Names

Variant of Ceridwen.

Variant of Ceridwen.

Means “horned” in Celtic. This was the name of the Celtic god of fertility, animals, wealth, and the underworld. He was usually depicted having antlers, and was identified with the Roman god Mercury.

Means “cherry” in French.

Possibly from Welsh cyrrid “bent” or cerdd “poetry” combined with ven “woman” or gwen “white, fair, blessed”. According to medieval Welsh legend this was the name of a sorceress or goddess who created a potion that would grant wisdom to her son Morfan. The potion was instead consumed by her servant Gwion Bach, who was subsequently reborn as the renowned bard Taliesin.

Meaning uncertain. It could come from the name of the Ceri River in Ceredigion, Wales; it could be a short form of Ceridwen; it could be derived from Welsh caru meaning “to love”.

Derived from the Indo-European root *ker meaning “to grow”. In Roman mythology Ceres was the goddess of agriculture, equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Italian form of Ceres.

Means “young gazelle” in Turkish.

Earlier form of Cedric, possibly of Brythonic origin.