welsh baby girl name in England

[Howells80]

My husband is Welsh but we currently live in England. We would, however, like to choose a Welsh name for our little girl that goes with our surname, Howells. We are looking for a name that is easy to recognise and pronounce outside of Wales. Any suggestions welcome. Thank you!

Mabli is MAB-lee

I'm called Delyth and am forever having to explain it to English people, so steer clear of that!

Cerys seems to be quite easy - thanks to Cerys Matthews, and I have a niece called Elin who lives in the SE of England and doesn't have any problems.

don't call her anything beginning with Rh as if you're husband is a welsh speaker he will be forever annoyed with the Rh sound being changed to an R sound - Rhiannon is not pronounced Riannon!

Olwen

You could try Alys (Alice). I also love Angharad.

My dad's aunt was Myfanwy, she was known as Mivvy.

Tegwen or the anglicised Teagan.

My favourite Welsh name is Seren - stands out as Welsh, isn't hard to pronounce or spell and has a lovely meaning.

Gwen is my favourite Welsh girls name ever. Never got to use it, so you can have it op

DD2 is Carys Bethan but we do love the name Seren too. DH is Welsh, I'm English and we live in England. We get many compliments about Carys' name.

Cerys or Seren would be my favourite choice.

Ceri
Gwen
Sian
Nia

I love Seren and Mabli too

Celyn
Morgan

I know seven Serens under 3 in England so not unusual here at all!

Cadi
Catrin
Betsan
Ceridwen
Dwynwen
Eira
Gwenno
Lowri
Menna
Marged
Nia
Non
Olwen
Tangwen

Manon definitely
Nia
Carys
Ffion

and I'm now going to have to reassess my choice for the bump-inhabitant's name, based on GoAndDoSomeWork 's accurate assessment of the likelihood of an Rh at the start being mispronounced and driving me mad.

they can't pronounce my eldest child's name as it is, he's Arwyn! And I could forgive the 4 year olds, I'm talking about the teachers. It's Arrrwyn, not Aaahwin!

please not Angharad the English pron would just mash it up

yes but there is no rolled R in English Ebwy....

I know, but they manage it for "pirates week" going "arrrrr!"
and the school teaches french...

it would be nice if they could at least attempt to sound like there is an R in there.

lol I bet you live in the south east of England -

Carys/Cerys, Megan, Bethan, Rhiannan are the most common ariound our way I htink.

not in the south east... I'm in the midlands!

if I wanted to really be evil I could name the bump-inhabitant "Rhighantona" - a fore-runner of Rhiannon - and insist on correct pronounciation.
But then not even her father could get it right, and that's just sad.

I had to correct people that my second child is "Taran" not "ta-run" this morning again too...

Agree about the Rh.

Menna
Mali
Gwennan
Beca
Mair (possible r-rolling issues)
Non
Lowri
Betsan
Gwenllian (pronunciation issues but shortens to Gwen)
Cari
Seren
Anwen
Catrin

You do realise that if you have to correct people's pronunciation of your props if names the child will also have to- for the next 90 years? Is that something you really want to saddle him or her with?

Seren, Cerys, Carys, Rhidan, Rhiannon, Lowri, Angharad, Cadi (Welsh form of Katie).