Hello,
I am currently 24wks pregnant with our second child, and it looks like we are having a girl. Husband and I both fell in love with the name Elin, Ellie for short. So happy as I thought we'd never agree! Now starting to worry whether pronunciation will be too much of an issue. I am half Welsh, husband grew up in Wales and we live about 2 miles from the border, so hopefully people will get that it's the Welsh pronunciation. Neither of us are Welsh speakers, and I thought that the pronunciation was 'el-in' with the el as in elephant but I have since heard some Welsh speakers pronounce it more like air-leen. Just feel a bit daft naming our daughter and then potentially getting the pronunciation 'wrong'! Would Elen be easier? The other part of me says there's no such thing as 'wrong' and we should just go for the version we like!
If we do go for Elin the next struggle is with the middle name. Current favour is Eva. Surname is Crossley. Older brother is Owen Arthur if that helps.
What do people think? Any other suggestions? Please help!!!