Opinions on these welsh names

[Christelle2207]

Rhys
Ioan

Ds2 due today and still no closer on agreeing a shortlist. I'm welsh and dp is english- child will grow up in England. IME English can't say Rhys as a Welsh person would so I would have to accept "Rees" pronunciation which I think is ok if not "correct" in my eyes. Ioan is pronounced yo-anne (emphasis on the yo) which I think is easier for english to say, but it's not very obvious looking at it is it?! Would I be setting up the child for a lifetime of misspellings and mispronounciations with either name?

I love Ioan but, beware, English People may pronounce it Yo-UN even though it clearly should be Yo-an. My DD has a Welsh name that ends in 'an' but tis always pronounced -UN and it Drives. Me. Mad! Love Idris and Griff too.

That is a good point.
A reason that Bethan was struck off the list for hypothetical dd early on.