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Three week old- no name - help!

110 replies

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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minuette1 · 07/07/2022 23:39

Another vote for Seren or Maeve.

Glitterbug86 · 07/07/2022 23:18

Sloane

Glitterbug86 · 07/07/2022 23:16

Teegan?

DacwMamYnDwad · 06/07/2022 14:40

Haf, a nice sweet name, not overused as a first name and with the perfect meaning for a little girl born in the summer

KirstenBlest · 05/07/2022 12:37

@Squashedraddish , you've got some dodgy entries in that list (Eiriana, Deryn, Aderyn, Lili-wen, Ceriann, Rhianwen) and quite a few of the others do not match the OP's brief.

I think that Erin was a sort of poetic name for Ireland, not specifically Welsh. Erin is used as a welsh girl's name, probably because of it's similarity to Elin.
Erina is quite nice.

Squashedraddish · 05/07/2022 09:41

Apparently Erin is the old welsh name for Ireland which might be nice. im welsh so can’t give you many Irish suggestions but will do some welsh ones:

nia
cadi
elin
fflur
megan
gwen
sioned
mari
ela
eiriana
arianwen
anwen
lili-wen
eirlys
Heulwen
efa
beca
mali
awen
elen
elan
elain
elsi
tesni
sian
cerys
carys
catrin
alaw
ffion
eleri
llinos
lleucu
rhian
rhianwen
rhiannon
ceriann
ceri
bethan
deryn
aderyn
bronwen
Alys

Starbeach · 05/07/2022 09:26

Rhian
Rhiannon
Orla
Beth
Anwen

dontyouwishyourgirlfriendwas · 04/07/2022 22:46

Clodagh
Beti
Helen
Selena
Sinead
Della
Bryony
Sian
Cara
Shannon
Bethan
Catrin

TheMadGardener · 03/07/2022 21:18

Bethan
Orla
Maeve
Telyn

Incidentally, a colleague of mine had a baby girl last week and announced they were calling her Maeve - well, they're pronouncing it Maeve but spelling it MEAVE!!! Condemning the poor girl to a lifetime of having her name spelt wrong...

Congratulations on your new arrival.

AntiHop · 03/07/2022 21:10

KirstenBlest · 03/07/2022 14:00

@AntiHop , Bronwyn is an american spelling of Bronwen, and the -wyn ending makes it masculine, but it's not a name used for boys

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing this information.

midsomermurderess · 03/07/2022 21:03

I'd say Fiadh too. Madly popular in Ireland, I believe, not so much in the UK.

Cloud16 · 03/07/2022 20:59

Cerys is a Welsh favourite of mine!

Also like Erin as others have suggested.

sageandbasil · 03/07/2022 20:57

@CaffiSaliMali ah lovely! It can be annoying- people think I'm saying Maddly. Dunno why! And when it's written down some people pronounce it Mayblee but I wouldn't change it. I get alot of positive comments about it and she suits it plus I like it's different! Good luck with the naming it was so much harder than I was expecting!

CaffiSaliMali · 03/07/2022 20:00

sageandbasil · 03/07/2022 16:45

I'm Welsh, my husbands English and we live in England. We've got a daughter named Mabli. It's quite a marmite name but I love it and completely suits her

I love Mabli, it's a great name. Also in England with an English DH and Mabli is on my list.

Twizbe · 03/07/2022 16:52

Cerys
Nerys
Imogen

sageandbasil · 03/07/2022 16:45

I'm Welsh, my husbands English and we live in England. We've got a daughter named Mabli. It's quite a marmite name but I love it and completely suits her

KirstenBlest · 03/07/2022 14:00

@AntiHop , Bronwyn is an american spelling of Bronwen, and the -wyn ending makes it masculine, but it's not a name used for boys

Bridgeth29 · 02/07/2022 23:12

Mary

AntiHop · 02/07/2022 23:06

Bronwyn
Seren
Nia

blueskyeve · 02/07/2022 23:00

Mali
Tanwen
Alys
Ffion
Rhiannon

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/07/2022 22:54

Catrin

Is Erin a Welsh name for Ireland? Think so..

AliBaliBears · 02/07/2022 22:11

As with some PP I've always loved Eira.

Also really like Eimear, Orla, Gwenan, and Seren.

Adventing · 02/07/2022 20:28

Merryn

Sunnyshoeshine · 02/07/2022 19:34

SimE? Should be similar!^

Sunnyshoeshine · 02/07/2022 19:33

DH is of irish descent (grandparents) and we wanted a simE vibe. DD is Erin so i love that its getting lots of love on this list. Other names we considered (and potentially will use for DD2) were

Orla
Aoife
Bridget
Maeve
Aine
Ciara
Niamh