Entry № 2926 · Welsh origin

Eluned Eluned — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ el-EE-ned /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Idol, much-desired one"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "idol, much-desired one".

Eluned is the Welsh word for "idol" or "much-desired one." In Welsh legend, Eluned was the handmaiden of the Lady of the Fountain in the Arthurian romance.

Eluned Morgan (born 1967) is the Welsh politician who became First Minister of Wales in 2024.

Idol, much-desired. The Arthurian handmaiden.

The name in its native script.

Eluned
Transliteration
Eluned
Pronunciation
/ ɛˈliː.nɛd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eluned stands.

Eluned 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.

Eluneds before her.

Real people
Eluned Morgan
First Minister of Wales.
born 1967
In fiction
Eluned
Arthurian handmaiden in the Mabinogion.
Medieval Welsh tales

Names connected to Eluned.

The number behind Eluned.

7

The Seeker

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