Dafydd

[Welshgirl2019]

My husband and I are Welsh (kinda obvious ) and live in south East England and love this for a boys name. Just checking ppl are familiar with the spelling and pronunciation of the name? silly question really.
I've never come across a Dafydd in England before

Never heard it outside Wales, people in Wales can struggle with it. Depends if that bothers you

The spelling I've seen before, I wouldn't have any difficulty with that, but I'll admit I'm not totally sure on the pronunciation other than the -ydd ending makes a -th sound in English, I think??

Thanks for the feedback! It's a pretty common name in wales however having been in England for yonks and never come across it I can see it's pretty unusual.
Dav-i-th 'dd' in Welsh is a 'th'

my Boss is a Dafydd - but known as Dai. people can't even spell that!

my Boss is a Dafydd - but known as Dai. people can't even spell that!

God my kid won't stand a chance!

People in Wales struggle with Dafydd?

I've never, ever seen that happen.

It's not particularly common in England, but not unheard of (I used to work with one)

And it's not that difficult to say once you've heard it (plus still recognisable even when said according to other phonic rules and/or in a different accent)

We live in a multicultural society - go for it. It’s a name that makes a beautiful sound when said. Can only say it in a loving way.

I am English and have never met a Dafydd - always thought that the pronunciation was Daff-id despite living in Chester for many years and knowing lots of Welsh speakers.

Having heard how it's pronounced, I think it's a lovely sounding name.

I live in SE England. A colleague who is Dafydd is constantly called Daffid. That’s despite him (and me, Welsh family) pronouncing it Davith.

Thanks ladies.
I absolutely agree re multi culture society... I don't want to not give a name because it might be a little tricky at first for ppl to get the hang of it.

Sorry, that seemed abrupt! My point was only that you may have to correct lots of people - it is a lovely name. This is why my Irish parents didnt use the names Grainne and Siobhan as they wanted to...
Times have changed though and I think that most people are so open to and interested by names from different countries and cultures.

I would assume "Daa-vith" althoughthat may not be correct.

Nice Welsh name, I know a few, but you will have every saying ‘id’ rather than ‘th’ unless they are welsh

Thanks DramaAlpca

I won't be calling him iestyn then! I remember when i first came to live in England and talking about a iestyn and my English friends assumed said person was Arabic/middle eastern.

petitdonkey what is the correct pronunciation of Grainne? Its the name of my dentist, and I've avoided using it in case I get it so wrong!

I would read it a as strange spelling of David, not keen at all, looks really weird - sorry

Grew up in North Wales after moving from Watford. I adore Welsh names - Iestyn and Gwennan in particular. I'd go for Dafydd

@raindancemumma I think it's 'Gron-ya'. I used to work with one and that's how she pronounced it

Also Welsh, Dafydd is lovely. As others have said, he's likely to be called Daffid a lot. I think you should still go with it though! It's quite easy to pronounce (I wanted 'Llew' - my ILs struggled with that!).

Dav-i-th 'dd' in Welsh is a 'th'

It really isn’t.

People will pronounce it Daffud.
I've heard Rhys which you'd think was a bog standard name across the UK by now pronounced Russ or Ruhice.

It's a great name. Surely if they're told how to pronounce it, it should be easy enough even for English people to remember?