Elodie v Emilia v Mari v Betsi

[lucieloos]

Which one do you like best? I really like Elodie but will it be a bit too cutesy little girl name for when she's older?

Elodie
Emilia
Mari (Welsh name pn Marry)
Betsi (Welsh name pn Betsy)

Elodie
Betsy (unless in Wales or Welsh )

Elodie is awful (L.O.D), Emilia has such an ugly sound (eh MEALY uh. ) Betsi is nice, Mari is a bit dull.

@FixTheBone

Personally none of them.

I'd discount names immediately based on there being any doubt about the pronunciation, or any that have 'clever' modern spellings of traditional names.

What clever modern spellings?

I think by ‘clever modern spellings’, Fuxthebone means to say the Welsh spelling. I’ve heard Alys dismissed as ‘yooneek’ on mn before now. Cultural ignorance and snobbery.

Fixthebone, that should say 😂

Elodie is beautiful, like a song

But they are all lovely!

Please use Betsy not Betsi if you go for that name.

@ArosAdraDrosDolig

I think by ‘clever modern spellings’, Fuxthebone means to say the Welsh spelling. I’ve heard Alys dismissed as ‘yooneek’ on mn before now. Cultural ignorance and snobbery.

I did wonder. Incredible ignorance if so.

@RainingBatsAndFrogs

Elodie Betsy (unless in Wales or Welsh )

OP has made it clear the name is in Welsh

Mari is my fave by far
then emilia
then betsi
then elodie
but your list isn't a bad one compared to alot we hear of on hear, if you named your child any of the 4 I would think oo unique

frenchfancy81

Why does the OP need to use the English version when she is Welsh and wants to give her baby a Welsh name?

@FixTheBone, it's not a 'clever modern spelling', it's the Welsh spelling.

I agree with ArosAdraDrosDolig about Cultural ignorance and snobbery.

Alys and Alis have been used as welsh spellings of Alice for a long time. The spelling Alis was more common in the past, and was the original old french spelling.

Oh I love Mari, go for that. I had the most wonderful great great Aunty Mari on Nain's side, and another on my Taid's side. Mari is high up on my list (half Welsh/half English, born and raised in England). The other names on my list are Alys, Eira and Tesni.

Welsh names are beautiful and I love mine.

Betsi is nice too and Nansi, Lwsi and Elsi are also nice cymrified names.

Elodie and Emilia are nice but feel very trendy. Mari is a classic.

Agree with others that there is a perception of Welsh names as being 'youneeq' due to cultural ignorance. A few years ago someone had a thread 'Harri, Tomos or Rhodri' and got a barrage of 'please spell them correctly' comments.

@CaffiSaliMali that's so funny you mention that thread as I think that was also mine. I don't do too well on here with Welsh names always get told to spell them the English way 🙈🙈🙈 Maybe I should stop asking!

Mari is beautiful.

@lucieloos in which case, you have great taste

Tomos is high up on my list, Harri would be too but there is already a baby Harry and a baby Henry amongst my friend's kids so it's probably best avoided. I love Rhodri but all DH's family are English as are half of mine and the Rh wouldn't sound right.

[quote lucieloos]@CaffiSaliMali that's so funny you mention that thread as I think that was also mine. I don't do too well on here with Welsh names always get told to spell them the English way 🙈🙈🙈 Maybe I should stop asking![/quote]
I love how you were so clear in your OP and people still said it...

I like Elodie, though I think it sounds better in French. It’s not as cutesy as Betsi

Love Emilia, and think that is a more popular spelling than Amelia these days.

I like Betsi, but would give her Elizabeth (or something) as a full name as it is cutey

Don’t like Mari

What about Elowen?

Elowen is lovely, one of my favourite names but it is Cornish rather than Welsh.

Elowen is said as L Owen, not L O N.
Elwen might be a compromise.

Elodie gets my vote

Mary and Betsy are spelled with y

The emphasis in Welsh is usually on the penultimate syllable where there are more than two syllables in the word, so Elowen does work in Welsh in terms of pronunciation. I’m in Wales and would use it.

Ffs coronafiona, in English they are! The OP has made it very clear that she is Welsh. This is really getting on my nerves now.