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Around the world, Welsh (Welsh , ウェルシュ, ולש ) is a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly female first name. The first name Welsh is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare boy's name, the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly girly name. Predominantly, Welsh is the last name as well as the forename.
Welsh 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.