Elidir: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Elidir – Origin: Welsh – Gender: Boy


Elidir is a Welsh boy's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Welsh Baby Boy Names With Ancient Bardic Roots.

Meaning & Origin of Elidir

Origin: Welsh.

A common claim: Possibly "many lords" Actually: Unsupported — a guess rather than an established etymology; alternative theories link the name to the Greek-derived Eleutherius.

Popularity of Elidir

Elidir 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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