Extinct Baby names

[QueenLizIII]

Interesting article

www.brit.co/rare-unique-baby-names-extinct/

Pretty sure that's not how you pronounce Llewellyn.

I've only known one Llewelyn and that is how he pronounced it.

I do rather like Inigo and Thisbe, a lot of the others seem quite American, Waldo, Sondra etc and I wouldn't seen them as a loss.

Well, Brit.co is an American site, and their source is talking about names registered in the US!

I would have thought Alpha was a boys name

I really liked me Inigo too, thought it was more popular.

"Pretty sure that's not how you pronounce Llewellyn"

It is

Not in Wales it's not. It is a Welsh name.

There is a Llewelyn in 'No country for old men', and it was pronounced like that (in the film, anyway). So an Americanised version?

I take my pronunciation cue from the purple clad god.

In Wales there are plenty of Llewelyns and I know a little Inigo too.

It drives me bonkers that no one would tell a French person how a French name should be pronounced. Or an Indian person how an Indian name should be pronounced.

But a Welsh name? Nah we know better.

I really like Remus and Elmo.

Alpha is pretty cool, tbh :)

Hahahaha!!! Yeah, definitely not how you pronounce Llewelyn. Just like how Llanelli isn't pronounced 'lan-ELL-ee'. No matter how many times English people say it that way, it doesn't make it right!

How do you pronounce it?! I need to know now!

Ummm i'm not sure how to transcribe the 'll' sound...you basically put the front half of your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth and blow air down the sides of the tongue. That's the best I can do!

That strangely makes sense, thanks! I shall ask the Welsh lady I work with to pronounce it for me next time I see her!

LOVE Alpha

Inigo was on our shortlist for DS. But DD's name was rare enough not to show up on the list of names at all, do I am obviously a fan of rarity in names.

May out me but hey ho we have a Remus! Have only had a few "that's interesting!" Mainly people love the name and I love that I haven't taught one neither has any other teacher I know!

I am Welsh and know quite a few Llew's. Llewelyn. It's pronounced Ll (tongue behind teeth and blow) eeew-el-in

I like remus but i think it only ever be associated with Harry potter.

I like claudine.

I think the association depends on which generation they belong to as the older generation seem to mainly think Romulus and Remus and the younger ones think of Harry Potter!

While I pay respects to the correct welsh pronunciation, I think it is true to say that many names do change their pronunciation when they are adopted by another language group. Names that spring to mind as being pronounced differently in English:
Ivan, Angelique, Irene, Jean, Isaac, Michael

Niamh is a lovely welsh spelling of Neve and Mair is pretty. ( pronounced Maya) At school I had a friend called Mair and she had to correct some people as they called her mare! She didn't mind. Lovely girl and now a lovely, pretty, successful woman.