Angharad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ang-HARR-ad
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Angharad is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “much loved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Angharad mean?
Welsh: from an- (intensive prefix) + car 'love'
“much loved”
Medieval Welsh name; Angharad Golden-Hand is the heroine loved by Peredur in the Welsh Arthurian romance.
Is Angharad a girl's or a boy's name?
Angharad is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Angharad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Angharad, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 142 girls.
Half of all the girls named Angharad in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Angharad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 37 | #910 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 45 | #687 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 50 | #604 |
| 2000 | 61 | #523 |
| 1999 | 88 | #402 |
| 1998 | 95 | #381 |
| 1997 | 91 | #404 |
| 1996 | 142 | #282 |
Names like Angharad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anisha Amrit Alisha Radhika Priya Abigail Anna Anjali Aadhini Eleanor Emily Yasmin
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Angharad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angharad, updated 20 October 2026.