If you’re looking for some ideas to name your boat, how about using Celtic-inspired boat names?
When you think of Celtic names, images of ancient stone circles, rolling hills and wild storms may come to mind. So to help you get started, we compiled a list of Celtic boat names that honor their culture and history.
41 Unique Celtic Boat Names
Here is a list of some traditional Celtic boat names with meanings:
- Argoed – “from the wooded hill”
- Branwen – “white raven”
- Caradoc – “amiable, beloved”
- Cian – “ancient, enduring”
- Cordelia – “heart, daughter of the sea”
- Dagda – “good god”
- Eira – “snow”
- Emrys – “immortal”
- Uisce Cladaigh – “ship of the warriors”
- Glascha Mara – “ship of the sea”
- Enid – “soul”
- Fionnuala – “fair shouldered”
- Gwyneth – “happiness, blessedness”
- Liriel – “song of the sea”
- Llewelyn – “leader of the lions”
- Maeve – “intoxicating”
- Maelstrom – “whirlpool”
- Niamh – “radiance, brightness”
- Nuala – “fair shouldered”
- Oisin – “little deer”
- Olwyn – “white footprint”
- An Cuan – “the boat”
- Inbhir Fladda – “river of the flow”
- Orin – “pale green, fair-haired”
- Penelope – “weaver”
- Rhiannon – “queen, goddess”
- Ronan – “little seal”
- Saoirse – “freedom”
- Seren – “star”
- Siobhan – “God is gracious”
- Coinnle Corra – “race of boats”
- Tadhg – “poet, philosopher”
- Taliesin – “shining brow”
- Taryn – “thunder”
- Tegan – “fair, beautiful”
- Tynan – “dark”
- Grianan Banríon – “sun queen’s barge”
- Ula – “gem of the sea”
- Urien – “privileged birth”
- Yseult – “fair lady”
- Zephyr – “west wind”
We hope you enjoyed this list of Celtic boat names. You can also try combining two or more from the names above to come up with a more unique name for your vessel.
Happy Boat Naming!
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Happy Sailing!