Enid (given name) years in print. Enid (given name) Enid ( ; ) is a feminine given name. The origin is Middle Welsh "eneit", meaning "spirit, life" (from Proto-Celtic "*ana-ti̯o-", compare Gaulish "anatia" "souls" attested on the Larzac tablet, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂enh₁-" "to breathe, blow"; "cf." the modern Welsh "anadl", "breath" or "wind"). Alternatively Enid may be derived from "Enaid" or "Enit" meaning "woodlark". Enid was the Celtic goddess and Arthurian name of the 19th century following Alfred Lord Tennyson's Arthurian epic "Idylls of the King" (1859) and its medieval Welsh source, the "Mabinogi" tale of "Geraint and Enid." Enid
Alan (given name) century, where it was about even with "Simon", and more numerous than "Henry". Early occurrences of the name in British records include: "Alanus" in 1066 (in the "Domesday Book"); and "Alain" in 1183. The name became popular in Scotland in part through the Stewarts. This family descends from Alan fitz Flaad, an Anglo-Breton knight, who possessed lands in what is modern day Shropshire, England. Alan (given name) Alan is a masculine given name in the English language. There are numerous differing etymologies attributed to the name. The name was first introduced into England by Bretons who took part in the