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[Facts] Mordred
I wante to know what the name Mordred (boy) means
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I thought he was dead. It did really confuse me that he was black and then not. I couldn't figure out if he was the same person whose music I listened to. Once I figured it out it didn't bother me - "M" (recalling as a kid) on Michael Jackson
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This might help: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=31981&board=genIt could mean something similar to death counsel or evil counsel.
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Hmm cause in my babybook it says painful, lolETA: thanks Lindsey

This message was edited 9/27/2008, 8:24 PM

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According to this site: http://www.mybaby-name.com/baby-name-full-detail/mordred/9014/1, it is Latin and means pain. I'm skeptical.But according to three other baby name sites, it just means "son or nephew of Arthur," probably implying that it was made up. So that's not useful...
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Most of baby name sites confuse meaning, which has to do with etymology, and characters with that name and when the meaning is unknown (or they don't know it), they put the character in the place of the meaning.Mordred was a son or a nephew of Arthur, depending on the versions of the Arthurian legend, but obviously that is not the meaning, because any part of the name means "son", "nephew" or "Arthur" in any language.On the other hand, I don't know any Latin word meaning pain (the main is doleo) that can be the etym of Mordred.
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I think it means brave. In Arthur's son by Morgana.
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Are you sure?I don't have my namebooks with me, so I can't look it up. But to me it seems that Mordred is made up of two elements, and my educated guess would be that the -red part means "counsel, advice". I don't know about the first part though, but "brave" seems a little unlikely to me. Sorry if I'm wrong though, like I said, I can't check atm.
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wrong spot.

This message was edited 9/26/2008, 5:41 PM

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