At a Glance
- 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
KAR-difIPA /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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