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welsh baby girl names

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softmusk · 02/02/2008 11:25

hi i am looking for a welsh girls name that wont make the baby sound if she 90

help please

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sallystrawberry · 03/02/2008 16:51

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Islamum · 03/02/2008 16:51

i wanted Tegan for our dd, but dh hated every welsh name I came up with!

needmorecoffee · 03/02/2008 16:45

you will spend your entire life spelling it out!
My dd is called 'Celyn' pronounced 'Keh-lin' but every blasted doctor/nurse/teacher calls out 'Celine' as in Celine bloody Dion.
muttermoan etc

llareggub · 03/02/2008 16:41

Hello silk, go on, have another, I dare you!

I was very nearly called Angharad, but my parents decided that I'd be nicknamed Angie so went with something else instead.

3andnomore · 03/02/2008 12:10

Ceriadh (sp?)
Rhian
Rhiannon
Cerys

silkcushion · 02/02/2008 22:19

I agree Bran - I just called my little dd Megan. But am liking Bronwen now too. Have to have another baby!

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softmusk · 02/02/2008 19:08

just wanted to say thanks for all ur idea will show dh

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MrsJohnCusack · 02/02/2008 18:43

oooh LOVELY names on here

kel78 · 02/02/2008 18:35

Go to www.baby names world and click on origins at top and choose welsh, you can look at all girls boys welsh names and meanings. My daughters is Ffion

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Blandmum · 02/02/2008 18:32

My great-great grandmother was Gwenllian.

Given that we have an odd surname, she was the only person in the UK with her name until she called her dd Gewnllian. She had 11 children who crop up on the census records. Family story is that she had 20+ kids as she and her three sisters had 63 kids between them!

branflake81 · 02/02/2008 17:27

Megan.

The best name in the world - cos it's mine!

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silkcushion · 02/02/2008 17:09

I know a lovely Eleri!

Hello Llaregub

moondog · 02/02/2008 17:01

I love Anest.
Nearly used that one.

llareggub · 02/02/2008 17:00

I've always liked these:

Eleri
Lydia (in my welsh names book surprisingly)
Alys
Ffion
Mari

ejt1764 · 02/02/2008 16:41

I have a Mairwen - which is unusual but lovely

Girls in ds's class are:

Lleucu
Nia
Seren
Ffion
Angharad
Deryn

I also liked:

Annest
Aneira
Catws / Cati / Catrin
Ceinwen
Ceinlys
Ceridwen
Alys
Siwan
Manon
Enfys

hth

mejon · 02/02/2008 16:15

Gwenno is lovely (but then I would say that!). Had we not called DD that, I wanted to call her Mabli which is the Welsh version of Mabel.

As a few have mentioned, it would largely depend on whether you are in Wales or not with regards problems with pronounciations. DH's side of the family are based in the North-West so we tried to choose something difficult to mis-pronounce.

Some of our other options: Elan, Elain, Fflur, Mali.

moondog · 02/02/2008 15:36

(Pixie, how are things with your baby and the feeding?)

moondog · 02/02/2008 15:35

Teleri Elliw Lleucu Swyn Meleri Mali Mair Enfys Gwawr Llio Delyth Mai Siwan Haf.

I've got a Seren.

CarGirl · 02/02/2008 15:33

Myfanwy - "my fine one"

Pixiefish · 02/02/2008 15:28

What sort of name do you want and also do you live inwales- just thinking with the pronunciations etc

Blandmum · 02/02/2008 15:26

Oh don't use Haelwen, I have an 'Aunty' Haelwen who is about 140 years old. And I knew an eirlys in school who was a real baggage!

alfiesbabe · 02/02/2008 13:08

Haelwen. Means sunshine.
Isn't Imogen Shakespearean?

theslownorris · 02/02/2008 13:03

I know I'm always posting this site but it is useful

(Seren's a great name btw ).

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