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Thoughts on Bleddyn?

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Bellatrixandstrange · 12/04/2017 06:25

Dh and I love Bleddyn for our son but we live in England and are worried that he'll spend his life explaining how it's pronounced/ spelt. Is it an OK name for a boy living in England?

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applecatchers36 · 14/04/2017 15:24

Terrible connotations of bloody...

Lemondrop09 · 14/04/2017 15:18

I wouldn't know how to pronounce it, but would be fine after being told once.

If you love it, go for it. Children, teachers etc are quite used to living in a multicultural society. Kids in schools round my way need to learn to prounnouce all sorts of names which aren't written phonetically, for example Polish names are quite common. If a child moved here from another country, we wouldn't tell them "you can't have that name, we don't know how to pronounce it!", we'd tell people they'd have to learn how to pronounce it. I don't see why he can't have a Welsh name if he has Welsh heritage, just because he happens to be born and raised in England.

Go for it OP Smile

buttercup54321 · 13/04/2017 23:15

Bleddy awful

TinfoilHattie · 13/04/2017 21:33

It's not a name I've ever seen before, and seeing it written down I assumed it was for a girl (like Bronwyn) and that you would pronounce it Bledd-inn. Poor wee lad will have a lifetime of explaining his name, unless you live in Wales.

Floggingmolly · 13/04/2017 21:02

Penry? It took several attempts to type that without autocorrect kicking in. That's what you'd be letting (him?) in for.

fishfingerSarnies · 13/04/2017 20:51

I love it! Have just put it on my list Smile
Also on my list are:

Idris
morus
Caio
Penry

FunkinEll · 12/04/2017 21:29

I have a family member with the name, I really like it. We call him Bledd (bleth). He's born and bred in Wales though.

BestIsWest · 12/04/2017 20:58

Do it! It's lovely.

No one would blink at a French person giving their child a French name if they lived in England.

Go with your hearts.

BabyTheCaveLion · 12/04/2017 20:52

Also, just to add, I think Bleddyn sounds much nicer in a Welsh accent than an English one!

BabyTheCaveLion · 12/04/2017 20:50

I'm English but currently live in Wales. There's a little lad in nursery called bleddyn - I saw the name before i heard it being pronounced and I was totally at a loss as to how to say it. Now that I know how it's said, I like how the name sounds but I find the spelling of it very ugly.

Other welsh names in the school at the moment include:

Wil
Owain
Iolo

user1466690252 · 12/04/2017 20:39

Im welsh. I like it. My fave welsh name is Idrys. Obviously everyone thinks of elba. But I just love it

moonchild77 · 12/04/2017 20:10

I really like the name. I'm in Wales.

villainousbroodmare · 12/04/2017 20:05

It's growing on me! Very memorable. I reckon go for it!

anxious2017 · 12/04/2017 17:46

I was Smile

HonorBright · 12/04/2017 17:45

Titty , Anxious was being sarcastic in response to me.

pinkblink · 12/04/2017 17:32

Welsh speaker here , surrounded by non Welsh speakers, I would avoid Llewelyn as he will just get called Cl-uh-well-in

TittyGolightly · 12/04/2017 17:29

I am a Welsh speaker, but of course, I wouldn't know how to pronounce a Welsh name..

Wtf?!

Twinkie1 · 12/04/2017 17:28

I think it'd be mispronounced bleeding.

MiladyThesaurus · 12/04/2017 17:08

Just call him Bleddyn. Most people will hear his name before seeing it written down and any teacher etc can easily learn that it's pronounced blethin. Don't anglicise it.

thatstoast · 12/04/2017 17:06

'll' sound - tongue to the roof of your mouth as if you're going to make an L sound. Keeping your tongue where it is, exhale so the air comes out the sides of your mouth.

I wouldn't pronounce the second ll in Llewellyn, personally.

Otherwise, i think Clue-well-in is the best anglicised version.

Anyway, Op should probably go for Bleddyn if that's what she liked.

BertrandRussell · 12/04/2017 17:01

I don't think people are bullied for their names. I just think that having a name that you have to explain/spell/pronounce every single time can be tedious. And life can be tough enough as it is-why do anything that we can avoid doing that will make our children's lives even a tiny bit tougher? Lots of children may not be bothered-they may actively enjoy having a stand out name. But many would hate it-and you don't know what your child is going to be like-and it is the child who has to deal with it on a daily basis. Could you bear to Anglicise the spelling? Or go for a Welsh name that non Welsh people have a sporting chance of getting at least nearly right. Elis? Owain? Gethin? Rhodri? Llewelyn?

smashyourglasses · 12/04/2017 16:56

Not keen.

ArseyTussle · 12/04/2017 16:51

Very interesting, anxious. I've never heard a repeat of the Welsh double L in Llewellyn, although to be fair I don't live in Wales Grin. I find that really tricky to do after the e, even though I can do it at the start of the word.

Squidgling · 12/04/2017 16:48

I think it's nice when pronounced correctly so you won't have issues once people know how to say it. It just depends if it will bother you having people misspell it and new people mispronounce it a lot.

Congratulations on your baby Flowers

anxious2017 · 12/04/2017 16:43

I do. Tongue to the roof of the mouth and blow out. Ch in Loch is similar to Welsh ch which is why they shouldn't be compared as they are very different.