50 Cornish names for your next pet
- Arthek – ‘bear like’
- Bewek - ‘lively’
- Bleujen - ‘flower’
- Bleydhik - ‘little wolf’
- Blewek - ‘hairy or fluffy’
- Brengi - ‘noble hound’
- Byhan - ‘little’
- Cador – ‘warrior’
- Clemo – ‘mild’ or ‘merciful’
- Duik - Cornish equivalent of ‘Blacky’
- Elik - ‘cherub’
- Erhik Cornish equivalent of ‘Snowy’
- Gellik - ‘little brown one’
- Goron – ‘hero’
- Gouryl - Cornish equivalent of ‘Butch’
- Gwandror Cornish equivalent of ‘Rover’
- Gwynnik - ‘little white one’
- Helhor - ‘hunter’
- Hoghik - ‘little pig’
- Jowl - ‘devil’
- Jowlik - ‘little devil’
- Kath - ‘cat’
- Kathik - ‘kitten’
- Kenver - great chief
- Ki - ‘dog’ (to rhyme with key)
- Klyji - ‘toffee’
- Kolyn - ‘puppy’
- Koweth – ‘friend’
- Lew - ‘lion’
- Lewik - ‘lion cub’
- Lorden – ‘clown’
- Lowen - joyful
- Maw - ‘boy’
- Melyn - ‘honey coloured’
- Mowes - ‘girl’
- Myghtern - ‘king’
- Myghternes - ‘queen’
- Oggy - pasty (from 'hogen')
- Orsik - ‘little bear’
- Opie – One who is like God
- Perran - Patron saint of Cornwall
- Porhel - ‘piglet’
- Simik - ‘little monkey’
- Steren - ‘star’
- Spriggan – ‘spirit’
- Tangi - ‘fire dog’
- Taran – from Cornish for ‘Thunder’
- Tegen - ‘pretty little thing’
- Tronek - ‘nosey’ (as in having a big nose)
- Wenna – ‘fair’ or ‘blessed’