Name

Name WELSH

Between 2000 and 2022 there were 2 births of Welsh in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Welsh per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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Prénom Welsh
In Italiano

Nome Welsh

Information about the first name Welsh

The first name Welsh has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Welsh is the most common is:

Germany

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 1 vowel and 4 consonants

Welsh in Japanese ^*

Romaji	werushu
Katakana	ウェルシュ
Hiragana	うぇるしゅ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Welsh in sign language

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Welsh in binary language

01110111 01100101 01101100 01110011 01101000

Origin and meaning of name Welsh

English

Etymology

Sometimes suggested to derive from disparaging stereotypes of the Welsh (“people from Wales”), though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”) (probably from gypsy (“Roma”)), and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.

Adjective

Welsh (not comparable)
(now historical) (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. [from 5thc.]
Of or pertaining to Wales. [from 11thc.]
Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]
Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.) [from 17thc.]

Alternative forms

Welch (archaic)

Alternative forms

welch
Welsh

Noun

Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh)
(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]
1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832:
9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.
(collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]
A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /wɛlʃ/
Rhymes: -ɛlʃ

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /wɛlʃ/
Rhymes: -ɛlʃ
Homophone: Welsh

Proper noun

Welsh (plural Welshes)
An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.

Verb

welsh (third-person singular simple present welshes, present participle welshing, simple past and past participle welshed)
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To go back on one's word.

Adjective (Synonyms)

Cambrian, Cymric, Walian, Welshy, Welshie

Noun (Derived terms)

Welshland
Welshman(language):
Old Welsh
Middle Welsh

Noun (Synonyms)

(language): Cymric, Kymric
(people): See Welshman

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Welsh is the 1166th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30,153 individuals. Welsh is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.

Verb (See also)