Cornish Character Names List

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Cornish names - names with Celtic roots connected to the gorgeous southwest corner of England - are an evocative group.

Austell - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: OST-uhl
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish place name

Bronnen - "a rush"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Conwenna - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish, Welsh or Breton

Dellen - "petal"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Demelza - "fort on the hill"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Denzel - "from the high stronghold"
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish

Elestren - "iris"
Pronunciation: eh-LESS-tren
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Elowen - "elm"
Pronunciation: el-o-en or el-LO-wen
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Emblyn - "emmeline"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Endellion - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish place name

Ives - "yew wood"
Gender: Male
Origin: English variation of Yves

Jago - "supplanter"
Pronunciation: jay-go or yay-go
Gender: Male
Origin: Spanish and Cornish variation of Jacob

Jenifry - "white peace"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish variation of the Welsh name Gwenfrewi

Jennifer - "white shadow, white wave"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish variation of Welsh Guinevere

Jory - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish variant of George, or diminutive of Jordan

Kea - "rejoice"
Pronunciation: KAY
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish, from Roman Caius

Kerensa - "love"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Kerris - "love"
Gender: Female
Origin: Welsh

Kew - "chick"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Keyne - "man of the eastern sky"
Pronunciation: kayn
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish variation of Kane

Kitto - "bearer of Christ"
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish, diminutive of Christopher

Mabyn - "boy"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish, from English

Meraud - "a profit from the sea"
Pronunciation: MEH-rod
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Merryn - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish variation of Mirin

Mirren - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish and Scottish

Pascoe - "easter"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish variation of Pascal

Penrose - "top of the heath"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish and Welsh place name

Penzance - "holy headland"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish

Perran - "little dark one"
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish

Pixie - "fairy"
Gender: Female
Origin: Swedish or Cornish

Prideaux - "meadow of waters"
Pronunciation: prid-OH
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish place name

Rumo - "red"
Gender: Male
Origin: Cornish

Tressa - "third"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Trevena - "village on a mountain"
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Ysella - "modest"
Pronunciation: ee-ZELL-ah
Gender: Female
Origin: Cornish

Zennor - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: ZENN-or
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Cornish

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