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
J. Geraint Jenkins died in 2000. According to his obituary in "The Independent", "Geraint Jenkins played a leading role in the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of Wales. He published more than 50 books, many to do with the seafaring traditions of west Wales, and was an acknowledged authority on the subject. He also made expert studies of other aspects of Welsh folk life, including traditional farm implements, rural crafts, the woollen industry and Cardiff ship-owners." J. Geraint Jenkins John Geraint Jenkins (1929 – 15 August 2009), known as J. Geraint Jenkins, was a Welsh maritime historian and historian of rural