Girl · Welsh, from Brittonic
Rhiannon
Say it: hree-AN-on
Meaning
Usually traced to Brittonic *Rīgantonā 'great queen' or 'divine queen'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a given name only from the 20th century; boosted by Fleetwood Mac's 1975 song.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 14,489 babies given this name since 1974
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 2,700 girls
- 199 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Rhiannon, heroine of the First and Third Branches of the Mabinogi
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Early Welsh tales, poetry and genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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