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Welsh Girl names.

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Kayzr · 15/03/2012 06:45

We've decided to give DD due in June a Welsh middle name. DP is Welsh and we'd love to sort of honour that.

She's going to be called Rosalie and is also having Jean as a middle name.

We like Carys, Aerona, Rhiannon, Eilwen, Isolde, Ffion, Olwen.

We need some help picking and we'd love some other suggestions too.

Thanks.

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madaboutmadmen · 19/03/2012 17:58

Maeve is Irish, there is an Irish spelling of it but I have no idea. it's Tomos rather Tomas too, Tomos is a lovely name.

LisaJones1 · 19/03/2012 17:52

I love the names Nia, Rhiannon and Mai for girls and Iwan, Owain, Tomas, Steffan for boys. When I had my 1st I found Welsh Girls Names website really helpful as I allowed me to try different combination of names.

Good luck with the names
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Winnie78 · 18/03/2012 19:28

I really like Maeve and Dilys. Both Welsh I think. Smile

TwllBach · 18/03/2012 18:32

DP is welsh alive been keeping an eye on this thread Grin I saw the name Heledd the other day, which I loved.

ellybett · 18/03/2012 10:00

Morning kayzr!

Love the name ds chose. We're on the hunt for welsh girl names too so thanks for the thread. Plenty of food for thought here!

BelleEnd · 18/03/2012 09:50

Heulwyn isn't one I've heard- It's Heulwen for a girl (always -wen for a girl, -wyn for a boy).

OneLieIn Myfanwy is brilliant! Here, it would be shortnened to Myfi (pronounced Muvvy). :)

ilovemy2babies · 18/03/2012 08:44

Ffion
Bronwen
Mali
Seren
Cerys
Carys
Anwen
Elin
Rhian
Rhiannon

Donki · 18/03/2012 08:20

No one has mentioned Heulwyn - beautiful name.

OneLieIn · 18/03/2012 08:11

All lovely. I also like myfanwy but it's shortened to muff Grin

BelleEnd · 18/03/2012 07:23

Oooh lovely Kayzr! I love this new trend for -wen names, they're so pretty. I also adore the name Jean or Jeannie... And Rosalie, for that matter! Yay! :)

madaboutmadmen I also had never heard of Sionedd but there's a MNer who knows of one and also gave her daughter that name. Pretty innit? I have never heard of Madlen, only Modlen- I'd be a bit anxious of people NNing her Mad... :o

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Kayzr · 17/03/2012 21:44

DS1 did the picking this afternoon. So DD is going to be Rosalie Jean Olwen. Now hunting down a little baby rugby shirt Grin

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madaboutmadmen · 17/03/2012 21:36

just to point out it's Sioned not Sionedd. Madlen is a lovely Welsh name. Girls names in Welsh are beautiful, boys not so (I managed to find a good one ;-) )

BelleEnd · 16/03/2012 07:37

Manon is pronounced exactly as the English, but with stress on the a, not the o. It is the best name

startail · 16/03/2012 01:41

I suggested Angharad for DD2, but DH turned it into anhydrous (without water) Stupid Chemists!

GrandPoohBah · 16/03/2012 00:34

I love Esyllt btw, but DH vetoed for being too difficult to spell for south Londoners. In fairness, I was almost an Angharad but my parents decided that it was a bit unusual for a child brought up in south London too!

GrandPoohBah · 16/03/2012 00:32

Ceinwen? My mamgu's middle name :)

Cwtchbach · 15/03/2012 23:17

Thats how I have always heard it pronounced, my husband vetoed it because that's what they shout in football when someone is being marked apparently.

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Kayzr · 15/03/2012 20:55

I think the names that will go into the hat for DS1 to choose from are

Nia
Elin
Carys
Lowri
Olwen
Ffion
Mefin
Seren
Mali

I am not too sure on pronouncing Manon. I keep saying Man-on in my head but am not sure if it is right and DP is away with work so can't ask him. Grin

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Cwtchbach · 15/03/2012 20:48

I have a little Nia :)
Her middle name is Mari.
Other names I liked were: Non, Manon, Gwennan, Mali, Mair, Elin, Lowri, Eleri, Nerys, Cerys, Menna

Jellykat · 15/03/2012 19:37

Oh i love Manon too SoFar

I know a Buddug, shortened to Budd - a lovely name too

ScatterChasse · 15/03/2012 19:35

Catrin and Nia are my favourites I think (I loved the Snow Spider trilogy). I like Bethan, Eirlys (is that snowdrop?) and Cerys too.

I met a little Cariad once, which I thought was quite sweet.

SoFarWeAreEqual · 15/03/2012 19:19

BelleEnd - why thank you :o

Mrsrobertduvall · 15/03/2012 19:01

I have Welsh family and love Eirwen, Eirlys, Carys, Nia, Rhian.
I have noticed that my very Welsh and unusual name is not mentioned here. [ smile]

hairybeast · 15/03/2012 18:54

My DD is Nia Smile

BelleEnd · 15/03/2012 18:41

mejon speaks sense. I once looked on an american names site, which had a vast list of Welsh names for children. I swear to God, they were terrible. One I remember from there was Artaith- Pretty sounding, nice pronounciation- But it isn't a name. It means torture. :o

SoFarWeAreEqual has the best taste in names in the world. :o