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Three week old- no name - help!

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mamaof3kiddos · 02/07/2022 15:49

Help choosing baby name please!

Baby girl. Now three weeks old... no name!

Dad is Welsh. Mum is Irish. We'd like something reflective of our heritage (so an Irish, Welsh or Celtic name) but not so much that the spelling is wild or that there is huge difficult to pronounce.

Any ideas?!

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GogLais · 14/07/2022 17:29

Catrin is nicer than Carys.

VickerishAllsort · 12/07/2022 21:19

Would Carys work as a compromise?
It sounds quite similar to Grace so might please your DH.
And do remind him that the opinion of the person who carried and birthed the baby should take precedence 😁

uncomfortablydumb53 · 12/07/2022 16:45

Ah Forgot to add Ffion.. I love it

bluebell34567 · 12/07/2022 11:43

Shauna sounda nice.

CaffiSaliMali · 12/07/2022 11:42

You could also use Haf as a first name OP? Cerys, Carys and Enfys are also names I forgot to add to my list.

My top four are Alys, Eira, Mari and Tesni.

@prettybird - I know a Lowri in England and people tend to mispronounce it as Lowry. They also misspell it as Lowry or Lowrie.

I think a lot of Welsh names carry that risk though. My name, my Mam's name and my cousin's name all get misspelled.

CaffiSaliMali · 12/07/2022 11:35

I would push for your heritage to be honoured this time OP.

Bear in mind DD may wonder why her sister has a name reflecting her heritage but she doesn't. 1 Irish name and 1 Welsh name seems fair. Grace is nice but it's a bit bland next to Maeve. I think I'd feel I had drawn the short straw if my sister had a less common name reflecting part of our heritage and I had a more popular name with no cultural ties.

Nia
Mari/Mair/Meira
Cadi
Catrin
Efa
Mali
Mabli
Ffion
Elin
Eirlys
Alys
Eira
Aneira
Anwen
Tesni
Seren
Gwen
Eleri/Teleri/Meleri

Lots of options.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 12/07/2022 01:10

Friends DD is Bethan Grace?

ThirtyThreeTrees · 11/07/2022 23:37

What about Nia? I've always thought it's nicer than Mia and it's the Welsh version of the Irish name Niamh so it's a nod to both your heritage & your husband's.

It's also Swaheli and a short form of Georgina.

Nina is also nice. Not quiet Nanci but might work too.

cyclamenqueen · 11/07/2022 23:10

Seren Grace

TheDuchessOfMN · 11/07/2022 23:08

Clodagh

prettybird · 11/07/2022 23:07

Not RTFT but what about Lowri?

It's a wee bit unusual but when my Welsh friend said she was going to call her dd that (over 30 years ago! Shock) I said to her that it was a pretty name but that she would have to spell it a lot Wink (I can't talk as I always have to spell my surname!)

As it happens, there have been one or two famous Lowris since then. Don't think spelling was ever an issue - and she really suits her name Smile

Imightbe · 11/07/2022 22:59

My darling Mum was Welsh and she was called Annie …beautiful name without any complicated spelling or pronunciation.

Arcadia · 11/07/2022 22:57

Nia?

H1Drangea · 11/07/2022 22:50

Oona Haf

lazysummer · 11/07/2022 22:48

Not helpful but I am Welsh and have a Nancy. It’s a lovely underused name. I don’t spell it Nansi but people get used to different spellings. It goes well with Maeve too. Good luck with the decision- don’t be pressured into a name you don’t love.

wellhelloitsme · 11/07/2022 22:13

Maren
Mared
Bethan
Carys
Madlen

Any of those any good?

I feel for you OP it must be so tough when you both want to veto the other one's!

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mamaof3kiddos · 11/07/2022 22:04

I also feel that we're kind of due a Welsh name this time given DD1 is Irish, so am slightly reluctant that if my husband got his way then neither of our daughters will have any Welsh heritage in their name. DD1 would have her Irish name and DD2 will have a very generic English name.

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mamaof3kiddos · 11/07/2022 22:00

We STILL haven't decided. I'm despairing.

My husband doesn't like Orla. I really do. DM also thrown a spanner in the works as she said there used to be a ventriloquist with a dog called Orla...!?

Husband has vetoed any suggestion of Nansi because we're setting her up for a lifetime of correcting her spelling.

Husband is absolutely desperate for Grace. I do like the name but my only request has been that the name is reflective of her heritage- and Grace really isn't.

Not sure I'm 100% sold on Erin.

So I have absolutely no idea! Husband is back at work now too and we're so tired in the evening to talk about it. I could compromise at Grace I guess and have Haf as the middle name (thanks PP for the correction re: â). It's so tough.

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Tigerteafor3 · 11/07/2022 20:29

What did you go with OP?

DacwMamYnDwad · 09/07/2022 14:24

I don't like Erin at all but Elin is lovely

moiraandthebebe · 09/07/2022 14:19

Really dislike Nansi. Love Erin.

Summersdreaming · 09/07/2022 14:17

Erin is lovely.

How do you go 3 weeks without a name 😅 are you just calling her 'the baby'??

wellhelloitsme · 09/07/2022 14:16

Annie is SUCH a lovely and underused name!

DacwMamYnDwad · 09/07/2022 14:15

Not heard of Nensi before. Not sure about Nerys meaning Lady, but it's nice enough.

Gwen is great.

Theoldwoman · 09/07/2022 14:14

Caitlin
Erin
Maeve
Bridget