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All around the world, ウェルシュ (Welsh , Welsch , ウェルシュ) is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently female given name. The given name ウェルシュ is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare masculine name, the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare mostly male, but uncommonly girly name. Predominantly, ウェルシュ is the last name as well as the forename.
ウェルシュ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Welsh Herald/Tempter , the operatic character in the opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus by Peter Maxwell Davies.