Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Ancient Celtic
Meaning
Celtic name of uncertain meaning, possibly meaning “damp” (cognate with Neptune). In Irish mythology Nechtan was the husband of Boand, the goddess of the River Boyne. This name was also borne by the 5th-century Saint Nectan of Hartland in Devon, who was supposedly born in Ireland. It was also the name of several kings of the Picts.