Aneurin/Aneirin

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I'm welsh as far as I'm aware the name work either spelling is pronounced Ah-nay-rin. Not Ah-nye-rin.

Two close family members are fluent in Welsh.

Fellow Welsh Mumsnetters - am I wrong/are they wrong?

Welsh speaker here - the correct prn. is as you say, Ah-nay-rin.

Yes you are right- A-neigh-rin. Welsh is my first language and this is a bit of a bugbear of mine as people say A-nye-rin a lot! Don't know where Nye comes from as a nickname really because there is no Nye sound in the name when you say it correctly!

So why was Aneurin (sp?) Bevan known as Nye then? He was Welsh, wasn't he?

Nadia because Aneurin Bevan came from a more anglicised area of Wales and pronounced his name with the 'nye' sound. There are lots of names with an 'ay/ey' sound that are mispronounced 'eye' - Eiry, Eirlys, Eirwen etc.

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I'm from a more anglicised area of Wales but I can't get my tongue around saying Eirlys etc with the eye sound at all!

Not even in a "that doesn't sound right" way, just can't say it and it resemble the name!

I know an Ah-nye-rin. He's called Nye 90% of the time and they don't live in an anglicised part of Wales.

It's An-ey-rin. Unfortunately, some non-Welsh speakers give their children Welsh names and don't check the pronounciation, even if they live in predominantly Welsh-speaking areas. That's the only way I can explain Chocolatehunter's friend. I have come across this a lot with a variety of names, some even ignoring the 'll' 'ch' and 'dd' sounds in their own children's names.

I know an Aneurin that's known as Ney.