Amgharad?

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Opinions please on this very welsh name. Dh thinks it's a bit harsh sounding but I rather like it. It means much loved one in welsh for a girl by the way!

I love Angharad. It's not the hardest welsh name to pronounce.

Cariad is not really a name, would be like calling someone 'darling' for a first name. And Blodwyn isn't really popular any more, seen as an old-fashioned welsh stereotype name and a bit of a joke. I think. But that's JMHO.

I love it but am not remotely Welsh so couldn't carry it off.

Have a friend called Angharad.

Not hard to pronounce at all IMO. Once you know, you know.

Don't know why it would be hard to pronounce or even how anyone could possibly mispronounce it much. It's completely phonetic - Ang-har-rad. You may have to roll the r a bit, that's all.

I prefer it to Blodwen. 1950s women in shops, wearing a headscarf are called Blodwen. Is Cariad a name? Doesn't it just mean "dear heart"?

Aries- Blodwyn was a joke, I wasn't seriously suggesting that as a name however, Cariad, even though it isn't a name, why not? It is a term of endearment, the equivalent in Maori is 'Aroha' and that is a lovely name, also 'Cherie' means love/dearest and that is a name, so why not?
Cerys also a nice name, btw...

I know maybe I'm not 'getting' it because I'm not Welsh, but a distant relative of mine who is Welsh called her dd Angharad and I nearly spluttered when I heart it. I must have said "What?" about three times.

It's harsh. I love Olwen, Irona, Bronwen, Iluned. There were some lovely welsh names in a boook of names I had.

What about Carys instead of cariad, i don't like Angharad, but that's because living in wales we know a few of them and they are bitches not very nice people. Anwen is good, Bronwyn, Eleri?

I wouldn't really know how to say it also I might have presumed it was a boy. It reminds me of Hagrid..
Anwen seems a lot softer/nicer imo

Angharad is lovely but I think it would cause a fair amount of hassle outside of Wales.

It's always sounded harsh to my ears. I don't really think it would be a good idea to use a very Welsh name if you/DH weren't Welsh and/or you weren't bringing the child up in Wales.

(And yes, I feel this about overtly Scottish and Irish names too! )