Thoughts on Rhiannon?

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Thinking more as a middle name (for May). Like its links to Welsh mythology and the awesome Fleetwood Mac song, but worried it maybe sounds a bit dated?

I don’t think it sounds dated at all! To me it sounds like a strong but still feminine name. I’ve known a couple of Rhiannon’s and they’ve all been lovely. Be warned though, it will get shortened to Rhian which drove all the Rhiannon’s I knew bananas! 😂

More likely to be shortened to Rhi......

I love it 😀

I think it possibly is very slightly dated in Wales (as the youngest one I've met has been in their late teens), but it's a gorgeous name anyway - I love the mythology and the FM song too!

My parents wanted to call me Rhiannon (Welsh dad and Fleetwood Mac fans) and I was gutted my whole childhood and teen years that my grandmother interfered.
I’m at peace with it now but secretly wish they’d stuck to their guns!

I really love it, it's one of my favourite names (love Fleetwood Mac too!). The only problem I would have with actually using it is that I would pronounce it rhi-ANN-un (with a schwa sound in the last syllable), whereas, I believe the correct Welsh pronunciation is different, with more emphasis on the NON syllable.

I love it, not dated at all. The two I know are never shortened to Rhian. Sometimes to Rhi.

My daughter is in her twenties, and is Rhiannon, Welsh dad but living in England. I agree that the English pronunciation doesn't emphasise the 'non' syllable like the Welsh pronunciation but very rarely gets shortened ( none of us would dare!).

Yep, great name.

I’m in my 20s, live in England and don’t know anyone with this name. I think it’s a bit dated to be honest - there’s so many nicer names!

I don’t think it flows well if it’s a middle name for May

Oh it's lovely, do it.

It’s lovely

I like it. I work with a Rhiannon, she is about 25 I think 🤔

I love it, especially how it's pronounced with a Welsh accent.

I'd go Rhiannon May though. May Rhiannon doesn't have the same ring to it.

I like it. I have a May Elizabeth, I think it has a similar ring to it!

Loved it because immediately thought of Fleetwood Mac but actually when I think about it I do think it’s quite dated!

I like it but prefer with the names switched round.

Rhiannon is lovely in a welsh accent, not very nice otherwise. (It's not Ree Annun, its RHee ANN on)
Gets shortened to Rhi, not Rhian.

I much prefer it to May.

Fleetwood Mac also said Sara as Sarah.

I'd go Rhiannon as first name with the nick name of Non or Nonnie.

Non is lovely, but Rhian has been ruined for me by the Ree-Anne/Ree-un way that some say it.

Rhiannon is a bit grannyish, popular in Wales in the 1940s.

My friend has a teenaged Rhiannon known as Annie. It's a beautiful name. Goes really well with May.

I know a few in their 30s. The more English Rhiannon I know gets her name shortened to Rhi, but the two who live in Wales and speak Welsh go by Non.

I absolutely love the Fleetwood Mac song, but Stevie Nicks does pronounce the name "wrong" - she almost says riy-ANN-en when the Welsh pronunciation is more like riy-AN-non. She first came across the name in a book, so wouldn't have heard the Welsh word I guess.

@89redballoons,
Neither of those are right.

RH isn't an R followed by an H, it's a letter in it's own right. There's no R in Rhiannon.

The Rhiannons I know are Welsh mother tongue and say it as (RH)YANnon (2 syllables) or RhiANNon.

Annie as a nn is a bit contrived as Rhiannon is Rhian+Non

Love the name and it’s actually my favorite Fleetwood Mac song (after Everywhere and Gypsy). The younger generation might get confused though that maybe you named your child after Rihanna (which isn’t a bad thing of course). I’d say go for it. ‘Mythology names’ are never dated or old fashioned, they are simply classic and timeless.

We have a Rhiannon, my husband sometimes calls her Rhi Rhi, love the name and not many about.