Entry № 8067 · Welsh origin

Penarddun Penarddun — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pen-ARTH-in /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh mythological queen (Branwen's mother)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh mythological queen (branwen's mother)".

Penarddun is the Welsh mythological queen — daughter of Beli Mawr, wife of Llŷr, mother of Brân the Blessed, Branwen, and Manawydan. She is one of the most important matriarchs of the Mabinogion.

Featured in the Second Branch of the Mabinogion.

Welsh mythological matriarch. Mother of Brân and Branwen.

The name in its native script.

Penarddun
Transliteration
Penarddun
Pronunciation
/ pɛnˈɑːrð.ɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Penarddun stands.

Penarddun 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.

Penardduns before her.

Real people
Penarddun
Welsh mythological figure.
In fiction
Penarddun
Branwen's mother.
Mabinogion

Names connected to Penarddun.

The number behind Penarddun.

7

The Seeker

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