Rheannon
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ree-AN-un
- Origin
- Welsh
Rheannon is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great queen”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rheannon mean?
Welsh: variant spelling of Rhiannon, probably from Celtic Rigantona 'great queen'
“great queen”
Rhiannon appears in the Mabinogion, the medieval Welsh collection of tales, as a woman linked with horses and birds.
Is Rheannon a girl's or a boy's name?
Rheannon is a girls' name.
How popular is Rheannon in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 girls.
Rheannon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rheannon in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Rheannon in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rheannon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Rheannon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rhiannon, Cassidy, Raegan, Teagan, Ffion, Aoibheann, Caragh, Keira, Caoimhe, Tegan, Eireann, Caitlin
Names related to Rheannon
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rheannon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rheannon, updated 20 October 2026.