Boudicca

Wikipedia has this for the pronunciation of Boadicea / Boudicea: /boʊdɪˈsiːə/
And this for the pronunciation of Boudica: [bɒʊˈdiːkaː]
The first is apparently pronounced bo-di-SEE-ə and the second is more like bo-DEE-ka.

I live in the land of the Iceni and I have a boat called Boudicca. My Welsh friend Griff (what else?) assures me that Boudicca was the daughter of a welsh king (of Angelsey) and hence her original name would have been welsh and would probably have been pronounced something like "Biddigg" - but who knows?

The correct pronunciation for Boudicca is (ˈbu¢°dɨkə), or BOH-di-kə.

BOUDICA is the spelling most scholars agree on. BOUDICCA was recorded by Tacitus. It SHOULD be pronounced like BO di ka - BO as in bow/tow not the modern BOO. So effectively it comes off sounding a lot like BOW dick uh. Not my preferred. :/

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I like the modern Latinized Boadicea. It's just stunning but I hate that it's an obvious mistranslation.

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I have no idea why it's not used more in the UK. What a namesake! There's a few brave persons over the last hundred years. Even as a middle name. It deserves use.