Entry № 0394 · Welsh origin

Blodeuwedd Blodeuwedd — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bloh-DAI-weth /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh flower-face (woman made of flowers)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh flower-face (woman made of flowers)".

Blodeuwedd (Old Welsh) means "flower face." **The Welsh woman conjured from the flowers of oak, broom, and meadowsweet by the magicians Math and Gwydion** — created as a wife for Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom no woman of any race could marry by his mother Arianrhod's curse. **She betrayed Lleu by taking the warrior Gronw Pebr as her lover and plotting Lleu's murder** — for which she was punished by being turned into an owl, condemned to fly only at night. **From her, the Welsh name for the owl: *blodeuwedd*.**

Featured in the Fourth Branch of the *Mabinogion*.

Flower face. Woman conjured from oak, broom, and meadowsweet; turned into an owl for betrayal.

The name in its native script.

Blodeuwedd
Transliteration
Blodeuwedd
Pronunciation
/ blɒˈdaɪ.wɛð /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Blodeuwedd stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Blodeuwedd · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Blodeuwedds before her.

Real people
Blodeuwedd
Welsh given name.
In fiction
Blodeuwedd
Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion.

Names connected to Blodeuwedd.

The number behind Blodeuwedd.

7

The Seeker

Blodeuwedd reduces to seven — the number of flower-conjured woman.

Why families chose this name.

"Flower face. Ten letters. Blodeuwedd."
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