Welsh name help!

[MummyMcCabe]

Hi. We live in Wales but don't speak Welsh and really like the name Rhian. The way we pronounce it is 'rhiun' and not 'rhiAnne', is that ok? I've heard people be called both see. Thanks!!

Dylan is pronounced DULL-an (with the 'an' as in can).

Of course they can pronounce their names however they choose but it sounds wrong to us. Imagine if someone pronounced Giselle as Gizzle or Freja as Fredger. That wrong.

The names also sound very dated. Names like Rhian, Nia, Sian, Carys, Dylan and Bethan were hugely popular in the Welsh-speaking community in the 60s and 70s. Anwen and Gwyneth popular around 1950.
And don't get me started on names like Seren and Enfys.

It's Rhi-an, with emphasis on the Rhi and the an still quite short.

But clearly this is going to be a problem, so best you go for Buddug instead.

"best you go for Buddug instead."

Oh dear, I've just imagined an Anglicised Buddug in my head - budd-ugg?

Mike has the correct pronunciation - RHEE-anne. I'm a fluent Welsh speaker and know at least 15 Rhians, not one of them pronounces their name as "Rhi-un".

Well I'm really confused. One Welsh speaker is saying they know loads of Rhi-uns and the other Welsh speaker is saying they know ten Rhi-anns.

Don't be confused. I know several Rhians. I'm a welsh speaker. All the Rhians I know apart from one are fluent Welsh speakers. They all pronounce it RHEE-an. The a is like the a in cat. Welsh is phonetic. Stress always on last but one syllable.

Buddug is pronounced Bith-ig (th as in englsh the or that). I know two so it's not hugely popular but it is very nice. It means Victory and is a form of Boudicca/Boadicea.

I only know the one but she is a Rhi-an as well. Strongly Welsh speak ing area in the south west.

I only wanted to post because I need to shout "STOP pronounciyng Dylan Dillon, you are all just SO wrong and I will kill people soon if this continues". It's Du(h)-lan. The h is almost not there but kind of exists in thought as you say it. When I am king this will be the ONLY acceptable pronunciation.

Thank you for your time. Diolch pawb.

As a valleys person who speaks welsh as a second language, although i know it's Rhi-anne I think Rhi-un is fine in south wales. Most people wouldn't blink, and nobody would throw up

It is quite dated though.

To my awful Welsh names, may I add Cariad. It makes me cringe. Also dislike Huw used by people who pronounce it Hugh or Hoo. Or Hywel (love the name) said as Hugh-ul.

Every Rhian I know (South) is Rhee-un. I don't know one under 30.

Hywel is Howell here and Dylan is either Dul-an or Dul-un.