Not too 'Welsh' Welsh names

[Cariadxx]

Baby will be going to Welsh school but our surname isn't a Welsh one so we want a name that is Welsh but not one that is massively Welsh and won't go with the surname.
Eg bethan is fine but Isyllt a bit OTT.

mike I'll tell my (very Welsh) grandfather his name is made up

I'm afraid I don't see Enos as a Welsh name either. An old testament name apparently: www.behindthename.com/name/enos

Kelly, Evan is an anglicised name, there is no V in the Welsh alphabet.... it would be Efan but most likely Ifan. Similarly Griffith is the anglicised version of Gruffydd.
We like Cerys but as MIL can't say her Rs then it's sadly out

I said it looks made up but if it's from the Bible then it could well be used in Wales. I wonder in this age of biblical names being trendy if anyone is thinking of using the name Enoch?

It's not welsh Cariadxx but how about Aurora?

Tristan for a boy? Sian is beautiful for a girl

TittyGolightly’”Hayek” is not Polish.

Siân is great, but it is just Jane. Siwan is similar and a bit less run of the mill and very pretty.

Siwan is Joan and I agree it's a bit less run of the mill.

Up north it's said as Siw-an (Siw rhyming with Hugh, and an rhyming with can) but I think it sounds more like Shoo-an in the south.
Both nice.

@mike we can't use anything with R due to mil speech impediment
Love Siwan though

We have a Dafydd and an Emrys. Dafydd is Daf for short rather than Fair mainly because he has a minor speach impediment which means he can't say his full name correctly.

I suggested Aurora as a joke. Beautiful name but not if you can't say your Rs.
Eos (Nightingale, pron. Ey-oss) is unusual and not unlike Llinos.
I know a few women called Llinos and I've been told that English people will say Clean-ose.
Pp suggested Non - i like it a lot. It's simple and pretty, and might get called Noni, which is cute.
I think Siân is pretty safe as it is now quite mainstream so it should be OK with most surnames.

No V in Welsh ... I thought Evans and Davies were Welsh surnames! I've learned something new, thanks OP [grin}

They are - that's the Anglicised spelling you are using.

Has anyone suggested Gwenllian? Or Angharad?

Kellyanne - there's no J in Welsh either (traditionally), yet many Welsh people are called Jones.

I think Gwenllïan and Angharad might be a bit too 'Welsh' - pronunciation and spelling issues.
How about Mabli, Mererid or Siriol?

I love Mabli, Cadi, Aneira for a girl. And Llio, Gwyn and Iorweth for a boy (with Iori for short)

I really wouldn't call a boy Llio. It's a girl's name and is the diminutive of Gwenllïan.
I think Enos was the son of Seth.
Llion is a boy's name.

I have a friend called Llian. shes usually Lilian when we're in england lol.
Cerys, Medi, Cadi all very easily pronounced. I love Cadi a lot, i wanted it for my dd1 but her dad wasn't having it.

V, K, and J in welsh surnames occurs because the welsh name was anglicised, Jones is from Siôn's son, Davies is Dewi's (or Defi/Davey's) son, Evan is Ifan's son.
Vaughan is from Fychan (which is similar to the scottish surname Buchan). A single F in welsh is pronounced V.
Can't think of a K one.

There are some great welsh surnames - Parry - son of Harry, Penry -son of Penry, Bevan - son of Evan, Bowen, Pritchard, Pugh, Price etc.

For K there is what is sometimes regarded as a 'Welsh' spelling of Catherine - Kathryn. Catherine in Welsh is Catrin of course, but the Kathryn might have become common in Wales for some reason.

Oh, I thought Kathryn was just a phonetic way of writing Katharine/Catherine, it never crossed my mind that it was meant to be a bit welsh, but that would make sense.
I can understand why Ceri might be written as Kerry.
I think Kerry and Kathryn are a bit dated.

The anglicised spelling of Kerry originated in Ireland I think.