Entry № 1846 · Celtic origin

Cerridwen Cerridwen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ keh-RID-wen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Celtic
Meaning
"Goddess of poetry and inspiration"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "goddess of poetry and inspiration".

Cerridwen is the Welsh goddess of poetry, transformation and the cauldron of inspiration (awen).

Mystic and powerful, her name is beloved for its magic and music.

Goddess of poetry and inspiration — a Celtic name.

The name in its native script.

Cerridwen
Transliteration
Cerridwen
Pronunciation
/ kɛˈɾid.wɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cerridwen stands.

Cerridwen 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.

Cerridwens before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Cerridwen.

The number behind Cerridwen.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Cerridwen reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.