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Llewellyn? Taite?

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AnnieDelores · 02/01/2011 17:45

Ok..........bored of Christmas TV and country walks and over-eating now. Have whittled down the final shortlist.

Boy:

Llewellyn - nn. Lewi
Edward - nn. Ted/Teddy

Girl:

Emmeline (Pron Emmeleen) - nn. Emmie/Emme
Emilia - nn. Emmie
Elena (Pron El-ay-na)
Elle
Seren

Thoughts?

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scurryfunge · 02/01/2011 17:47

Like them all except Seren which is being over done at the moment.

LetThereBeRock · 02/01/2011 18:07

I hate LLewellyn.

Edward is nice,though I don't like the nicknames.

Emmeline is gorgeous.
Emilia is nice.
Elena is lovely.
No to Elle.
Seren is very nice.

marriedandlookingforcake · 02/01/2011 18:09

Llewelyn is a Welsh name with the Welsh pronunciation of'Ll' at the beginning - it does not shorten to Lewi, totally different sound.

BelligerentGhoul · 02/01/2011 18:11

Love Edward and Teddy - dislike Llewellyn.

Love Emmeline but not the nns.

Don't like any of the other girls' names.

scurryfunge · 02/01/2011 18:16

A nickname is what others choose to call you. Chances are, if you are not in Wales, it will be mispronounced -so Lew, Lewi will be the likely nn.

cece · 02/01/2011 18:19

I think quite a few of those names have potential for mispronounciation. Just a thought; how annoyed will you be having to correct people?

tebbles · 02/01/2011 18:25

I dont like Llewellyn at all.

I think the pronounciation of Elena could be a problem.

Edward is too Twilight for the present which may date it.

The other girls names are all nice.

AnnieDelores · 02/01/2011 18:27

Mmmmmmmmmm don't think a few strangers mispronouncing a name would bother me too much ... if anything, its an ice breaker or talking point.

Take your point marriedandlookingforcake, although living in England Lewi would work.....DP has welsh heritage and would like to honour it.

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LetThereBeRock · 02/01/2011 19:30

Edward Llewellyn sounds good,but Llewellyn is a horrid first name imho.

llareggub · 02/01/2011 19:33

Llewellyn is a lovely name when it is said correctly.

DilysPrice · 02/01/2011 19:34

I'm not mad about Llewellyn for a first name, it would set my teeth on edge hearing people's attempt to pronounce it right.

deemented · 02/01/2011 19:34

I think LLewlyn is lovely and Llew is a great nickname.

As it happens, i have a Tate Aneurin - and love both names, especially the Aneurin bit - if i'd have got to use it as a first name, he would have been Nye for short.

As for girls names, i really like Mali and Eleri.

evamummy · 02/01/2011 19:44

Llewellyn is lovely and underused.
Edward is boring/dull and overused imo.

AnnieDelores · 02/01/2011 19:57

How do you pronounce Aneurin Deemented?

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deemented · 02/01/2011 20:00

An-eye-rin Smile

TBH, and everyone asks - he was named after Aneurin Bevan, founder of the NHS Blush

Pingpong · 02/01/2011 20:02

Not keen on Llewelyn as a first name but think Edward Llewellyn works well.
Think Edward is a classic name - Kings and stuff Grin but acknowledge that Twilight may have made it more popular but don't think it will date it. I know Edwards of all ages.
Of your girls names I like Seren best and Emmeline second. I've just read a book with an Emmeline as a character, don't think I was aware of it as a name before that.

AnnieDelores · 02/01/2011 20:06

Ahhhhhhhh. Unusual name with a nice sound. I like it Deemented.

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3nearly4 · 02/01/2011 20:10

Edward and Emilia. Both very lovely!

deemented · 02/01/2011 20:11

So do i Smile

DilysPrice · 02/01/2011 20:34

I like Aneurin a lot, I know a guy at work called Nye as a shortening, and think it's very classy.
The advantage it has over Llewellyn is that any given English person will only have to be told once how to pronounce it, it's made up of standard English sounds. The disadvantage, depending on the circles you move in, is that you are declaring your political affiliation to the world at large, and some middle aged men will take that as an invitation for a political dispute.

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