Welsh speakers help please!

[Naomimi]

Llewelyn, Llewellyn or Llywelyn?

Which is the most popular or “classic” spelling in Wales?

This is not for a baby, btw, and I won’t be saying slaughtering it aloud, so don’t worry!

Thank you

Llewellyn.

I’d go for Llewellyn. All the Llewellyns I know spell it that way(Although they have it as a surname, not a first name if that makes a difference?). Having said that, I would pronounce it Llewelyn!

Thank you It’s weird, isn’t it? Why is it usually spelt with the double ll in the middle but pronounced like a single l?

There are dropped sounds which weren't dropped many years ago.

I'm pretty sure 'llyfyrgell' was one but my Welsh language trivia is getting old now. Welsh word for library. I know I learnt some. I'm now questioning if I've spelt it right.

Llewellyn, yes.

As a forename I thought Llewelyn was the most popular spelling, as in Llewelyn the great and Llewelyn Ap Gruffydd.

Thank you smile It’s weird, isn’t it? Why is it usually spelt with the double ll in the middle but pronounced like a single l?

Because we like to be awkward!

Because we like to be awkward!

Thanks for all your help.

Naomini,
The best spelling is Llywelyn. You can still use the nn Llew, which I love.
Llewellyn is horrible and pronounced Loo-ellen.

I don't get the reference to dropped sounds. There is no dropped sound in llyfrgell.

Llewellyn. Lovely name

Never seen it with ll in the middle. Llewelyn is the usual spelling ime. The ll in the middle looks wrong to me as a Welsh speaker. Llywelyn, I have seen as a surname.

I don’t understand the llyfrgell thing either? Both ll sounds are a Welsh ‘ll’? There’s no single l sound?

Llywelyn is the classic form.
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd etc.
Llewelyn is popular, probably because of the shortening to Llew

Llewellyn is an anglicised form and isn't Welsh.