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Help with Cornish girls name

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user1466715822 · 23/06/2016 22:08

Hi we just can't decide. We know we want a name with Cornish connections. Our list is

Lowenna
Lamorna
Kerenza
Cordelia
Elowen

It will be our first :)

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user1465823522 · 28/06/2016 10:51

Seriously? they are all awful.

Claraoswald36 · 28/06/2016 10:27

Eia - as in st Ives . You say it 'eye-ya'
It's dd2 middle name

libellule1 · 28/06/2016 10:22

I would say El-Oh-Wen, quite soft. I think Elowen is a lot prettier and easier for nicknames too. Second choice would be Lowenna.
Lamorna reminds me of Morticia for some reason, must be the 'mourn' :)

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user1466715822 · 27/06/2016 21:48

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I think we are torn between Lamorna, Lowenna and Elowen. My only concern with the last one being would people know how to pronounce it.

I say El-o-wen as in El Owen but don't know if it should be pronounced Elo-wen

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ifigoup · 27/06/2016 06:34

Kerra
Zenna

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Footle · 27/06/2016 06:17

florascotia, I used to know that ! Must have mixed it up with Demelza. Ignore me.

libellule1 · 26/06/2016 20:56

Of your list I like Cordelia or Elowen. Or how about Ysella or Pasca.

florascotianew · 26/06/2016 20:26

Damaris is indeed a nice name but it's Biblical - New Testament Greek - not specifically Cornish.

EasternDailyStress · 26/06/2016 20:20

My friend's daughter is called Jessamy (pronounced Jessamee, rather than Jess Amy IYSWIM), which I believe is Cornish.

WoodleyPixie · 26/06/2016 20:17

Sarita is a fab name.

lemonjellytrifle · 26/06/2016 20:16

Also love Kerenza. There's a little Carenza (slightly different spelling but same pronunciation) at my son's nursery - called Carrie. Just lovely!

Footle · 26/06/2016 16:45

Damaris - stress on first syllable.

Beanzmeanzcoffee · 26/06/2016 16:35

I've never heard the name Elowen before but it's beautiful (puts in back pocket in case baby 3 ever happens)

SoupDragon · 26/06/2016 15:00

From your list I love Kerenza. From other lists I love Merryn and Tegan.

PeterandJudithSurname · 26/06/2016 14:55

I think Senanayake is a Sri Lankan surname . Grin

WreckingBallsInsideMyHead · 25/06/2016 19:37

Elowen is lovely

OlennasWimple · 25/06/2016 00:42

Tamar is awful, sorry!!

LadyCallandraDaviot · 24/06/2016 23:38

Think they have already been suggested, but...

Merryn
Loveday
Tamsin
or you could choose a place, like the Camerons and Endillion

rembrandtsrockchick · 24/06/2016 06:04

Tamar is pretty...as is the river and the valley.

BikeRunSki · 24/06/2016 05:40

Of your list, I like Kerenza best.

Other suggestions Zillah, Thomasin

sycamore54321 · 24/06/2016 05:32

Haha, just realized that was some crazy autocorrect or typo! It should be Senan - so same as yours without the double N in the middle. No idea where the "ayake" came from - especially since Irish doesn't have either a K or a Y! Sorry for throwing extra fuel on the hard-to-pronounce fire

OutsiderInTheGarden · 24/06/2016 04:58

sycamore yes Sennen is pronounced as it's spelled, no 'sh' sound or anything. And the place Sennen is very beautiful, if you're visiting Cornwall anytime soon Smile.

Wow, I've seen some Irish names that have left me puzzled as to how to pronounce them, but I never would have thought that Senanayake was prounounced Sennen. So the 'ayake' bit isn't pronounced at all? Being Welsh, Cornish names and words don't look that odd to me; the languages have a lot in common.

OlennasWimple · 24/06/2016 03:40

Iseuld / Isolde is one of my favourite girls names

sycamore54321 · 24/06/2016 03:10

Is Sennan pronounced as written? No Sh- sound or anything? If so, it sounds identical to an Irish boy's name Senanayake, just in case that might be a problem for you.

I see Loveday listed above - how is it said? Is it as simple as the tow words Love-Day or entirely different?

I know next to nothing of Cornwall, some of these sound really pretty (but the spellings look slightly odd at first glance to my non-Cornish eyes).