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?

[MaloryArcher]

They both bloody awful in very different ways.

[Stargirl7]

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

Arianwen
Bronwen
Tanwen

All beautiful and you may avoid the wheel connotation?

[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.

[whattheseithakasmean]

Sorry, I meant 'non-traditional' woman

[squoosh]

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

[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.

[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.

[NigellasDealer]

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

[Guin1]

Definitely Olwen.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

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

[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.

[whotheduckisalice]

Love both!

[Sidthesausage]

Fleur

[LaydeeC]

definitely Olwen
definitely not Fleeeeuuuuurrrrr