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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Ikeameatballs · 25/05/2019 16:04

I don’t like Fleur but I really, really don’t like Fflur!

li1972 · 25/05/2019 16:01

I'm welsh (as in, actually speak it), and have never heard the name Fflur. I'm afraid I would assume you has misspelled Fleur... sorry OP!

SometimesItRains · 25/05/2019 16:01

As a non-welsh person fflur just looks like a spelling mistake and doesn’t sound very nice to my ears. If you live in Wales then no problem, but elsewhere then she’s likely to have to explain it to every new person.
Fleur is much nicer.

DelphiniumBlue · 25/05/2019 16:00

But is Fflur the actual Welsh spelling? I suspect it's a spelling made up to look Welsh. Apologies if I'm wrong.

Coquillage · 25/05/2019 16:00

I've never come across the name Fflur before but I have to say it doesn't look very appealing. Stick with Fleur and giver her a Welsh middle name instead.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 25/05/2019 15:58

So sorry but initially I thought Fflur was a joke, if you are not Welsh I think you'd be opening yourself up to ridicule.

BuffaloCauliflower · 25/05/2019 15:58

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

Sexnotgender · 25/05/2019 15:57

Fflur looks like a spelling mistake to my eyes.

Fleur is lovely.

Pommes · 25/05/2019 15:55

I love Fleur.

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