Eluned as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Eluned

What is the meaning of the name Eluned ?

The baby name Eluned is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɛˈlɪnɛd/ (eh-LIN-ed).

Eluned is Welsh in Origin.

Eluned is a Welsh feminine name from Middle Welsh Eiluned, built on eilun “image, idol, icon” plus the adjectival/participial suffix -ed, yielding the sense “iconic,” “idol-like,” or “image.” Spelled Eluned today, the older and still current variant Eiluned preserves the etymology; related forms include the Welsh Luned and the Arthurian Lunete/Lunet.

The name is tied to early medieval Welsh tradition: a 5th–6th‑century virgin martyr, Eluned (also Almedha), reputed daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog, had a cult around Brecon with a healing spring at her martyrdom site. In Arthurian literature, Luned/Lunete is the quick‑witted handmaid in the Owain/Yvain romances. After waning in the early modern period, Eluned was revived in the late 19th–20th centuries amid the Welsh cultural renaissance, helped by figures such as the writer Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979). Today it remains rare but distinctly Welsh, elegant yet uncommon.

⚙ Eluned is extremely rare. There are only 1 recorded use on record, spread over 1 country.