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?

They both bloody awful in very different ways.

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

Arianwen
Bronwen
Tanwen

All beautiful and you may avoid the wheel connotation?

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.

Sorry, I meant 'non-traditional' woman

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Definitely Olwen.

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

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.

Love both!

Fleur

definitely Olwen
definitely not Fleeeeuuuuurrrrr