Modred as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Modred

What is the meaning of the name Modred ?

The baby name Modred is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɒd.rɛd/ (MOD-red).

Modred is in Origin.

Modred is an English literary variant of the medieval Welsh name Medraut, attested in the Annales Cambriae (10th c.). Geoffrey of Monmouth popularized it in Latin as Modredus; later romances regularized the form Mordred. The meaning is uncertain: many scholars derive Medraut from the Latin personal name Moderatus (“moderate, restrained”), probably borrowed into early Welsh; other Celtic etymologies are speculative.

In Arthurian tradition Modred/Mordred is Arthur’s treacherous kinsman and the agent of Camlann, which lends the name a somber, dramatic aura. Early Welsh sources do not depict Medraut as overtly villainous; the treacherous role crystallized in Geoffrey and later French and English retellings. Owing to that reputation, Modred is rarely used as a given name in the English-speaking world, appearing mostly in literature. Variants include Mordred (dominant today), Medraut or Medrawd (Welsh), and the Latin Modredus/Mordredus.

⚙ Modred is a genuine rarity. In all, it appears just 2 times, across 2 countries.