Entry № 1681 · Welsh origin

Buddug Buddug — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BIH-thig /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Victory (Welsh Boudicca)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Celtic)

A name that means "victory (welsh boudicca)".

Buddug is the Welsh form of Boudicca — from the Celtic boudig (victorious). Buddug-Boudicca (c. 30-61 CE) was the legendary queen of the Iceni who led the great uprising against Roman occupation in 60-61 CE.

Victory. The Welsh form of Boudicca.

The name in its native script.

Buddug
Transliteration
Buddug
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɪ.θɪɡ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Buddug stands.

Buddug 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.

Buddugs before her.

Real people
Buddug-Boudicca
Queen of the Iceni, anti-Roman rebel.
c. 30 – 61 CE
In fiction
Buddug
Welsh form of Boudicca.

Names connected to Buddug.

The number behind Buddug.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Buddug reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.