Boy · Welsh, from Brittonic
Caradog
Say it: ka-RAD-og
Meaning
From câr 'love, friend' with the suffix -og: 'amiable, loved'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Celtic World800 BC to AD 800
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Caradoc
| Latin | Caratacus |
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Famous bearers
- Caratacus, British chieftain who resisted Rome
- Caradog ap Gruffudd, 11th-century Welsh king
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
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