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Sibling names for Dylan

38 replies

TweedleNeedle0101 · 04/01/2022 15:52

Hello, I'm pregnant with a little girl, I already have a DS called Dylan trying to find a name that will go with it. We like Liusaidh (pronounced Lucy) but just wanted some other ideas to decide from.

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Binthescales · 25/01/2022 22:12

Rhiannon
Carys
Alys
Bethan
Erin
Ffion
Megan
Sara
Caia/Kaia

Snowiscold · 25/01/2022 21:37

Or just a simple traditional but not too poplar name such as Alice, Meredith

Isn’t Meredith a boy’s name? And a surname? And is one of those names, like Dylan, that is mispronounced? It’s not a simple traditional girl’s name.

schoolsoutforever · 25/01/2022 20:53

I reckon a subtle, easily understood Welsh name would suit best (even if you’re not Welsh - don’t shoot me). So Carys/Seren/Sian , as others have suggested. Or just a simple traditional but not too poplar name such as Alice, Meredith (or Morven which is my native Scottish but just lovely with all names).

Spanglemum · 24/01/2022 22:00

Cerys or Carys
Manon

SkatingMumofthree · 24/01/2022 21:07

I'm set on using Dylan as a boys name. I have three girls, Beth, Elsie and Freya.

SeanChailleach · 15/01/2022 07:14

Joan
Joni
Jimi
Layla
Rory
Nina

Bit of a rock'n'roll theme...

simplyme83 · 14/01/2022 21:48

i know a dylan and ella, dylan and isabella and a dylan and lara

UserBot989 · 07/01/2022 09:18

Lucy spelled this way looks better with Dylan. The y ties them in somehow.
Amy would go too.

Welsh name I like Olwen, so I suggest that. Scottish name, Skye would not clash with Dylan because it's short and has a Y. It's subconscious but they seem to go.

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 09:16

Having seen a thread today on the pronunciation of a fairly unusual french first name, I have considered the name Eira and it's pronunciation.

I can't find any Welsh word containing the 'air' in a syllable that isn't the last syllable. As a Welsh speaker, it isn't a natural sound unless at the last syllable.

Words containg in 'ai' seem to have the ''ai' changing to 'ei' when used to create a plural. (sort of like how pronounce becomes pronunciation not pronounciation)

I could reel off a list of examples.

If you wonder why I care, it's because I love my language and I love names.

Dydd da ichi ac ymddiheiriadau am ymyrru

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 09:14

You get the 'uh' sound in words, just not in the last syllable.
e.g. Bryniog (hilly) is Bruhn-yog but Bryn is Brin

Sorry to hijack a thread but it is relevant, and if I start a thread it will turn into a bunfight

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 09:10

Oops clear quote fail.

Just to pick up on a pp. Dylan is Dull-ann. You don't get the 'uh' sound in a final syllable of a Welsh word.

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 09:07

[quote Luckingfovely]@KirstenBlest I'm sure it is, but unless she lives in a Gaelic-only community for the entirety of her life, my point still stands! [/quote]
@KirstenBlest I'm sure it is, but unless she lives in a Gaelic-only community for the entirety of her life, my point still stands!

It would be a lifetime of misspellings and mispronunciations

Luckingfovely · 07/01/2022 08:45

@KirstenBlest I'm sure it is, but unless she lives in a Gaelic-only community for the entirety of her life, my point still stands!

Ceramide · 07/01/2022 08:40

Josephine (Josie)
Zoe
Charlotte
Naomi
Rowan
Anna
Elspeth
Freya
Sophia
Laura
Miriam

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 08:27

Polly (or Marianne nn Polly) - Just Why??

Consumer nn Connie - Constance is nicer than Consumer

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2022 08:23

You are showing your ignorance @Luckingfovely. What you are referring to as a mess of letters is a gaelic name.

Luckingfovely · 07/01/2022 00:40

(And please don't call a child whatever that mess of letters you first wrote was - she'll spend her entire life correcting it and hating you for it!).

Luckingfovely · 07/01/2022 00:39

Astra is a great fit with Dylan!

SerenTarot · 07/01/2022 00:30

Seren

Grin

Dylan means 'son of the sea' and Seren means 'star' in my mother tongue.

TheUnexpectedPickle · 07/01/2022 00:27

Lydia

DartmoorChef · 07/01/2022 00:23

Lynda

Luredbyapomegranate · 07/01/2022 00:22

Why would you not just spell it Lucy?? That’s going to be a complete pain for her.,

Otherwise
Ffion
Stella
Esther
Catrin
Elizabeth nn Lizbie, Libby, Lizzie
Robin
Astra
Aster
Cleo
Juno
Nancy, or Anna nn Nancy
Polly (or Marianne nn Polly)
Louisa nn Lou
Clementine nn Clemmie
Consumer nn Connie

KirstenBlest · 06/01/2022 10:02

Lwsi would need a circumflex to get the Lucy sound

Lŵsi.

KirstenBlest · 06/01/2022 09:44

Lwsi is awful.

It's a welsh spelling of Lucy, but there's a Welsh form of Lucy, Lleucu

Lluci and Luci etc will be a PITA because of the spelling. I know a Luci and people often think it is pronounced Lootchy

NotTheOriginalFeargalSharkey · 05/01/2022 20:54

I think I have seen Lucy spelt lluci?
But I do like the pp lwsi.
Megan
Behan
Mali