# Vortigern (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vortigern/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “over”, “lord”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern, Vortigen |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

## What it means

Vortigern is grouped under god and king.

## In other languages

- Latin: Vortigernus, Guorthegirnus
- Welsh: Gwrtheyrn

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.