Cadwgan

Gender Masculine
Usage Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. /ka.ˈduː.ɡan/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Old Welsh Catguocaun (and many other spellings) meaning "glory in battle", from cat "battle" and guocaun "glory, honour". It appears briefly in the medieval Welsh tale The Dream of Rhonabwy [1].

Related Names

Rootscat + guocaun
VariantCadogan
Other Languages & CulturesCatguocaun(Old Welsh)

Categories

glory, honour, mythology, rare Welsh, war

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Mabinogion/The_Dream_of_Rhonabwy.
Entry updated January 21, 2022