Cadwgan is a
Welsh given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, meaning "battle glory" (from ''cad'' "battle" and ''gwogawn'' "glory").
The name occurs in the
Mabinogion
The ''Mabinogion'' () is a collection of the earliest Welsh prose stories, compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created –1410, as well as a few earlier frag ...
as the son of Iddon.
The name
Cadogan is derived from it.
Bearers of the name include:
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Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051–1111)
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Cadwgan ap Meurig (1074)
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Cadwgan of Llandyfai (died 1241)
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Cadwgan ap Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (1172)
References
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Welsh masculine given names
Welsh given names