Arianwen?

[aufaniae]

I love it but not sure if it's a bit of a mouthful for everyday life?

Yes I think that would be my only reservation too! Would you consider Anwen, Arianne, Rhiannon?

Anwen's my favourite from those three, but they've all been considered and crossed off the list!

Our shortlist is currently Arianwen, Carys and Cerys, but definitely still open to suggestions.

Pre-pregnancy / DCs, I always thought a future DD would be Cerys, but now she actually exists (5 days old) I'm just not sure if she is a Cerys or not. Perhaps she is. Currently mulling it over :)

DP likes all of them.

Arwen?

I have a hard time getting past the 'Arian'.

Arwen, that's LOTR isn't it?

It's lovely sounding, but I'd rather a "real" name.

"dyslexicdespot" I know what you mean, it did cross my mind, but it's not actually said Arian, does that make a difference to you?

It's pronounced "Ar-ee-AN-wen, with the stress on the second last syllable.

FWIW we live in England atm, and our DCs have Welsh, Scottish and English Heritage.

Sounds like a bit of a mouthful to me....also wasn't sure how to pronounce it either! I know a little Cerys (almost 2),she's a very beautiful girl and the name suits her,I think its a lovely name that you don't hear very often :) xx

Arianwen sounds beautiful the way that you pronounce it. Ignore my previous comment!

It's a lovely name. Wasn't it the name of a character in a lovely novel called the Silver Spider?

It means much loved doesn't it (or is this Angharad?).

I like Cerys as well, went to school with a Cerys and always thought it a beautiful name.

Snow Spider.

I'll shut up now.

It means silver and blessed fwiw.

Anyway it is an absolutely lovely name.

Bloody gorgeous. No, I think it's fine. I love 'proper' names.

It's lovely. Love the name Carys too though.

Not saying the other names aren't proper, btw!

I think it's lovely.

It's pretty but it you're worried that it's a mouthful what about Awen?

Aww welcome baby girl, many congrats OP. Both my girls were born on a Wednesday and DP wanted to use that as a name! Your LO also shares a birthday with my MIL who is very clever and lovely and sensible. (But I don't think you'd like her name).

You've had so many name suggestions I don't know how you can choose. Going by your last threads I'd say Aisling Estelle ( dream star) or Marianne Carys ( nod to family and Mari for short, and beloved with respect to the Welsh contingent).

I bet she is lush, all the best with her no matter what she is called.

Hmmmm, it's heavy weather really isn't it? I prefer your other choices tbh.

Beautiful name.

Makes me think of the Snow Spider too, called my dog Bethan from that book

Lovely name OP, but if you're not in/near Wales people may struggle with the pronunciation.

How do you pronounce it?

Is it The Snow Spider, or The Owl Service? I deffo remember thinking it was lovely when reading whichever it was as a child.

It's lovely, but would only use if Welsh.

Hate it.

Never heard of it and feel bad writing this, hope it doesn't come across as mean but my first thought was:

Arianwen = Arian wench, as in a woman of Hitler's desired race.

Arwen is actually a real name and was around before LOTR but I suppose LOTR made it well-known and it probably will always have elf-associations. But I do prefer it to Arianwen.