please tell me how to say these welsh names ...

[nappyaddict]

i am at uni in cardiff and i've had a list of peoples names on my course and i haven't a clue how to say half of them. please help!

emyr
dai
Emlyn
Geraint
Lludd
Odwyn
Pawl
Osian
Macsen
Aneirin
Dewi
Dyfed
Gwynedd
Llyr
Ianto
Guto
Deio
Gwynfor
Endaf
Dion
Sion
Hywel
Deiniol
Caradog
Meirion
Gwilym
Arwel
Kynan
Gethin/Gethyn
Griff/Gryff
Hywell
Dewi
meurig
llyr
Emrys
Kyan
Rhydian
Arfon
angwyn
arthfael
brynmor
brychan
cadwallader
cadwallen
cadfan
cadoc
cairn
meredydd
idris
ionwen
garod

[nappyaddict]

oh and also sioned

[nappyaddict]

thanks frau. do you know about sioned?

[nappyaddict]

i love the name bronwen!!

[Imawurzel]

How can they balls up BRONWEN???
We have a bronwyn at work.
Is it said the same as that? (i say hers as bron-win)

[FlameParakeet]

Oooh my baby's on there

Emrys - Em-ris.

[puppydavies]

osian = OSHann (to rhyme w/posh)
guto = the tricky bit is the 'o' at the end is very short, like in stop, same for any names ending in o
hywel = HUwel (as in start of hump)
meirion = MAYrion

caveat - am not native speaker and i learned my welsh up north so may have differences of opinion w/s walians

are you doing engineering or something nappyaddict, those are all (?) boys names.

[puppydavies]

except sioned

[nappyaddict]

no lol. i can just work out most of the welsh girl names. they seem to be easier for some reason.

[notsofarnow]

can't believe how many really welsh names on your course. Have grown up and lived in wales most of my life and have never heard so many welsh names in one place lol.

[puppydavies]

heh i thought that too, my second guess was it must be an agricultural college.

[nappyaddict]

oh no there are over 300 people on my course so in comparison not that many welsh names lol.