Name Element GEN

Type Word
Usage Old Welsh

Meaning & History

Old Welsh suffix meaning "birth, origin, born of" [1].

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesgenos(Old Celtic) gan(Old Irish)
Given Name DescendantsMorgaine, Morgan, Morgen(Arthurian Romance) Morgane(French) Muirín(Irish) Muirgen(Irish Mythology) Gwydion(Welsh) Gwydion(Welsh Mythology)
Same Spellinggēn

Sources & References

  1. Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 158.
Entry added January 21, 2022