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Boys names you could say in Welsh and English

60 replies

BR31 · 15/11/2022 19:50

Hi 👋

Does anyone have any suggestions on boy names that you could say in Welsh and English with a possibility of spelling in Welsh?

We currently have a Wiliam and really struggling to agree on any names 🙈

Thank you 🥰

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AdaColeman · 16/11/2022 10:48

Nudd
Gwyndion
Arawn
Madog

MytummydontjigglejiggleItfolds · 16/11/2022 10:42

Emlyn and Emyr are some of my favourite names

GogLais · 16/11/2022 10:23

Medwyn
Bleddyn
Euros
Aeron
Llion
Morgan
Cai
Emrys

GogLais · 16/11/2022 10:13

Ithel
Ifor

KirstenBlest · 16/11/2022 10:07

How about an anglicised Welsh name (Lloyd, Tudor, Vaughan, Owen...) or a name like Robin or Tomos, or a biblical names like Jacob, Abel, Elias, Gabriel, Joseff...

LivingOnAnIsland · 16/11/2022 10:01

Don't think you can go wrong with Aled. Very difficult to pronounce it any other way? Not Huw - it will be pronounced Hugh which is not the same at all.

KirstenBlest · 16/11/2022 09:59

@AdaColeman , Alwyn is not welsh, it's of english origin, as is Elwyn, but both are used in Wales. Both a bit 'grandad-name'.

AdaColeman · 16/11/2022 09:58

Aneirin
Alwyn

KirstenBlest · 16/11/2022 09:57

Jac (OK no J in Welsh, but it's popular)

Not Geraint, or you'll find he gets called Jer-aint, Gurrunt, Gerrant, Grant....

Nothing with tricky vowel combinations like eu, ae, ei, ew, uw, etc.
Nothing ending in yr, ir
Nothing with a ll or ch in, and be cautious with dd.

KirstenBlest · 16/11/2022 09:48

@Keepingthingsinteresting , Tudor is an anglicisation of Tudur, so not really welsh, just welsh-origin.
No idea where you got Gryf from - I think you meant Griff/Gruff.

KirstenBlest · 16/11/2022 09:46

Harri

simonthedog · 16/11/2022 09:37

I am English but have lived in Wales for 20 years. I like Gethin Gareth Evan or Rhys. English people can't say Geraint or Dewi. Ceri would not work in England either.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 15/11/2022 22:54

off the top of my head - friends of my dc are:

Cai
iwan
morgan
aled
wyn
Hari
Steffan
Dafydd
owen
Huw
idris
Gethin
Lloyd
Glyn
Emrys
Emlyn (My favourite)

Whataretheodds · 15/11/2022 22:54

Definitely I'd go for names that have a fighting chance of being pronounced the same in Welsh and English - so Dylan would be out for me, for example.

BertieBotts · 15/11/2022 22:45

My friend's husband was Dewi and I'm afraid I always struggled to remember the pronunciation of that one. It just doesn't fit word patterns in English, even though it's very simple once you're used to it.

BertieBotts · 15/11/2022 22:44

Idris and Arwen are my favourite but there are lots!

hoowhoo · 15/11/2022 22:42

Owen
Hugh

glassdarker · 15/11/2022 22:38

Am Welsh. Live in England. Work with a Dewi and a Geraint and I have never heard them pronounced properly in England (dewy and gerrant). As for Dylan.... not pronounced properly in England or Wales (it's not Dillon - I blame Bob and Mr Thomas).

BarbiesDreamHouse · 15/11/2022 21:11

I’m not Welsh but once met a Dewi and loved the name!

WingingIt101 · 15/11/2022 21:09

Lady I know has a Gethin.
I think it's lovely - obvious welsh heritage, easy to read and pronounce for English people and reminds me of gethin Jones!

ScoobyDoNot · 15/11/2022 21:07

Ioan

alexdgr8 · 15/11/2022 21:04

geraint

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 15/11/2022 21:03

Gethin and Tomos are both pretty identical in Welsh and English. Rhys / Rhodri / Dylan etc will get variations.

Coolyule · 15/11/2022 21:02

Aled
Gethin
Rhys (but it will be pronounce reese by English people)
dylan (but again would be pronounced differently)
Elis
Griff/Gruff/Gruffydd
Tomos
Joseff
Owen
Efan
Idris
Gareth
Bryn
Glyn
Ioan
Wyn
Emlyn
Macsen (macs for short)
Harri/ Hari
rhodri
Jac
Sion

Chronicallymothering · 15/11/2022 20:54

Bryn

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