Celtic girls’ names?

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Lacking inspiration. Looking for something Celtic/Irish but not necessarily “as Gaeilge” and not as common as Aoife/Sadhbh/Caoimhe etc.

Would be a sister to Iseult and Aifric, so something along those lines would be helpful.

for goodness sake member, people don't need to have the pron of Sinead or Una explained to them,,,

Wel Mike mae'n ddrwg iawn gennyf ond rwy'n medru ysgrifennu Cymraeg cywir hefyd ond roeddwn yn ysgrifennu Cymraeg llafar. Bit rude of you to say your Welsh is "a lot better" than mine! Yes I am in Gwynedd.

Sorry OP, last post I promise

mike I rest my case

OP I absolutely love Saoirse by the way
Roisin also nice

T00much Hidia befo gwrando ar Mike - mae ganddi bee yn ei bonnet am enwau Cymraeg - ei ffordd hi neu the high way!

My middle name is Eleri - I pronounce it to rhyme with Ceri. My mam is a Gog from Caernarfon, my DF is from mid-west Wales Welsh speaking stock via the Rhondda and I was born and bred in the capital so I think I've got most bases covered. If I say the name as someone from Llanelli or roundabouts would, then it can sound like El-airy. It's not incorrect, it's just variation in accent and dialect. Pronouncing it like Celery would be wrong though .

Sorry for continuing the de-rail OP.

Iesu 😒 y petha ma bobol yn anghytuno am dan 😂😂

Liadain,
Siofra
Roise

Ha ha diolch mejon

Completely agree, neither is wrong (apart from celery)
Weird thing is I am from the same area(ish) as your mum & the Eleris and Leris I know from there pronounce it as I do!!

lady
Maisho gras

Vaila
Ciorstaidh
Ailis
Marsaili
Ailish

Member, op already has a daughter called Aifric!!
Noírin is NEERin not NorEEN

Lasairfhiona
Alastriona
Morven
Murron
Mairi

How about a Breton name?

Mari
Rozenn

Or Cornish?

Caja
Conwenna
Delen
Elowen
Kensa
Kerenza
Mabyn
Merryn
Morwen
Rozen
Senara
Steren
Tamsin
Tressa
Wenna

Owena?

Marsaili is such a pretty name!
The Eluned I know pronounces her name El-ee-ned.

I’m first language Welsh too and also from Gwynedd (and my name’s Ceri!) and I’ve got to say no Eleri I’ve ever known has had an elongated second syllable ‘air’ sound. It’s a short ‘er’ sound. The only way I can imagine it is if the person saying it had learned Welsh as a second language. I have to say though, I really struggle writing Welsh pronunciations down in English so maybe we’re all hearing the same thing and writing it differently.

I know 4 Eleri and they all pronounce it El-air-Ree - South Wales and 3 are 1st language welsh - it's prob just a dialect thing

E-lyn-id is how I've heard Eluned pronounced - I used to work with a Welsh woman with the name.

Cuisle
Luisne
Labhaoise
Saorlaith
Áibrean

Very very late in replying, but thanks for all the responses! Lots of lovely names to think about, and all almost exactly what I was looking for. Any more ideas more than welcome!

The 'eri' is the same in Ceri and Eleri. If you pronounce Ceri as Cairy, fair enough. Most people pronounce Ceri as Kerry and Eleri as El-erry. I know many people with the names and at least two Teleris.
In some parts of Wales the local accent might sound different, but the correct pronunciation is El-ERRy.

You know how some US people pronounce Harry as Harey, and Karen as Care-en.

Aranwen.

Eluned is pronounced El-in-ed, and it often gets shortened to Lyn.
Owena is quite unusual and I like it. It is just Owen with an -a added. T00much - He said ElERRy.

Owena is pronounced O-WEN-a BTW and it's just a boys name with an a on the end to make it a girl's name, but it's pretty nice.

Ómra
Luisne
Fiadh
Saorlaith
Seimhín
Loinnir
Cuisle
Daimhín
Sadhbha

With OP previously having picked some solid gaelgoir names for her existing children, she'll have heard of Sinead and Aoife before.

Radha - only three registered in Ireland last year.
Medb- again, only used three times
Caoilinn
Fianna - quite a cool name for a strong little girl

I love Iseult, what fab name- we had it on our list for DD, but ended up going for the popular Sadhbh!