Boy · Brittonic (ancient British)
Cunobelinus
Say it: koo-no-beh-LEE-nus
Meaning
Brittonic cuno- 'hound, wolf' with Belinos, a god's name: perhaps 'hound of Belenus'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Remembered in Welsh as Cynfelyn and in Shakespeare as Cymbeline.
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
The family of the name
| Welsh | Cynfelyn |
|---|---|
| English | Cymbeline |
Famous bearers
- Cunobelinus, king of the Catuvellauni
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
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