Elodie v Emilia v Mari v Betsi

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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)

Bloody anglocentric ignorance.

Elodie doesn't work, for the same reason.

Eldeg is a bit similar to Elodie.

@coronafiona, yes Mary and Betsy are spelt with a y but Mari and Betsi are spelt with an i. Both Mari and Betsi are established names, not misspelt and mispronounced English names.

Again, Mari and Betsi are correct in Welsh.

Lots of Welsh names have equivalents in English and other languages:

Mari, Mair and Meira - Mary
Lowri - Laura
Mali - Molly
Catrin - Katharine
Sian - Jane
Siôr - George
Ifan, Ioan, Ianto, Ieuan and Siôn - John
Tomos - Thomas
Alys - Alice
Osian - Oisín
Nia - Niamh
Harri - Harry
Marc - Mark
Steffan - Stephen
Dafydd - David

They are all correct in Welsh.

Emilia is my fav but I'm bias it's my nieces name

I think Elodie and Emilia are my favourite from your list. Lovely names.

Love them all. If you like Elodie best then definitely go for that. It is fine for adults! I met a few French Elodies in the 90s on French exchanges and they would all be in their 40s now. Would never occur to me that it’s too cutesy for adults. Maybe you think that because it hasn’t been a popular name in the U.K. for very long, so the majority of Elodies here will be under 10. One day they’ll be older!

Love Mari (also Mairi; weirdly not Marie though).

Elodie sounds more pretentious than cutesy to me.

Betsi dies sound quite cutesy to my (English) ears.

Emilia is very "of its time" - I prefer Emma.

I like Betsi best - lovely name

Ah- sorry! Thanks

I like them all but I’m biased because I have an Emilia Betsy and also had Elodie on my list. I like Mari too but think I’d choose Betsi, Welsh names are so pretty.

Mari is my favourite. Pretty and traditional, not overly twee. She'll do just fine across the UK with that (apart from England) as in Scotland there's Mairi (same pronunciation afaik). In N.Ireland there's probably something similar too!

Mari is my favourite. It’ll be fine - even in England. My DD’s best friend is called Mari - we’re nowhere near Wales and everyone manages to pronounce it correctly.

@whatausername, Mari is pronounced Marry, and Mairi is pronounced Mahry, so not quite the same.

If Mari is pronounded marry then it is definitely the same as Mairi. I grew up with Mairis.

OK. Thanks whatausername.

I was told it was Mah-ry, and that Mhairi was Vah-ry. Another example, I suppose, of a name being anglicised. It happens with welsh names, and they don't sound anywhere near as nice.

Mairi and Mari both sound like Marry.

Emilia 😊

Betsi is my favourite of those, but I'd go for Betsan as a full name to avoid the cutesiness concerns.

@coronafiona

Mary and Betsy are spelled with y

Did you read the thread? Or even the OP? That aside , who are you to tell anyone how they spell their chosen name