List of Gaelic Baby Names Meanings

Brawley

(BRAW-lee)

English Meaning: The name Brawley is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Brawley is: From the hillslope meadow.

Meaning: A descendent of Brolach Origin: Gaelic

Bronte

(BRAHN-tee)

An ancient Greek name, from the Greek word "bronte", means "the sound of the thunder" in Greek. In Greek mythology Brontes was a Cyclops, the personification of "bronte". ... I always thought Bronte was a French name.

Meaning: Receiver Origin: Gaelic, Greek

Buchanan

(BYOOK-ən-ən)

A habitational or geographical surname meaning who came from the district of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, a location near Loch Lomond in Scotland. The place name is thought to derive from the Gaelic elements buth, meaning "house" and chanain, meaning "of the canon."

Meaning: Canon house Origin: Gaelic

Cadman

(KAD-mən)

The name Cadman is an Anglo-Saxon baby name. In Anglo-Saxon the meaning of the name Cadman is: warrior.

Meaning: Warrior Origin: English, Gaelic

Caedmon

(KAD-mən)

Meaning: "wise warrior" Famous real-life people named Caedmon: | Edit. 7th century Celtic saint, considered the father of modern liturgical music. Caedmon is the first known poet in English, writer of the Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn."

Meaning: Warrior Origin: Gaelic

Cael

(KAYL)

Cael is the name of the angel of the zodiac sign of Cancer and also of a warrior of Irish mythology. Its ascendance to the Top 1000 over the past decade probably has to do with its similarity to Cale and Kale (and Kyle and Cayden etcetera).

Meaning: Slim Origin: Gaelic

Cairbre

(KAHR-bra)

Celtic Meaning: The name Cairbre is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Cairbre is: Charioteer.

Meaning: One who rides in a chariot Origin: Gaelic, Irish, Scottish

Calahan

(KAL-ə-hən)

Irish Meaning: The name Callaghan is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Callaghan is: Strife. Saint Callaghan was an Irish saint.

Meaning: One who loves churches Origin: Gaelic

Callan

(KAL-ən)

Callan Name Meaning. ... Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ailin, a patronymic from an old Gaelic personal name derived from ail 'rock'. Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cailin 'son of Cailin' (see Collin).

Meaning: Slim Origin: English, Gaelic

Cameron

(KAM-rən/KAM-ə-rən)

Cameron is a given name in the English language. ... In the Scottish Highlands the surname is thought to be derived from the Gaelic cam sròn, meaning "crooked nose" or "crooked river"; in the Scottish Lowlands the name is thought to be derived from a form of Norman baronial name—from Cambernon, in Normandy.

Meaning: One with a crooked nose Origin: Gaelic