Emlyn

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Opinions on the name Emlyn please?

Hughes.

I really like it though.

I quite like it. Associate it with Emlyn Hughes, he always made me laugh, so that's a good memory.

Lovely!

I prefer Emrhys but Emlyn is quite sweet.

It's not my favourite and I usually love Irish names. It might not bother you but Em seems feminine and Lyn seems feminine. I also think of Gremlin.

Do you have a Welsh surname?

However, I'm all for people choosing names they love, so if you like it then go for it.

Sorry, I meant Welsh not Irish names (although I love Irish names too )

I think it's fine in London or Wales. Emlyn Hughes is probably a mystery to anyone under 35.

I've never heard of it (as surprising as that may seem to some ) but I really like it. I have a friend called Iestyn though so I like the -yn ending.

Emrhys is nice, too Branches. I never thought of Emrhys.

Isn't that a creme you put on before having blood test or something, to numb the area?

I didn't realise it was a boys name either

That's Emla.

I really like it. Emlyn's Moon (the sequel to The Snow Spider) was one of my favourite books as a child.

I met a little Emlyn in London, and no-one seemed overly confused by his name, or thought he was called Emmeline, or Gremlin.

I knew an Emlyn growing up and he was pretty much universally known as 'Gremlin' for his entire childhood/adolescence. I've not seen him for years so not sure if that's still the case now that he's in his 30s!

It's nice but he may get the Gremlin comments.

Just be aware that the other Welsh boy's name beginning with Em- is Emrys, not Emrhys.

Both are quite possibly from Latin names - Emlyn from Aemilianus and Emrys from Ambrosius.

Both due for a revival in Wales, I suspect.