Names

Old Germanic form of Kunigunde.

Turkish form of Junayd.

French form of Kunigunde. Voltaire used this name in his novel Candide (1759).

Means “public, people” in Turkish.

From a surname, either Cullen 1 or Cullen 2.

Means “hiding place of the pig” in Welsh. In Welsh legend he was the lover of Olwen the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Before the giant would allow Culhwch to marry his daughter, he insisted that Culhwch complete a series of extremely difficult tasks. Culhwch managed to complete them, and he returned to marry Olwen and kill the giant. This tale appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth.

Possibly from Celtic cam meaning “bent, crooked” [1]. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.

Old Irish byname meaning “helpful”.

Means “hound of Culann” in Irish. This was the usual name of the warrior hero who was named Sétanta at birth, given to him because he took the place of one of Culann’s hounds after he accidentally killed it. Irish legend tells of Cúchulainn’s many adventures, including his single-handed defense of Ulster against the army of Queen Medb.

From Sino-Vietnamese 菊 (cúc) meaning “chrysanthemum”.