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Brinley ? Gwyn ?
I too love Geraint. Had a lovely professor by that name...

Ellis, a great Welsh name and my ds name

Dullan in how his Welsh Grandad pronouces it.

Forgot that I know a Hywel (Huw-el or How-el) and a Huw, and a Rhys.

i do prefer Dullan despite being English as Dylan just reminds me of the snail in the Magic Roundabout (shows age)

Dylan should be pron. Dullan but English and American people often don't know this, or ignore it.

Love Dylan (bit biased!) Was the only name that we could agree on.

Thanks everyone, lots of ideas

DH has vetoed some, but Dylan, Geraint and Gwilym are def going on the list. I like Taliesin a lot as well, and Iolo but don't think they'll get past DH.

Sorry that should have been Meurig!

How about Muerig, a Welsh king, was he not?

I am Welsh although I live in England. I love, love, love Welsh boys names. I think they are really strong character names. I have DD's and a very English surname but my dog has a very good Welsh name - Iolo (yollo). Not many of those around!

Morgan

Glen,
Rhys
David dewi dafydd
Rhodri
Geraint
Glynn
Hugh Huw
Norman ( think Fireman Sam!)
Griff
Gareth

Emlyn. Would have been dd2's name if she had been a boy.

OP - both my dcs have Welsh names and I'm not Welsh. DH is Welsh but we live in England.

We've never met another girl Taliesyn. I think she was named after the Deep Purple album, 'the book of Taliesyn'. She gets called Tally for short.

Your sister is called Taliesyn? Lovely but I've never heard of it being a girl's name (am quite possibly ill-informed, however, there may be lots of girls called Taliesyn for all I know...).

I love the name Iestyn. If we lived in Wales, or even just in the UK, I would have used it.

And Geraint is good too.

We have a Dylan, his cousins are Gethin and Deian.

edam - my sister is called Taliesyn.

ooh, forgot my absolute favourite, Taliesin, one of the great Welsh bards of legend. Dh wouldn't let me have that either, given we live in England.

(or even if you aren't!)

Bryn like Bryn Terfel the opera singer? Means 'hill' if you are interested in meanings.

English spellings/forms of Welsh names are easiest to bear in England - Evan, Owen, David(!) and so on. Lloyd is fairly well-known despite the double L. I love Idris and Emrys but dh wouldn't let me have them for ds. <sob>

Emrys is great, it's my nephew's name (Welsh born and raised child of English parents).

Aneurin / Nye
Rhodri
Dewi

If you want a Welsh name for an English child, then names like Morgan, Ewan, Dylan and Owen are well known enough not to confuse English ears and spellings.

Emrys

Geraint is an excellent name.