The name Mael resembles old

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

names from Brittany, Wales, and Ireland. "Mael" is a

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

boys' name meaning "chief" or "prince". The name for girls is "Maela". The Breton name is popular in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

as "Maël", with French girl-forms "Maëlys" and "Maëlle", largely after the

Saint

Maël Mael is an old Celtic name from Ireland, Wales and Brittany. Nowadays this first name is popular in France. The French language, French masculine name of Breton language, Breton origin meaning "chief, prince." It was popularized by a fifth-centu ...

.Behind the Name
/ref> The Welsh boys name Mael was borne by the legendary son of Roycol. The old Irish word "máel" (now spelt "maol"), meaning "bald" and hence "monk", was sometimes put before Gaelic names to form new names such as "Maolcholuim" (spelt "Malcolm" by the English), which means "monk/follower of

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

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