Lleu
surname · Latin script
Meaning: g Welsh: traditional name, the pronounciation of which is difficult for English speakers; an approximation is ‘hlae’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Lleu is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 1 (measured from records)
no count published
Reference-verified
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
g Welsh: traditional name, the pronounciation of which is difficult for English speakers; an approximation is ‘hlae’. It 152 means ‘bright, shining’, and is akin to the name of the Celtic god known in Old Irish as Lugh, Gaulish Lugus. This name was borne in the Mabinogi by Lleu Llaw Gyffes ‘Lleu Skilful Hand’, the son of Aranrhod. It has been revived in modern times.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lleu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | 13 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lleu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Welsh: traditional name, meaning ‘bright, shining’, cognate with the name of the Celtic god known in Old Irish as Lugh , in Gaulish as Lugus . This name was borne in the Mabinogi by Lleu Llaw Gyffes ‘Lleu Skilful Hand’, the son of Aranrhod. It has been revived in modern times.
as a word
In Catalan, light (not heavy)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, light, brightness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Lleu Llavs Gifss - "mirdzošais ar prasmīgo roku", dievišķas izcelsmes karotājs un burvis velsiešu mitoloģijā, iespējams, saistīts ar seno ķeltu dievu Lugusu un īru varoni Lugu
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lleu mean, and where does it come from?
- g Welsh: traditional name, the pronounciation of which is difficult for English speakers; an approximation is ‘hlae’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- In which country does Lleu have the most bearers?
- Lleu is most frequently recorded in France.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lleuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lleu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.