Welsh House Names
The Welsh language has led to some marvellous sounding
house names and we have listed those we have come across
here. We’ve also endeavoured to provide rough translations.
If you have details of any other Welsh house names, or
indeed those from any other country, preferably with
English language translations, we’d love to hear about them
from you - contact us.
To draw your attention to some of the most interesting, even delightful Welsh house names, we’ve put some of our favourites in bold. Check them out. They may help you choose your house name.
We’re not Welsh speakers, but if you are, and you feel there’s a need to correct any of the translations, please send us details. Here’s our listing as it currently stands :
| House name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abernant | mouth of the stream |
| Abersoch | mouth of the River Soch |
| Abertridwr | confluence of three brooks |
| Adwy-wynt | wind gap |
| Ael y Bryn | |
| Afallon | apple orchard |
| Aithnen | poplar tree |
| Allt-goch | red hillside |
| Alltyr Eryr | wood of the eagle |
| Amlwych | land by a lake |
| Ar Fryn | |
| Ardwyn | on a hill |
| Arfryn | on a hill |
| Argoed | by a wood |
| Arnant | by the stream |
| Arosfa | |
| Athrolys | teacher's court |
| Bachie | river bends |
| Bal Mawr | big summit |
| Bala | where a river flows from a lake |
| Banc Nant | bank of a stream |
| Banc y Celyn | the hollybank |
| Banwen | moor of cotton grass |
| Bargoed | a border |
| Bedfelltan | place of the fast flowing stream |
| Bedlinog | fox dwelling |
| Bedwellte | place of the fast flowing stream |
| Beguildy | house of the shepherd |
| Berllan | orchard |
| Berth-ddu | black hedge |
| Bettws y Coed | prayer house in the wood |
| Blaenafon | source of a river |
| Blaen-cwm | valley end |
| Blaendulais | seven sisters |
| Blaen-ffos | brook's source |
| Blawty | flour house |
| Bod Hyfryd | pleasant abode |
| Borth | gateway / harbour |
| Borth Uchaf | upper harbour |
| Brithdir | mottled land |
| Brithweunydd | mottled meadow |
| Bron Felen | yellow or brown hillside |
| Bron-haul | hillside of the sun |
| Bronllys | court of rushes |
| Bron-y-foel | bare hillside |
| Bryn Awel | hill of breeze |
| Bryn Bach | little hill |
| Bryn Du | black hill |
| Bryn Glas | green hill |
| Bryn Haul | sun hill |
| Bryn Mawr | big hill |
| Bryn Teg | |
| Bryn y Castell | castle hill |
| Brynarian | hill of silver |
| Bryn-coch | red hill |
| Bryngolau | fair hill |
| Brynhyfryd | pleasant hill |
| Bryn-y-brain | hill of the cows |
| Bwlch-mawr | big pass |
| Caban-coch | red cabin |
| Cadffrwd | powerful torrent |
| Cae Mawr | big field |
| Caeliber | cottage field |
| Caer Din | enclosed fort |
| Caer Eithin | gorse field |
| Cae'r-gog | field of the cuckoo |
| Cae's Bwla | field of the bull |
| Camnant | winding stream |
| Carn Wen | white cairn |
| Carneddau | cairns |
| Carreg Goch | red/scarlet stone |
| Carreg Lwyd | grey stone |
| Carreg-Siglo | rocking stone |
| Carrog | swift flowing stream |
| Cartref | home |
| Cas-bach | little fort |
| Cas-blaidd | wolf's castle |
| Castell | a castle |
| Castell Gwyn | white castle |
| Cathonnen | cat's ash |
| Cawell y Cimwch | the lobster pot |
| Cefn Glas | green ridge |
| Cefn Goch | red ridge |
| Cefn y Grug | ridge of the heather |
| Cefn-y-bedd | ridge of the grave |
| Ceginfa | hemlock place |
| Cemais | river bend |
| Chybean | little house |
| Cilcain | pleasant nook |
| Cilfynyd | mountain recess |
| Cilrhedyn | nook of fern |
| Cilsant | nook of a saint |
| Clarach | flat land |
| Clegyr Nant | rocky stream or valley |
| Clifynyd | mountain stream source / nook |
| Clipiau | steep hillsides |
| Clydach | a rocky stream |
| Clydoch | river in shade |
| Clynnog | place of holly |
| Cnwglas | green hillock |
| Coed Celli | wood of hazel trees |
| Coed Mawr | big wood |
| Coed-duon | black wood |
| Coed-y-bryn | wood of the hill |
| Coegen | empty stream |
| Coety | house in wood |
| Craig y Forwyn | world's end |
