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Fleur or Fflur?

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Zanzan1 · 25/05/2019 15:54

So we like the name Fleur and it has family meaning but DH has Welsh roots and would like something that links with that so we are considering Fflur (fl-eer). Our surname also begins with F and is a two syllable name.

Just wondered what people thought and if outside of Wales where we are it might just be regarded as a weird way of spelling Fleur if we went for Fflur

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Marvinmarvinson · 25/05/2019 19:09

I'm amazed Fflur is getting such a bashing. It's a really common welsh name (I thought) and I've always thought it's really pretty. I can't believe people think it looks 'ridiculous' etc. I guess those people don't know many people who aren't English.

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Zanzan1 · 25/05/2019 19:05

Thank you everyone for your comments. I honestly thought Fflur was a more widely known name than it seems given there are several well known people from Wales with it.

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OwlBeThere · 25/05/2019 17:37

And @sistermaryloquacious just proved my point. Expressed kindly.

OwlBeThere · 25/05/2019 17:36

There are many ways to say you don’t like/have never come across/think it’s awful without making comments with a laughing face or that it sounds like someone being sick or the ‘it sounds like fuf-lur’ Or whatever.
I get it’s unusual when it’s from another culture, but isn’t it kinder to say ‘I don’t like it because I can’t say it’ or even ‘I’m sorry op I think it’s dreadful’ is fine. It’s all about the way you express yourself.

SisterMaryLoquacious · 25/05/2019 17:34

I think the English will make an absolute hash of it. Speaking as the possessor of a name that “doesn’t travel well” I’d give it a swerve. Fleur is pretty, or there are a whole bunch of lovely Welsh names that will be less of a pain to use day to day in England.

BackforGood · 25/05/2019 17:22

I don’t like Fleur, sounds like bringing phlegm up when you’re ill. I love it when people use traditional and cultural names, and with non-Anglicised spellings, but I fear you’d be setting her up for a life time of pain and irritation having to explain Fflur wherever she goes

People aren't being rude Owl. The OP is asking strangers on the internet because she wants to know what people actually think. Otherwise she could just ask he mate who is more likely to smile and nod politely.

RaptorWhiskers · 25/05/2019 17:10

Fflur is ridiculous 😂

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OwlBeThere · 25/05/2019 17:06

Nice to see the rudeness about any name that isn’t Olivia is alive an well on mumsnet Hmm.?

Mummyoflittledragon · 25/05/2019 17:02

I think Fflur sounds like a joke name. Your child will be destined to constantly have to spell he name.

OwlBeThere · 25/05/2019 17:01

@Ces6 I believe it’s after ystrad-fflur which is mentioned in welsh folk tales and is very beautiful. Lots of books will say it’s meaning is ‘flower’ but that’s not correct.

LashesZ · 25/05/2019 17:00

@Ces6 I have no idea. I can see it derives from the French "Fleur" but isn't a translation of flower. I remember learning in Welsh lessons that the language is related to French (a Brythonic language maybe? Might be confusing that one) and we a few similar worlds like "pont" is "bridge" in both languages, and "triste" and "trist" means "sad"

LazyLizzy · 25/05/2019 16:59

Fflur looks like a stutter.

Fleur is lovely.

OwlBeThere · 25/05/2019 16:57

fflur is definitely a name. But it’s quite hard to pronounce if you aren’t welsh speaking j think. Fleerrr- It has a rolled r at the end. I think it’s s lovely name when said correctly but most non-welsh speaking people butcher it into flee-uh. I’d go with Fleur if I lived outside of Wales.

Ces6 · 25/05/2019 16:54

@LashesZ what does it mean?

LashesZ · 25/05/2019 16:50

@flowery yeah, got a few friends with the name. There's also a singer called Fflur Dafydd.

LashesZ · 25/05/2019 16:49

Fflur is what I'd consider a proper welsh name that Welsh speakers would be familiar with but anyone else would trash the pronunciation. It's got quite a rolled "r" to it.

flowery · 25/05/2019 16:49

Is Fflur actually a name in Wales?

UCOinanOCG · 25/05/2019 16:46

Fleur is lovely and i can pronounce it. Fflur i am saying as Fuf-lur in my head and it sounds ridiculous!

CloserIAm2Fine · 25/05/2019 16:44

Well I’m not a fan of Fleur anyway but Fflur is just awful!

There are loads of really lovely welsh names out there, Fflur is not one of them!

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 25/05/2019 16:15

Don’t like the name but if you’re going with it spell it properly!

Ces6 · 25/05/2019 16:15

According to Google Fflur is flurry in Welsh. Blodyn is flower!

Ces6 · 25/05/2019 16:12

Surely Fleur is a French name? I don't know the Welsh for flower but sounds like it's not common name so I would avoid.

ThinkWittyThoughts · 25/05/2019 16:11

I was also expecting Fflur to be ... well, I'm surprised it's serious.

I'm half Welsh.

What about Ffleur?

Littleduckeggblue · 25/05/2019 16:07

I thought Fflur was a typo.

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