Emrys (boys Welsh name: immortal)

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Original name given to Merlin. Myrddin Emrys

Thoughts?

My favourite so far. Being Welsh myself wanting a Welsh first name that's easy for English to pronounce as now live in England

It was my first choice but DH vetoed it :(

DS's best friend at nursery. I really like it. Doesn't cause any pronunciation issues that I'm aware of.

How do you say it? ‘Em-riss’ ?

Or is it more like how Rhys is said?

I am really terrible for this sort of thing though

As I posted earlier it is EM-riss.
Rhys varies in pronunciation and does not sound like Emrys.

Sorry, I meanyt Rhys is phonetic in Wales and does not transliterate.
Rees is the nearest transliteration but to a Welsh ear doesn't sound like that.
Emrys is always pronounced EMriss

So even I would have guessed right then and I’m terrible

Love it. Emlyn too.

Emrys is my late grandads name. Never come across anyone else with it and love it . I'm in south wales

Thanks everyone. I really am in love with this name. My DH agrees! My little Emrys, due Jan 9th 2020

Really want to tell people but DH wants to wait. The only person we will tell is my sister as she is 10 weeks ahead of me and we don't want her to take the name first! Shes keeping sex suprise so may not be a boy but we don't want to be disappointed

I hope she doesn't mind

Lovely name, congrats OP! Hope the rest of your pregnancy goes well.

Seems like a relatively easy one for English people to pronounce as well (although I have an Arianwen - which is harder for people here that you'd think!)

Emrys is a great name! My mother wanted to call my twin brothers Myrddin and Emrys but my father shot it down. They got very traditional English names in the end and it always felt like a missed opportunity!