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Original poster

I think we finally have it.

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deemented · 07/01/2012 21:57

After much to-ing and fro-ing, we have a name!

Celyn Wynter D.....

That's the first name we've been able to agree on! I'm under no illusions that it will be the name we finally choose, but we both like it and the Celyn bit really appeals to the Welsh in me. Wynter is his choice.

What do you think? Be gentle please

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nicknamenotinuse · 09/01/2012 06:40

Wynter is horrible. Winter is lovely.

popsicle1984 · 09/01/2012 06:18

I thought in Welsh names that end in 'yn' were masculine and the feminine versions ended in 'en'? E.g. Gwyn being a mans name and Gwen being a woman's name?

nooka · 09/01/2012 04:03

You don't need to feel embarrassed. It seems to be a boys name that is now used by girls. Like Evelyn, Lindsay or Hilary.

ScroobiousPip · 09/01/2012 02:58

Oops, i thought it was a boy's name too, especially with Winter/Wynter as a middle name!

TuesdayNightClub · 08/01/2012 12:32

Hmm I thought that was a boy's name. Where I am (up North) boys are called Caylan and things like that so I thought boy. Oops.

Agree about the spelling of Wynter, with an 'i' would be nicer.

PippiLongBottom · 08/01/2012 12:25

Aah, I was North Wales. Glad you have decided on a name

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deemented · 08/01/2012 12:24

Thanks for all the positives - i really think we've got it. There have been lots of names i like, but this has just grabbed me, and i love it

Pipi - i'm in Swansea.

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everlong · 08/01/2012 10:50

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PippiLongBottom · 08/01/2012 10:46

I got a B in my Welsh second language GCSE.

Are you North or South, Dee?

GwendolineMaryLacey · 08/01/2012 10:37

There you go then, Celyn is lovely with Winter with an i :)

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deemented · 08/01/2012 09:17

It is definately for a girl.

Anf fwiw, i much prefer Winter, with an i - i'll work on him with that

oikopolis - Where i live, most people i know can speak Welsh, my children are taught Welsh in school, though not as a first language and my English family can just about get their tounges around my DS3's very Welsh middle name - Aneurin. I don't think Celyn will be too much of a problem

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PippiLongBottom · 08/01/2012 09:09

Agree with most other posters- Celyn is a girls name and Winter would look much better. I like it if it's for a girl. If its a boy, no way.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 08/01/2012 09:03

I assumed it was a girl, is it not then?

seeker · 08/01/2012 09:03

Do be careful giving a boy a name that people think of as female. Even if they are wrong to think that.

Bluestocking · 08/01/2012 08:39

Celyn is lovely. Wynter is awful.

diddl · 08/01/2012 08:24

Don´t like Wynter al all.
(Or Winter)

mathanxiety · 08/01/2012 06:31

Lovely. I would prefer Winter with an I too.

nooka · 08/01/2012 06:25

I thought that Celyn was a boys name, but I see that it seems to be used for girls too now, but with Wynter (and I agree with everyone else the 'y' looks very wrong to me too) as a middle name it's a very androgynous combination - was that your intention OP? Are you thinking of the name for either a boy or girl? Very efficient I guess

ScroobiousPip · 08/01/2012 05:09

celyn is lovely. but if you're going trad welsh then it would be good to match it with a welsh middle name. i'm afraid i don't like wynter either - 'whiny wynter'. understandable if it's a family name but not one i'd choose if i had the choice. sorry.

seeker · 08/01/2012 05:06

Isn't Celyn a girl's name?

lollystix · 08/01/2012 04:48

Celyn- lovely. Winter - fine but please not with the 'y' as it really cheapens it.

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 08/01/2012 04:34

Why the 'y' in Wynter? Is it to make it more different, interesting, unique? Because if so, it doesn't IMHO.

OneHandWavingFree · 08/01/2012 03:47

Celyn is lovely.

I don't like Wynter at all (sorry) and I like it even less with that spelling and following a first name that has a 'yn' in it too.

But as it's a middle name maybe it doesn't matter so much.

hohohoshedittant · 08/01/2012 03:07

oikopolis I think Celyn is a girls name.

I know two (both girls) one is Celyn the other Kellan. I quite like it.

Don't like Wynter at all. If you must use it then please spell it properly.

lisaro · 08/01/2012 02:58

Celyn is lovely - Wynter? No.

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