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Taliesin?

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DeepTurquoise · 05/01/2015 15:16

What do you think of the name Taliesin? About to start ttc and me and my partner love it, just wanted to get some feedback!

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BestIsWest · 16/01/2015 10:06

I've never heard it used as a girls name but think it's a lovely name for a girl.

Harrin · 15/01/2015 23:29

I know a girl with this name. She's in her 20s and pronounces it Tally-ace-in. She is known as Tally and hates that it's a boy's name

MB34 · 13/01/2015 15:35

My DS1 is called Taliesin (it's pronounced Tal-yes-in) as my DH has always really loved the name.
DH is first language welsh and is really proud of his welsh upbringing/culture/heritage etc so he wanted a name that reflected that. As we couldn't agree on any names and I wasn't that keen on the full version, we compromised and had Taliesin on the birth certificate but we call him Tal. (Although it has grown on me and I do like it now)

BlueSpottedWindmill · 13/01/2015 15:03

Actually, maybe it's more Tal lah sin. We call her tally for short. At least we would if we still spoke to her!

BlueSpottedWindmill · 13/01/2015 15:01

my sister is Taliesyn. We pronounce it Tal A Sin. I really like it.

spiderlight · 13/01/2015 10:12

Love it!

pinkipanther · 13/01/2015 10:08

I like it, not overused but nice sounding. Tali is a cute nickname.

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JemimaMuddledUp · 12/01/2015 22:47

Love it. I know several, most known as Tali for short.

soundsystem · 12/01/2015 22:43

I love it, it's top of my list if I ever have a boy! My daughter's name is an less-used Welsh name and most people in London manage ok after they've been told how to pronounce it.

lebkuchenlover · 12/01/2015 15:10

I like the look and sound of it, although I don't know any real life ones (yet).

BestIsWest · 09/01/2015 19:39

Love it and I like Tal or Tali as a nickname.

ChocolateTeapotsDontWork · 09/01/2015 14:29

I read it as Tally-sin, never heard of it before and looks nice written down.

SunnyBaudelaire · 09/01/2015 12:43

also it cannot be too hard even for English people, Tally-ess-in - simple.

SunnyBaudelaire · 09/01/2015 12:41

it is a lovely name, go for it

EbwyIsUpTheDuff · 09/01/2015 12:37

I have always loved the name.

If my womb-inhabitant proves 2 sonographers wrong and comes out male, it's on my top 3 list! (the other 2 being Aneurin and Macsen)

ViolettaBridgettettette · 09/01/2015 03:30

There's also Thierry

Velvetbee · 08/01/2015 16:40

I used to child mind one, it (and he) are lovely. He's 17 now.

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DeepTurquoise · 08/01/2015 16:36

Thanks for all the feedback guys! Seems like it's a pretty popular name Smile

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PattyPenguin · 07/01/2015 20:18

The neighbours who named their house Taliesin might have done so since it was the name of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright's series of houses (4 in all). Wright's relatives of Welsh descent gave their houses Welsh names, and Wright in turn used the name of the ancient Welsh poet for his homes.

thatstoast · 07/01/2015 20:14

I'm welsh and I love that name. I probably wouldn't use it outside of wales but only because I have no patience for people who pronounce things incorrectly.

MamaLazarou · 07/01/2015 20:04

It's lovely.

YoureMyWifeNowDave · 06/01/2015 08:11

Our neighbours named their house Taliesin!

fishfingerSarnies · 06/01/2015 08:05

Hearing such positive feedback I'm debating haveing it back on the list. We plan on moving to Wales at some point in the next 2 years anyway and if we don't he will be at the Welsh school in London. Mmmm it's hard this naming business.

Guin1 · 06/01/2015 05:09

Love it. It would be on my list if bump were a boy.