Entry № 6001 · Welsh origin

Lleucu Lleucu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LLAY-kee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Light (medieval Welsh)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "light (medieval welsh)".

Lleucu is the medieval Welsh name from lleu (light) — feminine of Lleu, the Welsh sun god of The Mabinogion. Lleucu Llwyd was the 14th-c. beloved of poet Llywelyn Goch.

Used as a feminine name in modern Wales.

Light. The medieval Welsh beloved.

The name in its native script.

Lleucu
Transliteration
Lleucu
Pronunciation
/ ˈʎaɪ.ki /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lleucu stands.

Lleucu 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.

Lleucus before her.

Real people
Lleucu Llwyd
Beloved of poet Llywelyn Goch.
14th c.
In fiction
Lleucu
Common in Welsh fiction.

Names connected to Lleucu.

The number behind Lleucu.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lleucu reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.