| Craig y Llyn | rock of the lake |
| Croeso | welcome |
| Crymlyn | rounded glen |
| Cwm-bach | small valley |
| Cwm-parc | parkland valley |
| Cwmsymlog | valley of wild strawberries |
| Cwm-y-glo | valley of coal |
| Cwyn y Gwynt | wind's moan |
| Cymer | river confluence |
| Cynghorgy | meeting house |
| Dan-y-coed | below the wood |
| Dan-y-graig | below the rock |
| Deildre | leafy home |
| Delfryn | |
| Derwen-gam | crooked oak tree |
| Diffws | steep slope/wilderness |
| Dinmel | fort of a prince |
| Doladron | robbers meadow |
| Dol-fach | little meadow |
| Drws-y-nant | opening of the stream |
| Drysgo | rough land |
| Dryslwyn | brambles |
| Dwyfor | two waters |
| Dyffryn | valley |
| Dylife | flood waters |
| Efail-fach | little smithy |
| Erddig | a garden |
| Eryri | Snowdonia / highland |
| Ewenni | the frothy water |
| Fan Hir | long peak |
| Fedw | birch trees |
| Felin-wynt | windmill |
| Ffair Rhos | fair of the moorland |
| Fforest-fach | little forest |
| Ffos-Anoddun | fairy glen |
| Ffridd fawr | big sheepwalk |
| Ffridd-fach | little mountain pasture |
| Ffrwd Grech | rippling brook |
| Ffynnon | well, spring, source, fountain |
| Ffynnon Taf | Taff's Well |
| Ffynnon-y-gog | cuckoo well |
| Foon Hai | happiness |
| Gelli | small wood |
| Gelli-aur | golden grove |
| Gellidywyll | dark wood |
| Gellifelen | yellow grove |
| Gelli-nud | misty grove |
| Gelynnen | a holly tree |
| Gerddigleision | green gardens |
| Gilwern | marshy retreat |
| Glandwr | water's bank |
| Glan-llyn | the bank of a lake |
| Glan-y-mor | sea shore |
| Glanyrafon | bank of the river |
| Glas Fryn | |
| Glasfryn | |
| Glasgoed | green wood / trees |
| Glaslyn | blue or green lake or valley |
| Goedweig (The) | |
| Golan | a biblical place |
| Gors Lydan | wide marsh |
| Gors-goch | red marsh |
| Graigfawr | large rock / big crag |
| Graigfechan | little rock |
| Groes-faen | the stone cross |
| Groes-ffordd | cross roads |
| Gwaunynog | place of bees |
| Gweil-Enys | |
| Gwenddwr | white water |
| Gwffyliog | a tree stump |
| Gwylfa | |
| Gwyndy | white house |
| Gwynt-y-Mor | |
| Hafan | haven |
| Hafod | summer dwelling or pasture |
| Halkyn | willow tree |
| Harlech | beautiful rock |
| Haul Fryn | |
| Hen Domen | old mound |
| Hen Gerrig | old stones / rocks |
| Hendre | main or winter dwelling |
| Hendy | old house |
| Henryd | old ford |
| Heol-las | blue or green road |
| Hirwaun | long meadow or moorland |
| Hyfrydle | |
| Is-coed | below the wood |
| Isfryn | |
| Islwyn | |
| Lisuare | stone court |
| Llanberis | the church of Peris |
| Llanerch | a glade or clearing |
| Llangoed | church of the wood |
| Llan-saint | Church of Saints |
| Llawr-y-glyn | the glen floor |
| Lluest | a small hill farm / hut |
| Llwyn fedwen | birch grove |
| Llwyncelyn | holly bush |
| Llwyndyrys | tangled grove |
| Llwyn-onn | ash grove |
| Llwynypia | bush of the magpie |
| Llysfaen | stone court |
| Llywernog | place of foxes |
| Maen-du | black stone |
| Maesaraul | sunny meadow |
| Maesfron | |
| Maes-glas | green field |
| Maesgwyn | |
| Maes-llyn | meadow of the pond |
| Maesnant | |
| Maes-y-Castell | |
| Magwyr | enclosures/stone/fortifications |
| Mallwyd | grey field or plain |
| Man-moel | bare place |
| Marian-Glas | blue/green moraine |
| Meifod | halfway house |
| Minafon | by the river |
| Minffordd | edge of the road |
| Minllyn | edge of the lake |
| Moelfre | bare hill |
| Moel-y-Llyn | bare hill by the lake |
| Morannedd | |
| Mynydd | mountain |
| Nantgarw | rough brook |
| Nant-y-Caws | stream of the cheese |
| Nant-y-fallen | stream of the apple tree |
| Nyth Bran | nest of the crow |
| Nyth y Grug | nest in the heather |
| Nythfa | resting place |
| Pantgwyn | white hollow |
| Pant-mawr | big hollow |
| Pant-teg | fair hollow |
| Pedair-ffordd | four roads |
| Pegwn-mawr | big peak |
| Pen-allt | top of a wooded slope |
| Penbryn | hill top |
| Pen-coed | head of the wood |
| Pendoylan | end of two groves |
