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Any welsh speakers that can help with middle name confusion?

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pickwickcrocus · 15/04/2015 07:28

We are trying to decide on a middle name if we have another dd. I'm Welsh but don't speak fluent Welsh sadly.

We have a dd with a Welsh first name and Rose as her middle name. We have decided that we really like the name Thea as a first name for another girl so would like a Welsh middle name.

This is where the slight confusion comes in. We thought it would be lovely if we could use some sort of flower name (Welsh) and then thought maybe Rose but in Welsh, as a nice link to her sister. It seems that there are a couple of words for it so I wanted to see which one is correct or is there one that is more commonly used than others?

Alternately, does anyone know of any unusual flower names in Welsh that are pretty and maybe seasonal at the moment?

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mamapants · 15/04/2015 14:38

Rhosyn for rose never heard Cadodd

longdiling · 15/04/2015 14:31

It would be ross-in

Not sure about rhoslyn's meaning, I'lltry and find out. If sshe's due in May then you could use the Welsh for may which is Mai (pronounced My)

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pickwickcrocus · 15/04/2015 13:59

Sorry what I meant about the pronunciation was would it sound more like rose or roz if that makes any sense?

Also, we did also find rhoslyn, do you have any idea if this has a 'rose' link or does it mean something entirely different?

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pickwickcrocus · 15/04/2015 13:56

Thank you so much for all your replies.

Long - that's what I was hoping someone would say as the other translation we had was cadodd or something along those lines which would be a bit of a pain living in England, how would you actually pronounce Rhosyn?

I do also really like eira and eirlys, eirlys would also be appropriate for this time if year. Or haf, given the beautiful sunshine! Am due next week Grin

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BestIsWest · 15/04/2015 09:58

Ffion means foxglove.

SocksRock · 15/04/2015 09:52

My eldest is called Eira - I love it :-) (DH is the Welsh speaker here). Eirlys is lovely, meaning snowdrop.

YAsoNBU · 15/04/2015 09:49

I love Welsh nature names
Seren (star), Eira (snow), Enfys (rainbow), Haf (summer), Gwawr (dawn), Heulwen (sunshine), Fflur (flowers), Celyn (holly), Awela (breeze) and so many more. And they are not considered hippy at all!

burgatroyd · 15/04/2015 09:26

Thanks for correction in pronunciation. I love welsh names. Ironic as I can't pronounce them!

Kewcumber · 15/04/2015 08:25

Don;t uses anythinig with a "ll" or a "ch" if you don;t speak welsh.

Blodwen means "white Flowers" but is extremely old fashioned

Eira = snow

ClearlyMoo · 15/04/2015 08:20

Bit of googling gets me welsh flower names.

Pronunciation for Briallen "Bree-Ah-LThen"

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/04/2015 08:17

I can speak a bit of Welsh and have known someone with the Middle name Briallen.

I have no idea how to write it phonetically without making it look like the ugliest name in the world, which it is not! It doesn't end in the "Shen" sound though.

Not flowers but Haf is nice if you have a summer baby. As is Eirlys if it's a winter baby?

sallysparrow157 · 15/04/2015 08:07

Briallen is very difficult for the non Welsh speaker to pronounce. I've also never heard it used as a name. Eirlys is pretty, Welsh for snowdrop

longdiling · 15/04/2015 08:07

Rhosyn is what I would use for Rose.

Sorry burga the pronounciation is wrong! You'd need to be able to pronounce the 'll' in the welsh way. Not sure how to explain the sound as it doesn't occur in English at all.

Lili is the only other flower I can think of off the top of my head...or you could use 'fflur' which means flowers in Welsh. Pronounced fl-ee-r

burgatroyd · 15/04/2015 08:02

May be VERY wrong on prn. Hopefully welsh speaker will come along and correct me

burgatroyd · 15/04/2015 08:01

I love Briallen, prn Bri Ah shen, methinks. Means primrose
www.behindthename.com/name/briallen