Welsh Boys Names

[BlondeBluebird]

Hi All

I am Welsh,have a welsh name and speak welsh but now live in england.Even our dog has a welsh name and all his commands are in welsh and english.
Anyway..I am currently 28 weeks pg with our first baby,a boy.
Would really love a welsh name but struggling.The only one I can come up with that I like is WYNN.We already have a Rhodri.
Can anyone help.
x

[scottishhaggis]

I have a Rhys

[HappyHippyChick]

D'oh Welsh not Weldh obviously...

[GRW]

I like Daron, Brynmor, Ifan and Gareth- all have been used in my family.

[FfoFfycsecs]

LOVE Brynmor GRW... Lovely meaning.

[CheerfulYank]

I adore Rhys. I may use it someday, though I'm not Welsh. But you know how Americans are...just snatching names from around the globe. :o

Brynmor is nice too, I've never heard of it! And I love your other DS' name. :)

[eatyourveg]

Ifan Idris Guto Huw Arwyn, Emyr, Gwilym

[farmerswifey]

We're thinking Eirian (after Eirian Morgan the Supreme sheep dog trail winner) I really like Wynn though.

[OnlyWantsOneTwoAndThree]

Awww there are some really lovely names being suggested here.

I love Huw

[MrDarcysbreeches]

i love the name Merrick - it it Welsh apparently.

[FfoFfycsecs]

Meurig would be the oneDarcy (Merrick as a derivative)

I like Eirian, but to me it will always be a girls' name- I know it's used for boys too, but I know far more that are girls.

[bronze]

I love Aneirin
ds2 has a Rhys in there somwhere so I'll have to admit to liking that

[MothershipG]

Not sure if they qualify as Welsh enough but how about Bryn or Griffin?

I love Welsh names, but despite being born there, have only the teeniest drop of Welsh blood so didn't think I could get away with it for DC and don't think I could have got DH to agree!

[FfoFfycsecs]

Not Griffin- Maybe Gruffydd?

[invicta]

Gweirydd (sp?)
Aled
Rhys
Dylan
Gwynn
Glen (welsh?)
Evans
Llewelyn
Norman (think Fireman Sam!)
David
Dewi
Huw
Hugh
Gareth
Geraint

[dementedma]

Ionno
Bryn
Gareth
Gethin
David

[pontynan]

I am welsh speaking but was concerned to give my children Welsh names that could be pronounced the other side of the border. So that ruled out some favourites like Llyr! So went for what I thought was a short and easy name like Dewi - which EVERYONE who is Welsh, whether Welsh speaking or not, can pronounce with no problem. So wrong! He has been called Dewey, Doughy, Darwi, Dooey and every other variation. Why can't the English say Dewi????

[MB34]

Am liking this thread! I live in Wales but can't speak Welsh, but my DH's family's first language is Welsh. I would like a Welsh name that is easy to spell and pronounce but not too common.

Some other names that DH has come up with are Iolo, Mathonwy, Urien (pn Ir-ee-an), Caian.

DH loves Taliesin, he's told me how it's pronounced, I can't seem to get my head around it though - can anyone else enlighten me? Does anyone think it's too difficult to pronounce?

[alexpolismum]

MB34

I think Urien would get pronounced "you-rien" or "oo-rien" or even "you-rye-en".

Taliesin is better known, I think. Mathonwy is also easy to pronounce, or something like Iestyn (Welsh for Justin) is pretty easy. I would choose it if I lived in Wales! Or just in the UK generally...

Are you planning on bringing up your child bilingually?

[MB34]

Yes, he will be bilingual. But my issue is that he will have a double barreled surname with one of the names being Polish so I'm not keen on him having a difficult first name too.

I'm not keen on the others - I'm with you alex on the Urien thing (also that it's one spelling mistake away from a bodily fluid lol!) But I am coming round to Taliesin. Although, looking at it I would either pronounce it as Tal-eye-sin or Tal-ee-shin but DH says it's pronounced Tal-yes-in.

[33goingon64]

My father in law is Iorweth, which is shorted to Iori (pronounced Yori). I like it and am thinking of using it for DC2 if we have a boy, but as a middle name, as our surname is almost as Welsh as you can get and not being Welsh myself I think it might be a bit much. Ioan is an alternative.

[Ilovecake1]

Llongyfarchiadau. Be am Iago, Macs, Sandde, Twm, Celt, Berwyn, Cellan!

[attheendoftheday]

We would have gone for Bran if dd2 had been a boy.

[alexpolismum]

MB34 Good luck with the bilingualism. I am also bringing up bilingual children (English and Greek) and it can be tough! Anyway, if you go to the Bilingualism section and look at the welsh learners thread, there are some links on there aimed at bilingual families. I seem to remember there was one with Welsh nursery rhymes on

33goingon64 Iori is nice! I quite like that! It's a new one for me.

[alexpolismum]

MB34

here is the Welsh learners thread if you are interested.

[MB34]

Thanks alex, I'll definitely check that out