Eirlys or Rose as middle name?

[Sailinghappy]

Hello!

Looking for opinions , here’s the dilemma:

We are due our baby girl at Christmas. We love the name Athena Rose. However, Eirlys (Welsh meaning snowdrop) has a lot of family meaning and we are tempted to use Eirlys as the middle name instead since she’s due at this time of year. Does Athena Eirlys sound too “out there”? I think Rose is simpler and sounds better with such a statement first name - we just like the meaning of Eirlys really.

So... Athena Rose or Athena Eirlys? Wr don’t want two middle names.

Thanks very much!

DHs g'ma pronounced it like that TJsAunt but I don't know what part of Wales she was from! My friend from near Swansea prounces it more like Sailinghappy so yes, regional thing.

Eirlys is beautiful. Please use it!

I have never heard the name/word Eirlys but think it's prettier than Athena Rose, which is lovely but as PPs have said I feel like it's overused. Athena is our name for a girl too I'm considering Carol as a middle name after my grandmother and don't know if it fits but recently I've been thinking screw it cos how often does a full name really get read out/used? Except when they're in trouble

Eirlys was what I wanted if DS had been a DD so I would definitely go for that :)

Erilys - it’s beautiful, it has personal meaning and it’s far more unusual. It’s also my mum’s partner’s nickname for me, so I am rather fond of it.

The Ei is a short Eh sound or like the ey in Hey!