Girl · Brittonic (ancient British)
Cartimandua
Say it: kar-tih-MAN-doo-ah
Meaning
Uncertain; possibly containing *mandu- 'pony', but the analysis is unproven.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
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
Used by
Famous bearers
- Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
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