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Harri vs Rhodri vs Tomos

89 replies

lucieloos · 27/11/2018 16:16

Which one? Baby due soon and can't decide which we like best!

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Flamingosnbears · 03/12/2018 12:14

Rhodri is a great name

LovelyBranches · 03/12/2018 12:10

Beautiful choice OP. I know a baby Rhodri and it suits him well. Apparently Rhodri was the name my parents were going to give to me if I was a boy. I wasn’t but I still have a Welshname beginning with Rh.

MotherOfATeenApprenticeActuary · 02/12/2018 22:11

Beautiful name IMHO OP but then I might be a tiny bit biased!

Picknickers · 30/11/2018 01:25

Oh beautiful choice OP.

AlliKaneErikson · 30/11/2018 00:28

There are not actually that many Harri/Harrys around here (South Wales Valley north of Newport) Sweetheart. There is my Harri and another
one in dd’s class and I only know of two Harrys, both in other schools. Still, it’s definitely more commonly used than Tomos (DS’ best friend!) or Rhodri.

iklboo · 29/11/2018 14:42

Great choice.

SweetheartNeckline · 29/11/2018 12:52

I would love Rhodri for DS due next year. DH's dad was Welsh (Trefor, so his name is sadly out of the running!) but we live in the East Midlands and so many beautiful Welsh names just sound grim in our accent.

Tomos is nice too. 5 years ago I'd have said Harri but there are so many Henry / Harry's where we are so imagine it's very popular in Wales too? Although sometimes names are popular simply because they're so nice!

HerculesTheBercules · 29/11/2018 12:39

Beautiful choice.

lucieloos · 29/11/2018 12:21

Thanks for all the replies! So far we're thinking Rhodri Tomos Smile

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HerculesTheBercules · 29/11/2018 12:17

Rhodri then Harri the Tomos for me.

pisspawpatrol · 29/11/2018 12:10

Rhodri, Tomos, Harri in that order for my preference.

Also for those saying spell it the English way, or that they didn't know the poster is welsh/in Wales I would have thought it fairly obvious from the Welsh names she listed? How ignorant are you all that you know nothing about Wales, when it is literally one of the four countries making up the UNITED Kingdom?

Hmmmbiscuits · 29/11/2018 11:36

And by the way, I have a different spelling to my name and have to correct people sometimes. It's annoying when people get it terribly wrong, but in most cases it's when people who don't know you read your name out on a form, which doesn't happen often. In the grand scheme of things, it really isn't much of an issue.

Hmmmbiscuits · 29/11/2018 11:31

I love it when people get snotty about names that in their eyes, aren't 'proper' and 'traditional' enough, only to get put in their place!! They can be so unnecessarily catty with other people when they post their more unusual names.

I like those names. Rhodri I've not heard of before, so go for that if you want something more unusual.

MarshaBradyo · 28/11/2018 15:36

Thanks Thanks Smile

ThanksItHasPockets · 28/11/2018 15:08

Marsha - whereas Thomas is TOM-uss in most accents, Tomos has an equal stress on each syllable and a clear ‘o’ sound in the second syllable, like the word ‘moss’.

MarshaBradyo · 28/11/2018 14:54

I like Tomos best
How is it different to Thomas when pronounced?
(Could google)

CloserIAm2Fine · 28/11/2018 14:44

Ugh I knew before I opened the thread that you’d have ignorant people criticising the spellings.

I love Tomos, I only know one (adult) with that name and he’s absolutely lovely.

DameSquashalot · 28/11/2018 13:28

My name is perfectly normal and I always have to spell it. It's really not a big deal.

sashh · 28/11/2018 13:03

Would you say that to someone planing to call the child Siobhan?

No. Because it isn't something that looks, to a non Irish speaker, like a yoonique spelling.

I had a perfectly normal English name with a terrible spelling and spent the first 2/3 of my life saying, "My name is X, spelled Xxyy..." and 9/10 times the person I was spelling the name too would have written the 'normal' spelling.

A deed poll eventually solved that problem.

Most people can cope with an unusual name fine after they learn it.

But from personal experience not if they think it is a very normal English name.

I taught a Iona once, she had to put up with people thinking it was pronounced like the Scottish Island because, outside Wales, that's what most people read it as.

iklboo · 28/11/2018 12:38

I've had to spell my name to people all my life and it's not even unusual.

AlliKaneErikson · 28/11/2018 11:48

I have a Harri so naturally that’s my favourite!

MotherOfATeenApprenticeActuary · 28/11/2018 10:11

Nooooo, no no no no NO. Rhodri is a horrible name and you must not use it because I really like DS having an unusual name and if everyone picks it he will just be one of the crowd

Tomos tends to just become another Tom in a sea of Toms. Or Tomos' if you live in Wales, there's a few about.

Don't like Harri, just doesn't seem to be a proper name to me. Why isn't it Hari - this has always bothered me!

lucieloos · 28/11/2018 10:06

I agree the spelling of the name doesn't bother me. My daughter has a common name which can be spelt a number of different ways it's fine. I've occasionally had to spell it a few times but it's not an issue so that wouldn't really come into my decision. If he decides to live somewhere other than wales I'm sure he can manage to spell it a few times when needed.

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PinkCalluna · 28/11/2018 08:39

Mike I’ve had to spell out my name all of my life.

My children will have to spell out their names to anyone who isn’t Scottish.

It’s fine. It’s really not a big deal.

Lots of people with perfectly ordinary names have to spell them eg Claire/Clair/Clare or Iain/Ian or Geoff/Jeff etc etc

MikeUniformMike · 28/11/2018 08:21

Not for you, but it might be for the child. Also, having your name pronounced incorrectly or spelled incorrectly would probably be a PITA.

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