Cardiff: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Cardiff – Meaning: "fort on the River Taff" – Origin: Welsh – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: KAR-dif


Cardiff is a Welsh unisex name meaning “"fort on the River Taff"”. It appears in our list of 225+ City Names for Babies With a World-Traveler Soul.

Meaning & Origin of Cardiff

Meaning: "fort on the River Taff".

Origin: Welsh.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Cardiff

Phonetic: KAR-dif   IPA: /ˈkɑːrdɪf/

Popularity of Cardiff

Cardiff 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.

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