Fleur or Olwyn

[SleeptightDaisy]

Just that really Fleur or Olwyn. Months until we need to decide but these were our girl choices when we had our little boy. What do people think?

[LaydeeC]

definitely Olwen
definitely not Fleeeeuuuuurrrrr

[Sidthesausage]

Fleur

[whotheduckisalice]

Love both!

[SleeptightDaisy]

Thanks for all responses last time I checked I'd only had one.
I have a lovely, very pretty and confident friend of a friend called Olwyn (spelt with a y) so we've pinched it from her. Definitely not a battleaxe

Although dh does have some distant welsh genes. So if we did go for it we would use the Olwen spelling.

Fleur is just a name we both liked we're not sure about Flora as it just brings to mind butter.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I do think Elwen, which is not one of your options, is nicer again though

[Guin1]

Definitely Olwen.

[NigellasDealer]

Fleur sounds like Cilla Black mispronouncing something tbh.
Olwen is nice

[MsVanRein]

My Olwen is about as far away from a battleaxe, strict teacher type as you can get! Has totally different connotations for me - funny, open, easy-going, generous, kind and creative.

[MsVanRein]

My Olwen is about as far away from a battleaxe, strict teacher type as you can get! Has totally different connotations for me - funny, open, easy-going, generous, kind and creative.

[picnicbasketcase]

Squoosh has just said what I was thinking, tbh. Olwen sounds like a really angry strict piano teacher. I would go for Fleur if I had to choose one, but I'm not really keen on either.

[squoosh]

Fleur sounds like 'bleurgh' and Olwyn/Olwen sounds like the name of a battleaxe.

[whattheseithakasmean]

Sorry, I meant 'non-traditional' woman

[whattheseithakasmean]

I love Fleur - and she was the spiky, clever heroine of the Muriel Spark novel 'Loitering with Intent', so an extra reason to like it. A very sharp, traditional woman.

[Stargirl7]

Love Welsh names...have you considered names like:

Arianwen
Bronwen
Tanwen

All beautiful and you may avoid the wheel connotation?

[MaloryArcher]

They both bloody awful in very different ways.

[burgatroyd]

Neither to my taste. Agree with poster above.

[burgatroyd]

Neither to my taste. Agree with poster above.

[peppinagiro]

Oh I don't like Olwen at all. It was a real old lady name when I grew up, and it sounds really drab and dowdy to me. I don't think old lady Welsh names have had the same granny chic revival! But then, despite being Welsh, I don't like any Welsh names. I think they all sound a bit ugly, with a few exceptions like Seren and Eleri

Don't like Fleur because it sounds like bleuuuuggghhhh.

So feel free to ignore me as our tastes are clearly polar opposites!

[BeckaH123]

Olwen / Olwyn. It's really lovely. Not a fan of Fleur at all.

[ViviPru]

Olwen is great! Would add to my shortlist were it not so similar to my dog's name (no offence, my dog is wonderful)

[Nereida]

Definitely Olwen, and spelt this way. -wyn is a masculine ending, -wen is feminine.

[Leeds2]

Fleur.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Olwen

[Notso]

I don't like Fleur, it sounds like something you say when you taste something unpleasant.

Olwen isn't my favourite welsh name but I quite like it. I prefer Anwen or Arwen but not sure if Arwen is actually a welsh name or just from LOTR.

[MissYamabuki]

OP, do you mean Olwen? Olwyn means "wheel" in.Welsh. But I think Olwyn can be an Irish name for a boy?

Love Olwen, on the Mabinogion she was supposed to be amazingly beautiful( whoever saw her would be filled with love for her etc).