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!

Bleddyn or Carwyn for a boy

I love Mari and Alaw. Grufudd and Tomos too.

*Gruffudd

What about Penri or Emlyn?

Mali and Alys are pretty too.

I'm not Welsh, but wish I had had the excuse of some Welsh links to use the name Eluned. I think it's lovely.

My daughter is Rhiannon

Eleri
Nia
Mari
Anwen
Nesta

Iori
Iolo
Glyn
Emyr

We have Sian and Cerys on my family.

My favourite Welsh boys names are Llyr and Llew but possibly not what you're looking for due to potential pronunciation difficulties.
I quite like Gethin and Gruffydd.
I like Angharad, Aeronwy, Elin, Eluned.

Hi OP, Dilys is quite an old fashioned name and not heard that often these days (at least not where I live in N. Wales).
Dylan's a good choice & can be pronouned Dillon or D-uh-lan.

If you like Bronwyn, how about Branwen?

I don't know any Merryns or Merediths but do know Meirions, Meilir & Meredydd (all boys names).

Mali, Mabli & Mai are all nice girls names. Mari sounds quite similar to Merry

*Meirion not Meirions!

I like Dilys though I think it's spelt like that. Also Nia and Erin.

Really love Huw. Welsh but still accessible?

eatyourveg you have very good taste in names! (My DD is an Arianwen and would have been Idris if she'd been a DS)

I'm Welsh and I hear Seren regularly (it means Star). Other names I like are include:
Celyn (Holly)
Megan
Mabli pn mab-lee (Mable)
Meryl
Elan
Eleri
Vari
Eluned
Eira (snow)
Medi (June)
Mai (May)
Lowri
Alys (Alice)
Menna
Cari (Love-although used in context it's spelt Caru)
Cerys
Nesta
Efa (Ava)
Anwen

Sion
Iestyn pn Yes-tin
Gareth
Geraint
Ioan (John)
Prys (Preece)
Tyvion
Ianto pn Yan-toe
Owain

Bronwyn - no. Bronwen - a possibility.

-wyn is the masculine ending, -wen the feminine.

Bronwyn is like calling a girl Antonio or Flavio.

SpecialStains I'm not allowed Bryn on my list because of twin towns either. Whenever I suggest it, Dh goes "well fucking hot dogs it is then boy bach!" Which is apparently a quote from twin town. I am very northern english, Dh is valleys welsh He's also vetoed Delilah, even though that's not Welsh! Bloody Tom Jones...why why why?

I love Ceridwen, Eleri and Angharad. Osian, Emlyn and Iestyn. I met a Llwelyn once, who went by the nickname Louie.

I like the simplicity of Grif and Huw for boys.

Gwilym is Gwi-lim, the Welsh variety of William

The children speak Welsh with their dad, I understand a fair bit after 15 years, but I don't really speak much.

Ffion and Dylan are both gorgeous.

Other suggestions

Girl
Bethan
Nia
Lois
Lowri
Cari
Catrin

Boys
Harri
Steffan
Iwan (Ewan)

Iddon - EE-thon (th as in that) is a lovely name.

Gwenllian

Eleri is the nicest Welsh girls name IMO.

Great thread!!!

We live in Wales and have Arwen Eirlys (girl) and Gethin Ieuan (boy). These are pronounced ayerlis (for Eirlys) and yi-yan (for Ieuan).

Thanks for all the suggestions and advice on welsh pronunciation. It's hugely appreciated. There's a few new names on the list now as well!

Lovely names on here.

We're not remotely Welsh but Gwilym is the only boys name I like for my second son, due in a couple of weeks. Husband is not quite convinced (he likes Eldon and Hallam) but there's just nothing else that feels right.

Glyn? My brother and my nephews name 😊

Evan