Welsh names for a girl

Lowri I tend to think of the artist or the tv presenter.

Well Rhiannon may not be a traditional welsh name but it,s routes are welsh and i have known a few.

Nia

Spelt perfectly Bertrand.
Catrin is a classic. Lovely.

My four year old is a Lowri. I love the name.

But when we lived in Buckinghamshire I had to repeat it at least twice every time someone asked what her name was.

And then it always sounded like they were calling her Larry to me . Back in Wales now

Keep an open mind, OP

Everyone will have a different opinion. I am welsh, with a welsh name, born in Wales but now living in a England. My name is mispronounced on a daily basis, and there are only so many times that you can correct someone without feeling rude.

My advice would be to keep it short.

Bethan
Ffion
Megan
Nia
Anwen
Betsan
Carys

My favourite by a country mile - Catrin

I like Seren but wondered if it was a bit too cheesey and same for Cariad too? Do people think they are?

Love Ffion and Catrin. The issue is (being from Wales and living in England for periods if time) is how they will pronounce it but equally I guess you could say if you're not in north/West Wales anyway people might get it wrong.

I know a few Anwens under 10.

Still not getting the different i sounds. The only different ways of saying i to me are an eye sound like in site or an ih sound as in sit.
I don't think my accent isn't Welsh at all though unless I speak to English family who think it is.

I love
Eirian
Angharad
Manon

Sian
Mabli
Catrin
Enfys

Oh and Megan, as I have used that name on dd.

I like Arwen, Anwen, Nia, Erin, Nansi.

NearLife, Ceinwen is an old person's name, and not easy to get right if you don't speak welsh. The first part isn't pronouced Cane

Thanks, I know how to pronounce it And the one I know is 20, not old.

The Anwen I know is 5!

My great aunt born in 1904 was a Ceinwen. I find it very hard to associate it with little girls today. But then, look at some of the English names which have made a come back.

The comedian Cariad Lloyd talks about how her name is a problem for her among welsh people- she was working with a director who asked if he could call her something else because Cariad was what he called his wife....

I know a family called Bethan, Cerys and Rhian. Probably spelled wrongly, sorry.

NearLife, Ceinwen is an old person's name, and not easy to get right if you don't speak welsh. The first part isn't pronouced Cane.

I would guess the parents of Eleri, Rhian and Carys are not Welsh-speakers. Anwen seems very dated to me. It was old fashioned in the 70s. The sort of name your friend's aunty would have if you were born in the 1970s.

Sioned was very popular in the 1960s and 70s but didn't fade away.

I'm from the north.

Bryn and Gareth crop up on nearly every Welsh boy's name thread but are names that are common in the 50-65 age group.

MikeUniformMike:

All of the names that I listed have been considered for names by our family, and we are well aware of their meanings.

They certainly do exist.

A lot of the names suggested are dated. They are names that would have been very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. (Eirian, Eleri, Carys, Rhian...)

That’s interesting, MUM ; I live in South Wales - not Welsh though - and know a few young Eleri’s, Carys’s and Rhian’s... (no Eirians though!). Maybe the popularity of certain names depends on where you are?

Anyway, OP, my favourite welsh names are Ceinwen (nn Ceini), Sioned and Anwen.

It certainly shouldn't be.

It is a word with many meanings - love, sweetheart, darling, charity, girlfriend, boyfriend.

Cariad isn’t a name.

It depends on your accent notso.
In mine, they sound different. Try saying big and bit.

If I wrote them down phonetically as if they were Welsh words, one would be big and the other would be but. (the english word but would be written as byt).

It's not a Welsh name. Elin is an old Welsh name and very popular. That's probably a take on it. Elin is pronounces EL-in with the i like the i in big, not like the i in it.

I'd always assumed it was Welsh as parents are Welsh speakers and other children's names Welsh. They pronounce it El-in, though English folk tend to pronounce it
Ell-un.
Confused by your big and it example I'd say the i the same way in both.

Ffion is spelt like that not Fionn as in pp.
Nice name.

I've posted a lot on Welsh names. Most of them get mangled.

Manon will be Manun
Mali will be Mahly
Mari will be Marie or Mahri
Medi looks too much like medicated
Mair will be My-uh
Efa will be Effuh or Eefuh
...

Carys and Delyth are fairly safe but so dated.

Here is a pp of mine

I'll probably get flamed but I would avoid names with:
Rh, ngh
ei, eu ,ew
ia
Ae, Au
uw
yw
Ge, Gi
Ce, Ci
Ch
Ll
F
Dd
letter combinations as they tend not to travel. Names ending in -an tend to sound like -un etc. Try the names out to see if they are wet with an WTF attitude or if they get mangled. If you are ok with Elin pronounced as ELL-in then go for it.
(FWIW the welsh pronunciation of Elin is ELL-in with the I sounding like the i in the english word big)