Nye vs Huw

[welshnamedilemma]

Looking for a welsh name for a baby boy which will be brought up in England.

Front runners are Huw or Nye (we would put aneurin on birth certificate but would use nn of Nye most of the time).

What do people think? Any other suggestions welcomed x

I prefer Huw.
NYE just makes me think of New Year’s Eve. Even my phone auto corrects it!

Thanks - hadn't really made the connection myself! But you are right does autocorrect! Food for thought!

Actually never really noticed Nye in all the years of baby name hunting, but I really like that. It's cool!

Aneurin does sound a bit like headache medication though :/

Have you thought of Rhys?

ForAMinuteThere - Please think before you type. Welsh is the first language of many people on Mumsnet, please don't insult our names.

Huw is really lovely. 100% this.

Nye also makes me think of New Years' Eve. I want to say Niall as well when I read it.

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I don't think it's a specifically insulting Welsh names thing. The baby names board on MN does encourage opinions. I have seen lots of threads with names (not Welsh) that posters say sound like medications/illnesses etc. It's just an opinion on the name.

I live in Wales and I know Aneurin but have never seen Nye before. How is it pronounced?
To be honest my first thought on seeing it was Bill Nye the science guy.

Everyone in England will say Hugh.
I'd use Nye.

I’m sorry but aneurin is too similar to aneurysm.

I'm not sure I'm allowed to say this, but my son is Aneurin. Welsh heritage etc, although freely admit Nye Bevan was inspiration, being lefty parents. The new years eve thing never seemed a connotation, honourable or golden seems to be the etymology. But he is Nye, he could be no other, and he is indeed honourable. We love it.

I know a few Nyes. Its a lovely name.

I like both. Nice, short neat names. I like Huw better than Hugh, and Nye is very cool. Aneurin is great, love it. Also like Rhys as a pp suggested.

If he's living in England I'd say Huw. It's a nice name and you won't run into pronounciation issues

Definitely Huw. Sorry, I agree about the headache medicine and NYE comments!

I like them both a lot, but prefer Aneurin/Nye, possibly because of the Nye Bevan link.

Nye. Fabulous name - my mum is named after NYE Bevan's wife

Thanks for all the replies guys - yes a bit worried about spelling and people's pronouciation of aneurin - (not said like aneurysm)

Nye would be said Ni (Sounds like hi but with an n and full name is a-ni-Rin) ...... Like Nye bevan the founder of the nhs.....

Thanks @Tony2 it is a lovely name! I like the simplicity of Huw and wonder if that'll be simpler in England but I also quite like the idea of a name that can be shortened and has a longer version to go on birth certificate (not everyone's cup of tea to have longer names which are rarely used but it is my preference)

It's so hard! You're committing them to a lifetime of their name! Both options they're going to be spelling out lots in England 🙄

Not meant to be offensive. You should see some of the things said about one of my children's names on here, I understand it's just opinion though. We all think different things!

Aneurin/Nye is great! Huw feels quite bland in comparison.

I love Aneurin/Nye, after nye bevan. Would have used it if I was Welsh (or if dp would have let me!

Love Nye, would have used it if my DH let me!

Aneurin reminds me of aneurysm. Not good.

Nye reminds me of Bill Nye. Not a bad thing, but it seems like a surname to me.

Huw is good.

For those who think aneurin sounds like a headache tablet or aneurysm - out of interest was it a name you had heard of before the thread? Just wondering how common it will be to come up against this! It's said very differently to aneurysm so may be more of a problem written down. Thanks

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