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Help-5 days to go - looking for a Welsh Boys name!

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Budcat · 23/01/2008 12:47

Help, running out of time and need to find a Welsh Boy's name. I am welsh, live in England and DH (English) wants to give DS2 a welsh name like his brother. Have looked through so many lists and books but many names will not be pronounable in England due to the language barrier. Can anybody suggest phonetic welsh boys names?

So annoying that have no problems with girls names - Ffion Lowri but it ain't going to happen!

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ivykaty44 · 24/01/2008 21:55

dowie

BrummieMomInMerthyr · 24/01/2008 21:49

My ds is Dylan, should be no probs with that in an English school! Otherwise Ioan, Ieuan.... A friend of ours has called their ds Taryn, but this is more of a girls name! Not sure if they know but as they live in Oxford i don't think anyone is gonna know

maxmissie · 24/01/2008 21:37

My husband's parents are both Welsh and live in England and he and his brothers are Owen, Gareth and Thomas.

His cousin's children are called Gruffydd (pronounced Griffith and Griff for short!) and Caled (which we'd never heard of before and couldn't find on any of the lists).

If we'd had a boy we would have called him Evan Thomas as wanted a Welsh name that could be easily spelt and pronounced in England but as we had a girl we called her Bethan!

bodiddly · 24/01/2008 21:35

I know a Brynley (Bryn) ... cute!

RTKangaMummy · 24/01/2008 21:29

cousins DS called Gareth

RTKangaMummy · 24/01/2008 21:27

BRYN

DS has a friend with Bryn and think it is great

taffy101 · 24/01/2008 21:19

I have an Owen, rather than an Owain which I thought would confuse English people.
My nephew is Dylan which I also really like (depending on who she is talking to my sis says he's named after dylan thomas/bob dylan/dylan off magic roundabout!)

Califrau · 24/01/2008 21:02

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Hobnobfanatic · 24/01/2008 20:42

Doh - Justwater got in there first!
Yo-lo reminds me too much of Rolo, I think!

Hobnobfanatic · 24/01/2008 20:41

How do you pronounce Iolo, Califrau?

And no one has mentioned Elwyn yet! Though a bit old fashioned!

llareggub · 24/01/2008 20:32

I have a Iestyn

OverRated · 24/01/2008 20:24

I wanted DS to be Iestyn but he got a different Welsh name instead.

jammydodger · 24/01/2008 20:13

Tegid?

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justwaterformethanks · 24/01/2008 20:02

how do you pronounce Iolo and taliesin? just curious

Susiemj · 24/01/2008 00:25

There are many lovely ones here but Ilove Aled. And all the kids I teach called Aled are lovely too!

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Janni · 23/01/2008 23:46

I love Ieuan (if that's the one pronounced Johann). Can't go wrong with Gareth either.

TigerFeet · 23/01/2008 23:41

dd has a friend called Osian (osh-AN), gorgeous name

used to go to university with a Talfan (Talvin) who was unsurprisingly known as Taff

edam · 23/01/2008 23:34

glad to see my ds's name has a few approving mentions on here.

My runners up were Bryn, Owain or Lloyd. Taliesin would have been lovely - the sound and the history - but dh vetoed.

moondog · 23/01/2008 23:29

Meredydd is a good boy's name.

duchesse · 23/01/2008 23:28

I love the name Meredith. Would have loved to give it to a child of mine.

Katiekin · 23/01/2008 23:27

some of the boys in our welsh school are called
Cai
Cradoc
Madoc
Mallin
Gwythian
Mareddudd (Meredith in english)
Mabon
Steffan
Rhodri
Iain (pronounced YI-ann)
Morgan
Iolo
Gomer
Kerith
Hope that helps

moondog · 23/01/2008 23:14

Cai
Osian
Mabon

I have an Aneirin Hedd

soozze · 23/01/2008 23:12

I love idris