Morfudd

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Girl · Welsh

Morfudd

Say it: MOR-vith

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Meaning

Uncertain.

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

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Welsh

Famous bearers

Morfudd, the woman celebrated in the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym

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Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature
Early Welsh tales, poetry and genealogies

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.