Welsh Baby Girl Names

[mamatobe20]

Hello!

I am expecting my first baby in September. I'm English, my partner is Welsh. We'd like to call the baby a Welsh version of an English name (if that makes sense!).

The only ones I know of are Mali (welsh for Molly) and Ffibi (welsh for Phoebe).

Please hit us up with any other ideas! We don't want traditional welsh names due to pronunciation issues and living in England.

Thank you!

How about Sali?

Our daughter is Cerys. I was born in Wales so wanted to use a welsh name. Husband is English but a big fan of Cerys Matthews lol.

I love the name (it means beloved or loved one) but we live in England and so many people pronounce it wrong. It amazes me really as it's pronounced just as it written but there you go.

I have a relative called Ceri who gets called all sorts.

I have had some truly bizarre iterations of my name too. Will still use Welsh names for my DC though, assuming DH agrees!

www.google.com/amp/s/www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/19-times-people-tried-pronounce-16093515.amp

Angharad - Hand Grenade is just spectacularly odd

Mabli
Eleri
Ffion
Seren
Nansi
Elinor
Elin
Catrin
Bethan
Nia
Celyn

I've thought of a some more you might like OP. They aren't welsh, just written that way

Casi
Esmi
Lili
Popi
Wini

I have always wondered how Ffion is pronounced! Someone please put me out of my misery

FEE-on

Well I have lived in Wales for years and never come across 'ffibi' it just sounds made up tbh. And 'Seren' is kind of overused.
If you live in England careful what you choose in terms if pronunciation. I have met English people who couldn't get 'Elan' right they more oe less insisted that it was Ellen.

Names that I like aRe. .Manon, Angharad and Mabli

Although Angharad would just become Anger -ad in England and not sound so nice.

It's Ann Harrod or Ann Garrad in England. A colleague asked me why his neighbour who is welsh always called herself by her first name and surname. I had to explain that it was Angharad (Ang-HAR-ad) not Ann Harrod.

Seren (SER-enn) - it's just Star, and it gets said as Serrun. Enfys - Rainbow with pronunciation issues (EN-viss)

I would say Elan as e-LAN, because I would think it was like the car.

Cerys will get Cerise, Carys, Seris Cherries etc. Celyn Sellin.

@Fanciedachange1, FEE-on

My 6yr old is called Ffion. We are English and live nowhere near Wales but rarely get people mispronouncing her name!

Thank you to those who replied! In my small brain I couldn’t see past “Effion” but now I know I can’t see why I would think it sounds like it starts with an Eh sound when names like Fiona, Finley etc don’t!

@Fanciedachange1, Ff is not two Fs. Fion is not a name but would be Vee-on.

Phîbi would be a better spelling of Ffibi.

Cerys will get Cerise, Carys, Seris Cherries

I’d just like to point out that the vast majority of English people are not total idiots.

A great amount of English people outside of the cities WILL meet a Welsh or a Irish name with derision and claims that they cannot spell or pronounce it.

I know a Meleri and always thought it very pretty.

Betsi
Nansi
Anni
Gwen
Alys
Efa
Elen
Ela

Eleri
Dilys
Emlyn
Enid
Gwendolyn
Guinevere
Idelle
Rhiannon
Wynne

@Destroyedpeople perhaps, but I highly doubt Cerys is one of them.

If people can’t pronounce my name, I tell them how. If they are unsure how to spell it, I tell them how. It really is that simple.

Welsh name in England- every time
I say it I have to spell it out. I don't even wait to be asked anymore.

Some gorgeous names on here btw.

Emlyn is a boys’ name.
Idelle is Scottish I think. It doesn’t work in Welsh because of the ‘ll’ sound.

Guinivere in Welsh would be Gwenhwyfar which is really difficult for English people to pronounce.

@Blursula..ah but do you have a celtic type name? They do come in for extra comprehension problems...among a certain type of English person.
But I agree I don't think too many would have a problem with Cerys

@destroyedpeople not Celtic, but very unusual and commonly mispronounced. Has never really bothered me but perhaps I’m just very used to it!

I agree certain Welsh names would be difficult for English people - for instance, those with Ll or Dd or other examples where the sounds/letter formations aren’t in our language. But frequently on these threads I find people saying ‘oh an English person would just pronounce it like X’ when referring to names that are actually quite mainstream and common - and it can come across as fairly offensive.