Medrawd: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Medrawd – Meaning: restrained, moderate – Origin: Welsh (from Latin) – Gender: Boy


Medrawd is a Welsh (from Latin) boy's name meaning “restrained, moderate”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Medrawd

Meaning: Restrained, moderate.

Origin: Welsh (from Latin).

A common claim: Because the Arthurian character Mordred/Medrawd is a notorious traitor, people sometimes assume the name itself has a sinister meaning. Actually: The Latin root Moderatus is etymologically neutral ('restrained/moderate'); any 'villainous' connotation comes from the legendary character, not the name's meaning.

Source: Wiktionary.

Popularity of Medrawd

Medrawd 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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