Entry № 878 · Welsh origin

Arianrhod Arianrhod — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-ree-AHN-rod /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh goddess of the silver wheel (Caer Arianrhod)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh goddess of the silver wheel (caer arianrhod)".

The Welsh goddess of the silver wheel — the moon, the stars, and the spinning of fate — whose celestial castle Caer Arianrhod is identified with the constellation Corona Borealis.

Featured in the Mabinogion.

Welsh goddess of the silver wheel (Caer Arianrhod) — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Arianrhod
Transliteration
Arianrhod
Pronunciation
/ ˌær.iˈæn.rɒd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Arianrhod stands.

Arianrhod 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.

Arianrhods before her.

Real people
Arianrhod
Welsh given name.
In fiction
Arianrhod
Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion.

Names connected to Arianrhod.

The number behind Arianrhod.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Arianrhod reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.