Cadwallon: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Cadwallon – Meaning: battle ruler / battle prince – Origin: Welsh (Brittonic) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: kad-WAHL-on


Cadwallon is a Welsh (Brittonic) boy's name meaning “battle ruler / battle prince”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Cadwallon

Meaning: Battle ruler / battle prince.

Origin: Welsh (Brittonic).

A common claim: Sometimes glossed as 'battle scatterer' Actually: The 'battle scatterer' gloss appears to be a less-supported folk reading; comparative Celtic onomastics (cf. the Catuvellauni tribal name) point instead to 'battle ruler/prince.'

How to Pronounce Cadwallon

Phonetic: kad-WAHL-on   IPA: /kædˈwɒlən/

Popularity of Cadwallon

Cadwallon doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

Lists That Include Cadwallon

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