Welch vs Welsh

Welch

name
  • A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh. 

  • A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota. 

  • A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. 

  • A town in Craig County, Oklahoma; named for railroad official K. A. Welch. 

  • A city, the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia; named for Confederate Army captain Isaiah A. Welch. 

  • A census-designated place in Dawson County, Texas. 

Welsh

name
  • An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh. 

  • An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt. 

  • A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh. 

  • An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler. 

adj
  • Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.) 

  • (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. 

  • Of or pertaining to Wales. 

  • Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. 

noun
  • The people of Wales. 

  • The Welsh language. 

  • A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon. 

How often have the words Welch and Welsh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )