Entry № 8691 · Welsh origin

Rhiannon Rhiannon — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ree-AN-on /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Great queen, divine queen"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Welsh)

A name that means "great queen, divine queen".

Rhiannon comes from the Welsh — from Rigantona, meaning "great queen" or "divine queen." In the medieval Welsh mythological cycle The Mabinogion, Rhiannon is one of the central figures: a queen of the Otherworld who appears on a magical white horse, the embodiment of grace under terrible injustice.

Today it remains in continuous use in Wales and is rising in the U.S.

Great queen, divine queen — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Rhiannon
Transliteration
Rhiannon
Pronunciation
/ riˈæn.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhiannon stands.

Rhiannon 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.

Rhiannons before her.

Real people
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.
born 1977
In fiction
Rhiannon
Welsh mythological figure in The Mabinogion.
Medieval Welsh
Rhiannon
Subject of Fleetwood Mac's 1975 song.
1975 song

Names connected to Rhiannon.

The number behind Rhiannon.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhiannon reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.