| Pengam | crooked top |
| Pengelli | grove end |
| Pen-Ilin | end of the lake |
| Pen-maen | head of rock |
| Penmorfa | fen end / head of the seashore |
| Pennant | head of the stream |
| Pennard | hill top |
| Penpentre | top of the village |
| Penrhos | moorland end |
| Penrhyn | promontary |
| Pen-sarn | paved way end |
| Pentir | headland |
| Pentraeth | beach end |
| Pentre | village |
| Pentre-bach | little village |
| Pen-y-banc | top of the bank |
| Pen-y-Bryn | hill top |
| Pen-y-cae | end of the field |
| Pen-y-Crocbren | gallows top |
| Pen-y-Cwm | valley head |
| Pen-y-Fan | top of the peak |
| Penyrheol | road end |
| Pen-y-Waun | end of the moor |
| Persondy | vicarage |
| Pistyll | spring / well |
| Plas Cadnant | |
| Pont Fadlen | Merlin's Bridge |
| Pont-faen | stone bridge |
| Pontgarreg | bridge of stone |
| Pont-hir | long bridge |
| Pontnewydd | new bridge |
| Pont-y-clun | meadow bridge |
| Pont-y-Pant | hollows bridge / valley bridge |
| Porth Neigwi | hell's mouth |
| Pren-gwyn | white tree |
| Pren-teg | fair wood |
| Pump-newl | five roads |
| Pwll Llaca | muddy pool |
| Radur | cheap/free land |
| Rhaedr | waterfall |
| Rhaedr Ewynnol | shallow falls |
| Rhiwlas | green hillside |
| Rhos y Gelynnen | moorland of the holly tree |
| Rhosbwlch | rosebush |
| Rhos-goch | red roses |
| Rhos-maen | moorland of the stone |
| Rhydfach | little ford |
| Rhydoldog | winding stream |
| Rhydri | oak tree slope |
| Rhyd-y-meirch | ford of the horses |
| Roath | land near fort |
| Sarnau | paved ways |
| Tafolwern | dock leaf marsh |
| Talerddig | end of the little garden |
| Talgarreg | end or front of the rock |
| Talgarth | headland / hill brow enclosures |
| Tal-Sarn | paved way at brow of a hill |
| Talwrn | rocky place |
| Tal-y-bont | end of the bridge |
| Tal-y-Llyn | lake below brow of a hill |
| Tan y fron | below the hillside |
| Tan y Graig | below the rock or cliff |
| Tawelfan | quiet place |
| Tir Rhiwiog | hilly land |
| Ton-mawr | large grassy plot |
| Ton-teg | fair grassy plot |
| Trealau | home of song / water lily |
| Tre-allt | home of the hillside / wood |
| Trebanog | the high homestead |
| Tre-coed | home of the wood |
| Trederwen | oak tree homestead |
| Trefechan | little homestead |
| Trefforest | forest home |
| Trefgarn | cairn homestead |
| Trefnant | stream of the homestead |
| Tre-gwynt | windy homestead |
| Trehafod | summer house |
| Trisant | three saints |
| Troed-y-rhiw | foot of the hill |
| Trum Gelli | grove crest |
| Tryfel | triangular piece of land |
| Twll Du | devils kitchen |
| Ty Cornel | corner house |
| Ty Newydd | new house |
| Ty-croes | house on the crossroads |
| Tyddewi | St. David's house |
| Tyddyn | small farm / cottage |
| Ty-gwyn | white house |
| Ty-Hen | old house |
| Ty-mawr | big house |
| Tyn-cwm | smallholding in the valley |
| Ty-Ni | our house |
| Tyn-y-Pistyll | smallholding near the well or spring |
| Ty-Pellaf | farthest house |
| Ty-top | top house |
| Ty-y-maes | house in the meadow |
| Ucheldre | homestead |
| Uwchmynydd | above the mountains |
| Uwch-y-doed | above the wood |
| Vaynor | chieftain's house |
| Verwick | barley grange |
| Waunarlwydd | lord's meadow |
| Waun-fawr | big meadow |
| Wern | alder trees / a marsh |
| Winllan | vineyard |
| Y Betws | house of prayer |
| Y Borth | the harbour |
| Y Cerrig | the stones |
| Y Clun | the meadow |
| Y Cymer | the confluence |
| Y Felindre | home of the mill |
| Y Figyn | the quagmire |
| Y Gaer | the fort |
| Y Gamalt | winding hill road |
| Y Glog | the crag |
| Y Goedwig | of the forest |
| Y Goetrehen | old home in the wood |
| Y Grug | the heather |
| Y Maendy | stone house |
| Y Porth | the gateway or harbour |
| Y Rugos | place of the heather |
| Y Strad | wide valley |
| Y Trallwng | boggy place |
| Y Wig | the wood |
| Y Ynys | river meadow or island |
| Yr Adfa | retreat |
| Yr Allt | the hillside wood |
| Yr Hendy | the old house |
| Yr Isga | lower field |
| Yr Oerfa | cold place |