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Welsh girls names- what do you think of these?

34 replies

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 30/09/2010 22:12

Ariene

Cerys

Efa

Elain

Elin

Please can you vote your favourite and least favourite. I can't decide! Grin

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Skyrg · 30/09/2010 22:41

On first glance Efa would be least favourite because I don't know how to pronounce it, however just noticed you live in Wales, so presumably not a problem.

Ariene if pronounced Ah-reen I dislike.

Cerys is nice and has a nice meaning.

truffleshuffle · 30/09/2010 22:42

I like Cerys and Elin

scurryfunge · 30/09/2010 22:46

Cerys is very popular....I like Elin.

llareggub · 30/09/2010 22:48

I'm not keen on any of them to be honest.

I'm a big fan of Anwen, Alys and Nia.

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 30/09/2010 22:51

Efa is pronounced 'Eh-va'. Ariene isn't pronounced Ah-reen but Ari-en.

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Caoimhe · 30/09/2010 22:53

Ariene, I think - it sounds lovely.

Skyrg · 30/09/2010 22:54

Ah ok, I was going by this babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Ariene.html can't find it on any other names site.

Efa is lovely pronounced like that.

DuelingFanjo · 30/09/2010 22:54

Elin

mamas12 · 30/09/2010 22:56

Elain

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 30/09/2010 22:59

And Elain is pronounce 'Eh-line' just in case anyone thinks it is the same as 'Elaine'

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Sunlightdances · 30/09/2010 23:25

I think Ariene is beautiful.

rastababi · 01/10/2010 11:15

Efa

LisMcA · 01/10/2010 11:17

Cerys and Ariene are my favs but all are lovely :o

Takver · 01/10/2010 11:24

All good names, but I like Efa and Elin the best (maybe especially Elin). Like scurryfunge says, Cerys/Carys is very popular.

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 01/10/2010 12:23

Thanks everyone but I am none the wiser! You all seem to like them as much as I do!

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mejon · 01/10/2010 12:31

Never heard of Ariene - shouldn't it be Arian?

I love Elain and it is on my list but I'm concerend that my English speaking ILs (and everyone else) will pronounce it as 'Elaine'. May use it as a middle name.

Elin is pretty too and not that common.

Efa is nice but quite popular (like its English counterpart).

Cerys/Carys is OK but again quite popular and doesn't really grab me.

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 01/10/2010 12:38

Yes, Ariene can be spelt and pronounced several ways, Arian being one of them and they all mean 'silver'. It's sooo hard! I can't decide!

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Rach109 · 02/10/2010 16:58

Efa I like the most

Elain would be my last choice

pigindisguise · 02/10/2010 17:31

Ariene makes me think of the judge who was kicked of strictly come dancing Grin

Don't like Efa nor Elain (mispronounciation probs)

Elin is lovely + Cerys/Carys nice too

LobstersLass · 03/10/2010 22:46

Ariene isn't the Welsh spelling, otherwise it wouldn't have that last 'e'. It looks more like an Gaelic spelling to me.

My favourite from your list is Elin.

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Kathleen123 · 04/10/2010 13:27

Afraid I have changed some of your spellings, heres my list starting with my favourite Cerys:

  1. Cerys
  1. Elin
  1. Elaine (with an e)
  1. Eva (with a v instead of f)
  1. Arine
TheBreastmilksOnMe · 05/10/2010 13:36

By changing the spellings you are changing the pronunciations Kathleen and it's the pronunciations of the others that I like and want to decide over.

Elain and Elaine are 2 different sounding names.

Ditto Eva and Efa.

Ditto Arine and Ariene.

These are welsh names from a welsh website.

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Cyrli · 05/10/2010 13:56

I really like Elain and Efa. Never seen the name Ariane - do you mean Arian? Arian is unusual, would be a lovely middle name.

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 05/10/2010 14:09

No, it's pronounced Ari-En.

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