At a Glance: Name: Esyllt – Origin: Welsh – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: EH-sulth
Esyllt is a Welsh girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Celtic Mythology Baby Names — Wild, Poetic, and Wonderfully Untamed.
Meaning & Origin of Esyllt
Origin: Welsh.
A common claim: Popularly glossed as meaning 'fair one' or 'beautiful', following the usual Isolde gloss Actually: The 'fair/beautiful' gloss is repeated often but isn't an agreed scholarly etymology; the ultimate root of Iseult/Esyllt remains disputed.
How to Pronounce Esyllt
Phonetic: EH-sulth IPA: /ˈɛsəɬt/
Popularity of Esyllt
Esyllt doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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