Rhiannon
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning great queen, divine queen.
Rhiannon by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Rhiannon. In the US, 157 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 651 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rhiannon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rhiannagreat maiden; extended form of Rhian6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Rhiannon, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a queen
Like Rhiannon, each of these has a queen in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Rhiannon
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