Celtic myth spans two great branches: the Irish stories of the Tuatha Dé Danann and their heroes, and the Welsh tales gathered in the Mabinogion. Their names are gorgeous but notoriously hard to read, so this generator pairs each authentic name with a plain-English pronunciation guide and a one-line note on who or what it is.
How it works
The tool holds three curated lists drawn from the mythological record: Irish gods and heroes (Lugh, Brigid, Cuchulainn), Welsh figures from the Mabinogion (Rhiannon, Gwydion, Branwen), and mythic places (Tara, Annwn, Tír na nÓg). When you generate, it samples your chosen number of entries without replacement so each name in a draw is unique, and shows a rough pronunciation alongside it.
Tips and notes
Keep one tradition per setting for consistency — Irish and Welsh names sit oddly together unless you intend a cross-cultural world. The pronunciation column is a reading aid, not a phonetic standard: stress the capitalised syllable and read “kh” as the rasping ch of “loch”. Watch for cognates such as Irish Lugh and Welsh Lleu, which let you bridge the two traditions deliberately if your story calls for shared gods under different names.