Welsh girls names that travel outside of Wales

[Zanzan1]

Following on from my last post suggestions for Welsh girls names that translate well outside of Wales. And keep it nice, was a bit taken aback by someone of the comments on my previous thread.....

I think Ynyra might be made up. Ynyr is an old name. It is pronounced UN-irr.

Ynyra would be pronounced Un-URR-ah. Not keen on it.

At the end of the day I would give your child a name you like. I am an Angharad and have lived in England for times and it hasn't bothered me in the slightest that people get my name wrong. I love my name :)

Some of my favourites are Seren, Bethan, Sian, Nia and Carys.

Seren and Bethan were on my shortlist for a girl... I've got 2 boys though!

OwlBeThere
Yes Ireland is Eireann in Irish ( Gaelic) hence the shortened Erin.
Thank you all re pronunciation of Elleri.

Eluned won’t work outside Wales

In my experience it works quite well.

@smokeanebone Eluned is el-EE-ned.

It’s really interesting to me @mikeuniformmike the names that are dated to you are pretty current to me like Carys, and to me are very dated like Tesni seem more current to you.
And the Eleri/meleri’s I know are all with the ‘a’ sound.
the north/south divide lives on

Carys, Bethan, and Sian were hugely popular in the 1960s, as were Rhian, Nia and Delyth. The middle name Wyn was hugely popular for boys and girls.
Tesni doesn't seem current but was never all that popular, it's just a name that doesn't sound different to how it looks.

Eluned isn't El-ee-ned, it's El-IN-ed

Lowri is gorgeous.

I like Lowri too. The Eluned here is El-in-ed too.

Can I ask how angharad is pronounced?

I think Cariad and Gwen are lovely and easy to pronounce.

My friend Angharad now goes by Ana because so many people in England thought she was introducing herself as "Anne Harad". I'd also probably avoid "Ei" at the start of a name - it seems to automatically become an 'eye' sound rather than an "ay" as it would be in Welsh (I know several Eiras pronounced Ira, for example).

Catrin works well too, and is lovely.

I find these posts fascinating (I don't get out much!) but how on earth can someone advise a non Welsh speaking person that Angharad is an easy name to pronounce in England?

I'm not trying to be a smart arse - I just don't get it.

@MikeUniformMike - have to disagree with you on the Eluned pronunciation I'm afraid. Unless I'm not getting it!

They are all lovely.

Eluned is pronounced El LYNNE ed. Some Eluneds use Lyn as a nn.
S Wales and N Wales.

Megan
Carys
Ceri
Sian
Ffion
Rhiannon
Bethan

@Pancakesandmaplesyrup I would say Ann-harrad (Welsh, non Welsh speaker).

Lots if these will have been said already but names I've heard whilst living in England of which I think are easy to pronounce

Seren
Haf
Sian
Cariad
Carys
Cerys
Ceri
Catrin
Gwen
Alys
Ffion

Iona is a Scottish name,as in the Scottish island. Is NOT Welsh in the least

Alys
Bethan
Cerys
Sian

I know several Ionas who are welsh speakers. It is a Welsh name, usually given to January babies. It is pronounced Yonna.
It's dated.
Dona is a welsh name. Pronounced Donna.
Angharad is Ang-HARR-ad, not Ang-Garrad or Ann-Harrad

Sali
Mabli

Ffion would be my choice 😍

You could speak mandarin and be called Iona wouldn’t make it Chinese name
Could be fluent in French and called Catriona.wouldnt make it French name