Hit me with Welsh boys names

[madaboutmadmen]

Really struggling to find a Welsh boy's name that we like, I've been through them all just about, and while I like some, they all have drawbacks. DS has got the one boy's name we liked and works for our wider family (pronunciation and so on).

Be grateful for suggestions other than what's in the Heini Gruffudd welsh names for children book.

Diolch / thanks

[puds11]

oooh i love bran! thats a fab name! i only know brynn, gareth, gethen

[maxmissie]

If you are English and had no clue about welsh pronunciation (a lot of people!) I can see why llew would become Lou...if you are welsh and say that there is no excuse!

Are you going for hedd or llew as a middle name?

[madaboutmadmen]

Euros is a good one, just the European single currency thing...

See, I'm impossible

[CheerfulYank]

Rhys is one of my favorite names of all time. :)

Bran is lovely too.

[madaboutmadmen]

Depends on the first name but Hedd would be my preferred option

[RedHotPokers]

I always think that when I see it written down too, but it sounds nice !

[madaboutmadmen]

Bran means crow. Not keen. Rhys is a good name, too popular. Sorry

[madaboutmadmen]

Yes Euros sounds lovely

[aJumpedUpPantryBoy]

Carwyn
Llewellyn
Gruffydd
Llyr
Ieuan (love this one)
Iori
Iestyn
Iwan
Owain
Iolo
Ianto
Rhys

[Janoschi]

Love Hedd. I'd imagine most introductions would be verbal so I'd say most folk should pronounce it okay. What you'd get written on Christmas cards would be another story! I never cared that my name was spelt wrong (Welsh too). Found it rather funny how many varieties I got, often in the same letter :-)

Ioan
Stefan
Ifan
Aled
Madoc
Owen
Wynn

[CheerfulYank]

I know! Ravens are fab! :o

[madaboutmadmen]

Always used to like Iestyn, gone off it recently. I think it's easy to like lots of names but imaging giving it to your child is the hard part!

[madaboutmadmen]

Janoschi yes there's part of me going 'bugger it' go with what you like, but then it's not me who's got to live with it. I've got a very boring, common English name so I don't know how it is to have an usual tricky name.

[PurplePidjin]

One of my favourite teachers was Ieuan, and no one (southern england) had a pronunciation problem afaik apart from calling him gayan behind his back

Geraint is also lovely, or Daffyd nn Dai?

[doctordwt]

Hedd will not be pronounced correctly by non-Welsh speakers - i have found that no matter how many times you explain that it's a th like in either or mother, it becomes a th like in tooth.

So he will be Heth pronounced like Seth for lots of the time!

I can think of very few names that aren't in the Heini book!

How about Talfryn?

[madaboutmadmen]

Talfryn, Taliesin, Talfan all nice but we're short arses so 'Tal' might be a bit funny . i see your point about Hedd, middle name defo

[doctordwt]

Also like Caradog, Cadog, Euros, Teifion, Euros, Tegwyn, Islwyn

[sleeplessinderbyshire]

Rhodri
Ioan
Iestyn
Gethin
Wynn

[seeker]

I just love Gethin. Geth is a good short too.

[doctordwt]

Well that proves you're Welsh then - the land of short-arses

I think a few of the middle-aged men's names are due to come back - it's all Iolo and Iestyn at the moment - I say time for the return of Meurig (amazing name when you look at it afresh!), Meredydd, Mostyn, Cenydd, Glanmor!

[madaboutmadmen]

Glanmor

Mostyb is great for a cat

[madaboutmadmen]

*Mostyn

[doctordwt]

Ok maybe not Mostyn. Or Gomer...

[CupOfBrownJoy]

ohhhh my favourite subject, especially as I'm marrying a German and can't really use them myself now

Iolo
Iestyn
Ieuan
Gethin (Gethyn?)
Love Ianto, I've not heard that one before

[madaboutmadmen]

If you're marrying a German, Andreas is the way ahead! Same in both u