Help with welsh baby names!

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Dh's family are welsh, and we're keen to use a welsh name for our baby.

The two we current like the best are Dylan for a boy and Ffion Gwyneth for a girl. Can anyone please suggest other welsh names for us to consider?

I'm not welsh at all, but a bit concerned that Dylan and Ffion are lovely names but a bit too popular - though that might not matter living in England. I was the most popular girls name for the year I was born and really want to avoid that for my baby!

Many thanks!

Oh how exciting specialstains!
I am also an Angharad, and I will say although I love my name now, I had a phase of hating it when I was in uni in England. I also moved abroad straight after uni and it used to annoy me at first having to explain it all the time but now I live it and totally embrace it and being Welsh! Growing up in wale sit obviously wasn't an issue.

Like the PP I also have numerous nicknames!

Is Bryn mostly male or fairly unisex in Wales?

And are there any tricky hidden welsh sounds in Merryn? I briefly considered merideth as a girls name, because I liked the nickname Merry. Have to admit I've never met a welsh Merryn before.

I went through a dislike phase too welshcake, had a tutor that called me 'AnHagrid'!
Id say Bryn is male where im from.

How are you pronouncing Dylan ?

Thanks icant - looking at famous Bryn's on Wikipedia looks like it is also used as a girls name in the states. Shouldn't matter too much to us though.

Oh that's one I've not had ICantThink!

I also only know Bryn as a male name

Dill-an. Happy to be corrected to the welsh pronunciation through!

Ah,welsh pronunciation would be dull-an, right? I imagine that's how dhs family would pronounce it, but I'd probably stick to dill-an.

My daughter has a Welsh name, here are some popular ones in our area:

Cerys
Carys
Ffion
Manon
Haf
Seren
Gwenno
Rhian
Elen
Elin

Ifan
Ioan
Gethin
Aled
Iwan
Oshian
Iolo
Gryff

I like Cariad and Bronwyn for girls

I am English, living in England, but married to a Welsh speaker. Our children are Eira, Gwilym and Anwen. Few raised eyebrows, but no real issues. I love their names :-)

Cariad is a term of endearment in Wales, not really a name. Bronwyn is nice.

I absolutely love the name Dylan! I'm not particularly familiar with Welsh names, but I'll give it a shot! :)

Boy:
Ellis
Evan
Owen
Rhys

Girl:
Megan
Nia

Honestly, I'm not sure how Welsh these are, but I know they all originated from there... Good luck and congratulations! x

Bronwyn is very pretty. I also like the name ceinwen (sp?) as I knew someone nice at school with that name.

Do you think it would matter different people pronouncing Dylan differently? Would it drive my child mad having different sets of family pronouncing it differently? I already can imagine the grief I'll get from my parents not choosing a 'good, solid biblical name' - their words not mine! - I think I'd struggle to get them pronouncing Dylan anything other than the English way.

Bronwen, Eleri, Carys/Cerys, Mair, Seren or my favourite Arianwen for a girl

Gerallt, Idwal, Emyr, Owain, Rhodri or my favourite Idris for a boy

Thanks for the positive feedback on Dylan, Lissie. Sadly Owen and Rhys are off the list as they are close family names. I am almost cross that bil got there first with Reece (they didn't even spell it the good way! ) but as nephew is teens now, we can't really use it! It's a lovely name, and really does suit rugby mad dnephew!

Socks - how is Gwilym pronounced? Beautiful names for your kids. Can I ask, did you learn welsh and do your kids speak it?

My son is Morgan which everyone can pronounce!

I know a ceinwen and it's a nice name but she wishes she wasn't called it because it is a nightmare to spell and people just don't know how to say it. She actually thinks it's lost her work over the years as people really haven't got a clue how to say it outside wales.

Gwilym - gwi-limm

Dh says I can't have Bryn because of Twin Town. I have no idea what he's on about.

Ah, I see. Morgan is lovely too... As suggested by cornwallsharon :)

I have a Celyn.

Currently Expecting number two and the front runners are Emrys and Gwendoline.

ooh I like Morgan.
sorry special I'm seeing names I like, I promise I won't pinch any you like :) (I'm having a boy) and even though me & dp are "fully welsh" didn't think of welsh names yet.

Please take whatever names you fancy, icant! There's so many that I like, but not sure how they'll work in the nw England!