Entry № 662 · Welsh origin

Angharad Angharad — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ang-HAR-ahd /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Much loved (Welsh tradition; How Green Was My Valley)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "much loved (welsh tradition; how green was my valley)".

Angharad is from the Welsh an- (much) + câr (love) — "much loved." Angharad ferch Owain — Welsh medieval princess (12th century); wife of Rhys ap Tewdwr, King of Deheubarth (south Wales). Angharad Mair — Welsh broadcaster. Angharad Tomos — Welsh-language novelist. Angharad Wood — modern Welsh figure.

Much loved (Welsh). Iconic How Green Was My Valley (Best Picture Oscar 1941); Angharad Rees in BBC Poldark 1975-77.

The name in its native script.

Angharad
Transliteration
Angharad
Pronunciation
/ æŋˈhɑːr.æd /
Root
Grammatical form

What Angharad is built from.

Angharad is a compound name. Its parts are radŭ — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

radŭ
Slavic
“glad”

Where Angharad stands.

Angharad does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Angharads before her.

Real people
Angharad Rees
Welsh actress (BBC's Poldark Demelza).
1944 – 2012
In fiction
Angharad Morgan
How Green Was My Valley (Oscar Best Picture 1941).
1939

Names connected to Angharad.

The number behind Angharad.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Angharad reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.