Welsh boys names

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Struggling to make a decision for DS2.

Any thoughts (positive/negative) on:

Iolo
Ianto
Iestyn
Guto
Gruff/Gruffyn/Gruffydd

Or any other similar names we might like?

Iolo - yes but will get Yo-low pronunciation. Like it a lot.
Ianto - great
Iestyn - fine
Guto - politician Guto Bebb gets his name said correctly on R4 but might get said a Gut-Oh or Ghee-toe
Gruff/Gruffyn/Gruffydd. Gruffydd is fine, shorten it to Griff. Gruffyn - no, sorry, spell it Griffin.

Ianto is lovely! Along with Iestyn, it's my favourite Welsh boy's name. I've not come across any of either recently, however. Idris is quite popular at the moment, and I know babies called Emyr, Gruff and Steffan.

I love Idris but DH has vetoed it on account of knowing a very nasty one when he was younger! The current bump is therefore called Idris.

We have a Gruffydd, he's 3 and totally suits his name. We call him Gruff, Gruffy, Gruffster, Gruff the wiff, Gruffy-roo and sausage.

We've also got a Tomos.
We did consider
Idris,
Iestyn,
Ifor,
Ieuan,
Gethin,
Bryn,
Macsen,
Madoc,
Huw

Emrys and Rhys were on my list, but had a DD!

I wanted DS to be Aled but dh vetoed it. Gruff is lovely but you will get people mispronouncing it . Ditto Guto. Love Iolo.

Iestyn is my favourite. I also love Rhydian.

Iestyn is my favourite.

Regarding Gruffydd and pronunciation. We live in S.Wales and my family mostly live in England and they can all say his name without an issue. You get a few people who call him Gruff, as in billy goat rather than 'Griff'. Once I correct them they get it. Occasionally you get a painful look from a receptionist who doesn't know how to say it. He's been called gruff-ff-ood a handful of times. But, honestly it's fine.

My favourite Welsh boys name is Ieuan. I didn't use it because we were moving to England and I didn't think anyone would be able to say it or spell it. I like Iestyn too.

I love Ieuan too but one of my friends has used it recently.

I don’t worry about pronounciation too much. We already have a Taliesin, which no one seems to struggle with after they’ve heard it once.

Like them all, though they will get mangled by many. Guto doesn't travel well.
I also really like Iorwerth.

Tomos and Harri- although they may be too similar to the English equivalents.
I like Macsen, Steffan and Rhys.

Love a lot on this list and also:

Gareth
Brychan
Elis
Dylan

Ianto is a fabulous name.

I love all of these and a few are on my list. If you like Idris but it has negative connotations for DH, how about Emrys? It means immortal. I also love Emlyn.

I loved Ianto (but we live in England) and Ieuan (but too many in family).
Went for Tomos
Also like: Gethin and Trystan

Tomos would give us the very Welsh name of Tomos Thomas

Tomos Thomas is perfect.

Ah I was about to suggest Taliesin then I saw your update!

I like Iolo best from your list (although they're all lovely)

@mikeuniformmike it’s a definite contender!

Yay!
Not keen on Ianto Thomas. Guto Thomas is ok.

I don't normally suggest it, but have you considered Dylan?
Gwen could be a sister.

Rhodri
Gethin
Geraint
Sion
Dafydd
Dewi
Ioan
Llyr

I've taught a Iolo and Iori and also love idris :)