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Boy · Welsh
Rhodri
Say it: HROD-ree
Meaning
From rhod 'wheel, circle' and rhi 'king, ruler'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 6 babies given this name since 2017
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 307,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Rhodri Mawr (the Great), 9th-century king
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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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.