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Favourite Welsh name?

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 17:54

This isn't for a baby, but for a curiosity.

For me:

Boy - Emrys

Girl - Bronwyn

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oklumberjack · 18/03/2017 19:29

Gotta love a Blodwen Smile

Branleuse · 18/03/2017 19:26

Blodwen. You just don't hear of enough blodwens

Cathays · 18/03/2017 19:07

For a girl it should be Bronwen, not Bronwyn.

I like Wyn or Gwyn for a boy

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 19:04

SillyBub - that's good! (better than being on one of those 'chavvyest names that ever chavd?' threads). I think just about every Welsh man I've met has been called Evan

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officerhinrika · 18/03/2017 18:59

Olwen , Rhian or Eluned. Teifion Iolo or Emyr

SillyBub · 18/03/2017 18:58

My DCs names are both mentioned here Grin

Ieuan and Evan were the names that got away.

welshweasel · 18/03/2017 18:55

We have a Taliesin. Also loved Idris, Iolo and Osian. A girl would have been Aneira or Arianwen.

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 18:45

IrnBruTortie - Emrys autocorrects to Enemy's for me, I almost posted it like that too

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IrnBruTortie · 18/03/2017 18:38

Idris, and Cerys.
Idris keeps wanting to autocorrect to Mavis though, which I like rather less. Especially for a boy ;)

llangennith · 18/03/2017 18:38

Angharad

user1459464195 · 18/03/2017 18:36

Owain and Elin

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 18:28

MissTakesOurMaid - if only Iago didn't have such negative connotations

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 18:27

Pleasemrstweedie - but Rhys is so nice! What did you go with in the end?

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MissTakesOurMaid · 18/03/2017 18:26

Iago for a boy
Mabli for a girl

Especially Mabli - means Mabel.

ExplodedCloud · 18/03/2017 18:26

Geraint and Rhiannon

Pleasemrstweedie · 18/03/2017 18:24

Rhys and Heulwen.

DH vetoed both.

ILoveDolly · 18/03/2017 18:21

I have heard the Welsh word Enfys (rainbow..?) as a name which I like.
I love Tudor as a boys name which I have only ever heard in wales

NotQuiteWithItAtAll · 18/03/2017 18:21

Ffion/Ffyon for a girl

geordiedench · 18/03/2017 18:18

Idris for a boy, Seren for a girl - gorgeous names!

Sophronia · 18/03/2017 18:16

Iestyn or Emlyn
Arianwen

Stansmith01 · 18/03/2017 18:15

Tony haha another vote for Siân also my name

alteredimages · 18/03/2017 18:14

Idris, Iolo, Mai, and Eirlys.

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user1489577919 · 18/03/2017 18:10

oklumberjack clearly I need to spend more time in Wales, Idris is a great name

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beachbodyunready · 18/03/2017 18:09

I didn't know Ianto was s real name, ice only known it used as a nickname for Ian.

rumblingDMexploitingbstds · 18/03/2017 18:08

Boy: Ianto or Rhydian
Girl: Ceridwyn