Hedd
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HETH
- Origin
- Welsh
Hedd is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “peace”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hedd mean?
Welsh: Welsh word hedd
“peace”
Hedd Wyn was the bardic name of the Welsh poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, killed at Passchendaele in 1917.
Is Hedd a girl's or a boy's name?
Hedd is a boys' name.
How popular is Hedd in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hedd in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hedd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
Names like Hedd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Henry, Zayn, Hudson, Hunter, Hugo, Jude, Musa, George, Jax, Wilfred
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Hedd: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hedd, updated 20 October 2026.