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!

I've an Evan

Betsan
Cadi
Bethan
Saran
Mererid
Sioned
Hafwen

Elis
Onllwyn
Eben
Tomos

Mared for a girl

Gwndaf for a boy

Gelert for a dog.

Angharad for a girl. Bryn for a boy.

My daughter is called Meredith and if she was a boy she would of been Geraint.

I love Welsh names.

I'm first language Welsh with two DS's...Rhydian Hedd and Taliesin Dyfri. Not for the faint hearted!

If DS had been a girl he would have been Nia Anwen
I also love the name Haf (Summer)
He has middle name Iwan
DDs middle name is Ffion

Celyn and Morgan are both unisex names as well, I know boy and girl of each

Love your name OnlytheWelsh

Right, we're having a boy. This narrows down the search. DH is useless at suggesting names, just vetos the ones I say I like.

From this thread my favourites are (and huge thanks for the suggestions)

• Bryn (love this one so much I've considered sneaking to the register office after baby is born and sticking it on the birth certificate without DH knowing. DH is adamant we can't use it because of Twin Town)
• Dylan (DH not vetoed, but never been convinced. My mum hates it. I should stop telling her things)
• Tomos (Nice, but I'm not sure it's my baby's name)
• Tristian (I really like, but DH thinks it's a bit posh. Makes me think of the character from All Creatures Great and Small, who was also Dr Who).
• Gruffydd/Griff (I like Griff)
• Dorien (not sure how welsh this is - but there is a welsh actor called this)

The only non-welsh name I've been toying with is Samuel, just on the off chance baby doesn't look like DHs side of the family at all, and is a little mini-me. Might use it as a middle name.

DH has also started being a pain with surnames. We've alway said baby will be technically double barrelled, but use dh's surname on a daily basis. DH has now decided that he thinks double barrelling is ridiculous and he'd rather baby had just my name than both. I'm hoping he'll change his mind when he comes to register Bryn Stains, as I'd like baby to have both names. Offered to put his Surname as a middle name instead of double barrelling but doesn't like that.

It's funny as he's normally so decisive, but I think he's a bit freaked out at the responsibility of naming a new human, which is why he doesn't like any of the names I suggest.

What about Megan for a girl. As you probably know. That's a Welsh name and certainly easy to pronounce and very pretty.

Dylis is lovely!

It should be Tristan, not Tristian (which sounds like a mash-up of Tristan and Christian).

Or you could spell it Trystan - no, that's not a youneek spelling, it's the traditional Welsh version of the name, the first syllable being pronounced like the English word 'trust'.