Rhodri

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Rhodri [ ˈr̥oːdrɪ ] is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

Rhodri comes from Welsh and is derived from the name elements rhod "wheel" and ri "king".

Name bearer

Historical

- As a first name

  • Rhodri the Great (Welsh Rhodri Mawr; also: Rhodri ap Merfyn Frych; * approx. 820; † 878), King of Gwynedd (844-878)
  • Rhodri ab Owain († 1195), Prince of Gwynedd (1170–1193)

- As a patronymic

  • Anarawd ap Rhodri (* approx. 857; † 916), king of the historic Celtic kingdom of Gwynedd
  • Cadell ap Rhodri (* 854/861; † 909), from 878 to 909 king of the medieval Celtic small kingdom Seisyllwg

Contemporary

  • Rhodri Meilir (born 1978), Welsh actor
  • Rhodri Morgan (1939–2017), Welsh politician, First Minister for Wales from 2000 to 2009 and National Chair of the Welsh Labor Party

Fictitious

  • Rhodry Maelwaedd, one of the main characters in the fantasy cycle The Chronicles of Deverry by Katharine Kerr

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patricia Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A concise dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0198600941