Rhiannon

Where Rhiannon comes from

The dictionaries list Rhiannon as a given name — a female given name from Welsh — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #8,775 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Rhiannon Giddens born
    American musician
  3. 1977
    Peak, #418
    491 babies named Rhiannon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1988
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #784.
  5. 1991
    Rhiannon Fish born
    Canadian-born Australian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Rhiannon Fish · Canadian-born Australian actress, born 1991
  • Rhiannon Giddens · American musician, born 1977
  • Rhiannon Roberts · Welsh footballer, born 1990
  • Rhiannon Leigh Wryn · American actress, born 2000
  • Rhiannon Lassiter · British writer, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.