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Islwyn?

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mrswoody10 · 23/04/2024 15:12

Wanting to hear people's thoughts on Islwyn (boy). It's Welsh and was my Grandad's name. Pronounced iss-le-win. I've never heard anyone mention it before, let me know if you know any!

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NewWater · 23/04/2024 15:49

It's lovely,

Ilovegoldies · 23/04/2024 15:45

Is-loin is about the closest pronunciation you can write. The pp nailed it. Its not strictly a 'loin' sound though. Its so hard to put into writing though.

Lochroy · 23/04/2024 15:42

I assumed istle-win with the istle being the same as thistle.

The other isle-win I read as isle like an island isle with a silent s?

usernother · 23/04/2024 15:38

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 23/04/2024 15:31

I would have guessed pronunciation as isle-win. And been wrong.

Me too.

GogLais · 23/04/2024 15:37

@mrswoody10 , it's 2 syllables. ˈɪslʊɨn
Is (ees) means under, Llwyn is shrub.
It's the name of a mountain and could be a place name.
I link it with author Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Wikipedia

WildRosesForCathy · 23/04/2024 15:33

My friends Dad is called Islwyn, to my none welsh speaking ears they pronounce it ISS (as in hiss) loin (as in tenderloin).

ScubaDivingSpiderMonkey · 23/04/2024 15:31

I would have guessed pronunciation as isle-win. And been wrong.

spiderlight · 23/04/2024 15:28

It's quite an old-man name and very tricky to pronounce - if you're not in a Welsh-speaking area, he'll spend his entire life correcting people. The closest I can get to it phonetically is ISS-looyn.

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mrswoody10 · 23/04/2024 15:20

oh is it maybe izzle-win? thanks for the correction! He actually died before I was born, but my Dad (his son but not born in wales) always pronounced it iss-le-win.

Not sure we are brave enough to go for it but it will definitely be a middle name if not

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LydiaTomos · 23/04/2024 15:17

It's a nice name. I think the youngest Islwyn I know is in his 60s, I had a couple of great uncles called Islwyn. Probably due a comeback. (I'm in north west Wales).

I'm not sure how to write the pronunciation, but it only has two syllables.