Peredurus as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Peredurus

What is the meaning of the name Peredurus ?

The baby name Peredurus is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced peh-RED-ur (IPA: /pɛˈrɛdɪr/).

Peredurus is Welsh in Origin.

Peredurus is a Latinized Brittonic–Welsh masculine name, effectively the classical form of Peredur with the -us ending. Scholars generally analyze it from elements meaning ‘spear’ and ‘hard/steel’ (Welsh dur), giving senses like ‘hard spear,’ ‘man of the steel spear,’ or, more broadly, ‘spearman of steel.’ While the exact segmentation is debated, the martial sense is consistent across proposals.

Attested in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae as a legendary king of the Britons (a son of Morvidus), the name also echoes the 6th‑century northern British prince Peredur fab Eliffer and the hero of the Welsh romance Peredur ab Efrawg, whose story underlies the continental Perceval cycle. Variants and related forms include Peredur (Welsh standard), Peredurus, Peredyr; literary counterparts: Perceval/Percival and Parzival. Modern use is rare, mainly in Wales or among Celtic‑revival namers; nicknames include Peri and Perry.

⚙ We can't find Peredurus in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Such a name is generally either rare, regional or traditional, or a brand-new coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.