Rose
Rose comes from the Latin name of the flower, with many forms such as Rosa, Rosie, Rosalie, and Rosetta. Rose was the earliest flower name, probably because of its connection with the Virgin Mary, and it stands for love and purity, while the Bible refers to the “rose of Sharon.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Trudy
Trudy is a short form of Gertrude, a German name meaning “spear of strength,” with variants like Trudi and Trudie. Trudy is also given the meaning “beloved.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Winifred
Winifred is a Welsh name meaning “holy peace,” “blessed,” or “reconciled,” while others trace it to German as “peaceful friend.” Saint Winifred was a seventh-century Welsh holy woman, and a healing spring is said to mark where she died.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Unusual Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
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All of the suggested German-Welsh names on this page are matched solely on their written form — pronunciation may differ.