boys name osian??

Sorry, that was my fault! Was looking at Osian and stumbled across the earlier thread - only realised afterwards it was from years ago!

Re: Notso - The ones I know are Ossyan too...I truly had never heard the other way. Learning curve!

Well spotted LaFille! I wonder if winjy is still around and if the baby ended up being called Osian? DH is Welsh and there are some beautiful welsh names.

People also seem to be forgetting that this thread is from 2009!

I like Finlay best.

There are quite a few Osians here (N.Wales), but equally a few Finleys/Finlays and Olivers.
The ones I know seem to be pronounced Ossyan rather than Oshun though, it's the harsh 'yan' sound I don't like.

I am Welsh 1st language and I would pronounce it Osh-an, as would all my friends. "si" in Welsh often means a "sh" sound- Sian is pr. Shan, Sioned is Shoned etc etc. It's a brilliant name and v.v. popular at the mo.

People seem to be forgetting there's an 'I' in the middle of the name...
I've never heard it pronounced osh-an by any welsh speakers, we've always pronounced it - Osh-yan (yan like the Germanic 'Jan').

our little boy (2 years) is called Osian (osh-an) where in wales and everyone loves it and i dont know any other baby boys called osian, but our friend who is 28 is called osian! we love it! he is called osian owen as we could not decide between the two!!

We have a little boy called Osian Rhys Williams [born 8th Jan 2010] - pronounced Osh-an.

We both loved the name and were surprised by how many people could pronounce it correctly. The only person who struggled was my English sister - in - law, but I have now taught her to pronounce it correctly...

I love the meaning 'Little Deer' - so cute...

I know of 1 other Osian who is now 16, but don't know of anymore... I think even if it was a V popular name like Oliver or Finlay, I would still have used it. As long as you like the name, who cares how many others are called the same??

...now I need possible sibling names to go with Osian... quite like Iolo, but not sure if that's a bit too far out there...

Osian is lovely, I'd go for that.

Hyfryd iawn

My friends's son is called Osian,Oshy for short (!).Unusual for them in London (my friend is Welsh) but where I live its quite common to hear it, not unusual at all (very Welsh speaking area).Wherever you live its easy for non-welsh speakers to pronounce and a really nice name,so go for it.

Love it! In fact might nick it :P

Love the prn Osh-an too - much simpler than the Irish version, which I also love but wi=hich I think might be nigh-on unusable in some areas.

Seren is one of my favourites, it's really beautiful. Wish I was Welsh :)

Ruby, Finn, Oliver - all very nice but a bit blah these days because there's so many of them around.

winjy, Welsh is a Celtic language which is why there are Irish and Scottish versions of the same name. They're all related.

I really love it. Would have had Oisín had DD been a boy and didn't realise there were different versions.

Not keen on Osian, Finlay or Seren (we must have different tastes). I do like Ruby and Oliver :)

We are thinking of Osian for our little boy due at the end of this month. Did you have a little boy or girl? if you had a boy, did you call him Osian? If so, what has been the response? We live in London and so am wondering if he will have problems with it. Although it's such a mulicultural city I'm thinking we should be OK.

Yep, since its definately pronounced osh-an then I love it and Osian Ray goes perfectly... really lovely

We're Irish and due ds in January who is 99% going to be an Oisín

I dislike it. I really dislike the Osh sound which is similar to Joshua - which I cannot stand.

Finlay and Oliver are popular but much nicer in my opinion. They also have much nicer nicknames. Finn and Ollie.. or Osh?

Osian is a truly beautiful name! But then I'm biased because our DS is Ossian (Scottish version). We've had really good responses from people. Irish people often know the name, Scottish and Welsh less so, and occasionally English people have heard of it. But it's such beautiful sounding name, people really like it, and I don't think it matters that's it's unusual. (But then I like unusual names!)

It has a lovely meaning too. Osian means 'little deer'. He appears in Celtic mythology as the son of Finn McCool, a bard/poet and member of the Fianna tribe, and also the lover of the fairy Nia (Niamh), who he goes to Tir Na N-og with (the land of the forever-young).

Finn was at the top of my list for a while, until I realised just how popular it is these days. I remember someone on a mnet thread at the time said that out of 25 children in her DC's nursey class, 5 of them were called some version of Finn! And it's really lucky we didn't go for it in the end, as DS's cousin was born 3 weeks earlier, and named Findlay.

I'm not too fussed on Oliver. (A bit too posh English perhaps ). Ollie is a nice NN though.

I really like Ruby and Seren. Seren was on my list originally, but a friend got there first with her DD (and bump was a DS in the end anyway). I do wonder if it's getting a bit popular now, although I don't know if that matters to you or not?

Ruby is just a lovely name .

I think it's lovely by the way.

I know an Ossian (pronouncied Oshun). Mother is Highland Scots. Father English.

Osian is lovely! And much, much nicer than Oliver and Finlay.

I also love Seren. Not keen on Ruby - always reminds me of the movie Ruby & Quentin - which are both blokes .

Oh my goddness Osian is soooo lovely, I also like Seren( I know a Seran) I love the way both names are spelt.

Imagine being introduced to a child when first meeting Osian as a baby then child then teens then adult.
Does it fit?

I think you have some lovely, beautiful names,

oh! well if its Osh-an then yes, I think its gorgeous.