Take a look back at the Top 100 in 1974 and you might notice new arrivals; Lindsey, Kelly, Kerry, Scott and Ryan. What they all have in common is their roots as a Celtic surname.
Below is a list of well known names that all originated as a Celtic surname (sometimes, ultimately, as a placename). You may be surprised at some...
| Blair Brady Broderick Brody Bruce Cameron Carey Casey Cody Craig Desmond Donovan Douglas Errol |
Ewert Flynn Fraser Glenn Gordon Graham Grant Gregor Keegan Keir Keith Kenzie Kyle Leslie |
Lindsay Logan Mackenzie Maxwell Murray Nolan Riley Ross Ryan Scott Stuart Trevor Wallace |
Carey Casey Cassidy Cody Fallon Kelly Kerry Leslie Lindsay Lindsey Mackenzie Shannon Tracey |
Rising up as a fresh crop, there are a few Celtic surnames that have seen some usage in recent years:
| Bevan Bowen Boyd Braden Brannon Brennon Campbell Carson Cowen |
Daley Delaney Dempsey Finnegan Keane Keefe Lennon Lennox Madden |
Maddox Malone Murphy Quaid Quinn Ramsey Sullivan Vaughn Vaughan |
Delaney Dempsey Greer Kennedy Kenzie Mckenna Riley Tierney |
And as a triple whammy this week, here is a list of Celtic surnames that aren't commonly found as first names.
| Annwyl Baird Benneth Breen Callaghan Callin Callow Carmody Connolly |
Conroy Conway Costain Cunnigham Curran Donnelly Dougan Duffy Fannon |
Ferguson Flanagan Forbes Gallagher Gelling Gill Griffin Hannigan Hogan |
Keig Keelan Kerr Laird Lewin Maguire Matheson Mullan Parry |
Penry Price Prosser Quane Sheridan |
