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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 22:02

It's a bit early on but these are the names we've agreed on so far.

Girl: Persephone May
Boy: Dylan Llewelyn

Both middle names are family names.

I adore Persephone, especially 'Sephy', and have done for several years now (since reading Malorie Blackman), but I know it's high on the pretentious-o-meter.

We are Welsh, so can definitely get away with the boys name!

Do your worst!
Thanks.

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ElsieR · 21/04/2011 13:04

Persephone is the ancient Greece goddess of the underworld. Are you sure about this?

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MelinaM · 21/04/2011 10:52

Usk is a far more cultured area, so I say go with it!

MarioandLuigi · 21/04/2011 10:35

I agree with ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie - its not a name you could say quickly 5 times

Whatevs · 21/04/2011 10:28

They're so...different. Dylan is a top 10 popular name. Persephone isn't.

To be brutally honest, Sephy reminds me of syphillis. Maybe I just have a sick mind?

ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 21/04/2011 09:58

Don't listen to Lis - we all know she has terrible taste in names!!!

LisMcA · 21/04/2011 01:23

Can I say I love Persephone

And don't listen to Chipping. She said my choice for DS (still baking, 5 days late now) was the equivalent to Kevin!!!!! Tis not, tis lovely :o

ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 21/04/2011 01:17

If I were to put it diplomatically I would say you have a long time before you have to settle on a name - don't rush into it until you have found some nicer names

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WishYouWereMine · 21/04/2011 00:54

Hi Marie.. yep it's Greek. I read the Malorie Blackman Noughts and Crosses series a few years ago, which is where I heard of it. She was known as Sephy.
Don't have others on the girls shortlist, we both really like it, but are aware that many people won't. Also, the area we live in is... not a place where a Persephone would have an easy time of it I think, but we are hoping to move to a better area before school.

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MarieFromStMoritz · 21/04/2011 00:38

Actually, Dylan Llewelyn sounds completely different in a Welsh accent. I like it.

Where on earth did Persephone come from? Is it Greek? Have to say I'm not keen. Do you have any others on your shortlist?

CheerfulYank · 21/04/2011 00:31

I like them both but agree that they would sound odd as siblings. :) I love Ianto too...but then I loved Ianto Jones. :)

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WishYouWereMine · 21/04/2011 00:22

Haha... I'm in Cwmbran... maybe you would have more of an idea. Is Persephone going to be ripped apart?

Hopefully will be in Usk/Caerleon by the time school comes around...

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MelinaM · 21/04/2011 00:04

Between Zooport and Cwmbran! ..oh the joys!

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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 23:18

MelinaM - The anglicised version is how I would pronounce it, as would everyone around here. I wouldn't mind if someone used the welsh pronunciation. Are you in Monmouthshire? Not too far away.

OK, so I think the verdict so far is that some like them and some hate them. I was sort of prepared for that.

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MelinaM · 20/04/2011 23:07

Dull-ann is the correct pronunciation of Dylan, Dill-un is the English version of, and should be spelt Dillon. I'm in South East Wales too WishYou, tis anglicised here ..but then it was England until 1972

Love Persephone May

cece · 20/04/2011 22:58

Welsh boys names here

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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 22:48

Pagan - I knew a Bryn.. was a bit of a knobber. Am trying hard to avoid names I associate with people.

It's not just Torchwood.. but Taff Wars.. (bizarre youtube series which dubbed over the Star Wars films with versions from the Valleys..) Hmm.. I will think about it though.

Suwoo - How would you pronounce Ioan?

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suwoo · 20/04/2011 22:43

Not keen on Ioan then, hmm, I prefer Ianto I reckon. Nowt wrong with a difficult to spell name, my dd (now 9) is Madeleine and it hasn't held her back in literacy or anything else.

PaganOfBologna · 20/04/2011 22:43

Oh and forgot to suggest Bryn - now that is a fabulous name

PaganOfBologna · 20/04/2011 22:43

Know you ... umm, not that I know of. Though I did live in Wales from many years, so who knows! How come the comedy name, just because of Torchwood? I think it is lovely, and manly actually.

Otherwise Ifan or Trevor. Or how about Inigo, not a Welsh name exactly, but lovely all the same.

CountHotCrossBapula · 20/04/2011 22:41

Dylan is a fab name but I'm biased

DH and I both grew up in Wales (me South, him North) but are both English so went for the English pronunciation (as did Dylan Thomas, despite actually being Welsh). All the famous Dylans are cool - Bob, Thomas, Moran, the stoned rabbit from The Magic Roundabout ...

DS's MN is James (family name).

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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 22:37

PaganOfBologna... OH loves Ianto. But I see it as sort of a comedy welsh name. Do you know me...?

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PaganOfBologna · 20/04/2011 22:35

How about Ianto?

Persephone isn't terrible, but poor kid will be the last one in her school to learn how to spell her name (not that that will hold her back I'm sure )

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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 22:32

suwoo - yo-un.

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WishYouWereMine · 20/04/2011 22:32

PMSL at ValiumBandwitch.. I know it's marmite. Would marmite be better? What do people think of Persephone Pomegranate?

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