Branwen - I'd appreciate your thoughts

[GoldenDaffodil]

Hi

DH and I are in the very early stages of deciding on names (I'm only 14 weeks). I came across Branwen in the girl's section of a names book yesterday and I absolutely love it (for a DD). I'd appreciate your thoughts - please be gentle, it's my first time on these boards.

Thanks

I've been pondering Branwen and it's growing on me actually. Does that help OP?

Sorry, another not keen. It's so, i dont know, flat? It doesn't sound like a girl's first name to me. Associations are either high fibre cereal, Ursula Brangwen in DH Lawrence or Branwell Bronte.

What about

Arianwen
Anwen
Arwen

Ahh, Kindling that's where I immediately associated it with a boy's name. Branwell Bronte!

I like it - there's a news reporter called Branwen on the BBC. It means "white raven" which is better than "Bronwen" which means "white breasted". Plus the Mabinogion story of Branwen is a great one to be named after!

Also, I think that in London you can get away with almost anything in terms of Marmite names - there are so many unusual names around that you get used to everything pretty quickly!

I love it. It's more unusual than Bronwen, but because it's spelled as it sounds, you don't get pronunciation issues as you would with Myfanwy or Dafydd or whatever.

I like it a lot - I taught a branwen and she was a lovely feisty little girl.

I like Branwen. Once people associate the name with your lovely dd, that's all that they'll think about when they hear/see it. It is always hard to ask about a name in isolation because we all have different previous associations.

Lovely choice imo, epspecially given your Welsh roots.

must say i'm not keen, what about Meghan or Tegan or Tegwen

and friends may shorten it to branny
!

Another vote for Anwen here.

I like Anwen but not as much as Branwen. Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to respond. It's been really useful to test the name out on a diverse audience.

Love Branwen, I'm Welsh, DH is English and he has also vetoed it :/

We live in England (for now) and DS has very Welsh name, we are set for a Welsh name this time around too, probably Nia or Mari.

I like it! I'm Cornish and it has the same meaning here as in Welsh - white/fair raven. Lovely!

Love this name. I have a Cerys and a bit of a fondness for Welsh names :)

It's ugly.

A tad harsh I think!

doesn't 'wyn' make a name male and 'wen' female or am I remebering incorrectly?
anyhoo, i prefer Branwen to Bronwyn.

Much prefer Branwen to Bronwen and Bronwyn always sounds 'wrong' to me like Myffanwee or Daffyd .

YuleingFanjo is correct 'wyn' is masculine and 'wen' is feminine, so it really should be Bronwen not Bronwyn.

Just talking to my Mam and I was almost called Branwen but her friend named her daughter it a few weeks before I was born. It really is a nice name.

Sorry, a bit too branflakes for me.