Cadfael - Meaning of Cadfael

What does Cadfael mean?

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Cadfael

[ 2 syll. cad-fae(l), ca-dfa-el ] The baby boy name Cadfael is pronounced KEY-FihL- †. Cadfael's language of origin is Welsh. It is predominantly used in English and Welsh. The meaning of Cadfael is 'war chieftain'.

A variation of Cadfael is Cadmael (Welsh).

See also the related categories, war and welsh.

Cadfael is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Cadfael include Cabel, Cabell, Cable (English), Cavelle, Covyl, Covyll, Kabil (Turkish), Kafeel (Arabic and Swahili), Kafil (African, Arabic, and Swahili), Kapil, Kevol, Kevul, Kevyl, Koppel, Qabeal, Qabeel, Qabeil, Kabiley, Kabili, and Kabily.

† Pronunciation for Cadfael: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"