Is Wyn a Welsh name ?

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I am looking for a short Welsh boys name that is said how it's spelt ( as I live in England) Is Wyn a actual Welsh name as I like it a lot ?

If you like Wyn, do you like Gwyn?
Selwyn is nice too and could be shortened to Wyn as a NN? Family names here

Wyn, Bryn, Gwyn, Arwyn, Berwyn, Alfryn, Tegwyn, Selwyn, Alcwyn, Emlyn.
Glyn, glyndaf.
All a bit 'old man' but that's the fashion now. Love babies with old man names.😀

The rule is usually 'yn' ending is masculine, 'en' is feminine.

Malcolm in the middle yes that's the to show

My DH is Welsh but not Welsh speaking and it's family tradition to use Welsh names. We already have a DS with a Welsh name, looking for inspiration if DC2 is a boy.

Gwyn I don't know why, but I don't like it.

No offence meant Cha...

Opps sorry that's no offence Mrs...

Does he not know how Dewi is pronounced? Dewi is the patron saint of Wales!

Just checking that you know that Wyn or Wynne are pronounced "win" and not "wine".

Yes yes Wyn (win)

Will give DH a saints grilling once he's back tonight

Bryn is a boy's name. It's a bit dated. So's Glyn. I like them though.
Wyn is definitely a boy's name as is Gwyn. Both are acceptable as middle names for a girl (although it doesn't really make sense)
Wyn was hugely popular as a middle name in the 60s and 70s.

Huw is great but not if you aren't fluent in Welsh. It isn't pronounced Hugh.

Selwyn is not a welsh name.
Garth isn't a welsh name.

If you don't speak Welsh and you still want a Welsh name then Wyn is a good choice. Win-win really.

How do you pronounce Huw? Is it said more Who than Hugh ? The thing is in England it will get turned into the English version of the name ( because people like me don't quite get it ?!)

Maybe I'll just stick with Wyn then ?!

I thought the Garth suggestion was maybe an autocorrect of Gareth ?

Another suggestion is Gethin, or maybe Tomos? Aled could be another (not sure whether that's a proper Welsh name though).

Huw is pronounced the same way as Hugh

Lewis?

Other Welsh names are
Ianto
Iestyn
Aneurin
Ioan
Llyr
Osian

There's a Gethin in dd's class, everyone seems to cope with the pronunciation fine and we're about as far away from Wales as it's possible to get in the UK. I think it feels lovely as you say it

I love Aneuryn and Ianto but think they'd get mispronounced an annoying amount if OP doesn't live in Wales. And I can see Dewi being pronounced Dewey by everyone. Gethin is nice, and easy to get right!

How do you pronounce Huw? Is it said more Who than Hugh?

It is, really, but then again Hugh with a Welsh accent is Hoo also!

Same name, different accents rather than an actual different pronounciation IYSWIM. I always say Huw as Hoo with a Welsh accent in my head though :)

Wyn isn't a first name, it's a last or middle name.

for example:

Dewi Wyn Williams.

Wyn isn't a first name, it's a last or middle name.

But in Wales there was a strong tradition for a long time of your family and friends calling you by your middle name and your first name being for official stuff and "Sunday best".

So if a name is tradiionally a middle name in Wales it's a given name by definitiion - isn't it?

Carwyn is another boy's name - Wyn could be a shortened version
Rhys? again though it;'s not pronounced 'reece', you gotta roll the R and emphasis the 'y' to a u.
Dylan is lovely, again pronounced differently in Wales emphasising the y.

i know 2 men called Wyn and and 1 lady, all welsh (obviously!) i dont know if they are they official first or seconds names though!

But in Wales there was a strong tradition for a long time of your family and friends calling you by your middle name and your first name being for official stuff and "Sunday best"

Indeed! Mainly in North Wales though.

I've never heard Huw/Hugh pronounced as 'Hoo'; in this part of Wales it's a bit more like Hew to rhyme with few not you i.e. An ew sound not an oo (not sure that helps in any way at all, though!!).

Dixiestampsagain it depends what accent you're speaking in!

My Welsh reletives would say Huw and few neayere to how I say hoo!

I have an English accent. If I say Huw it's like adding H to the word you. Few is like Fyou

There's no y in my Welsh relative's Huw. It's more like how a English person would say Hoo.

If I see Huw written down I always think it the Welsh way but I say it H-you because that's my accent.