Welsh girls names you can pronounce

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So having failed to agree on anything DH thinks something from his Welsh side would be nice. We don’t live in Wales though so I’m wanting to know what’s hot and what’s not in Wales and what can people pronounce. So far from the family connections we have

Sian - I like but heard old fashioned in Wales
Siriol
Ceridwen
Eirian (Ayrian)
Manon - I quite like this
Tesni
Eluned
Glesni - again quite like this
Tarian - may be a bit GOT

Any more?

Olwen?

Ffion, lovely name

RhIannon
Llinos
Seren
Arianwen
Eira
Eirwen
Bethan
Siân

I'm in England, half Welsh. On my list are:

Alys (Alice)
Eira (EY-ra, ey as in hey, ra as in rabbit)
Mari (Marry)
Morwenna (MORR-wenna)
Tesni (TESS-nee)

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2020/08/top-100-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-2019.html

If you scroll past the top 100 names for E&W combined you'll find the top 100 in Wales only.

Welsh names in that list include:
Mali
Ffion
Alys
Seren
Megan
Eira
Cadi
Lowri
Nia
Eleri
Elin
Efa
Gwen
Nansi

Trends seem similar to elsewhere in the UK in that shorter, vowel heavy names are popular.

I know an Efa and and Eira both of which I think are lovely.

I am not keen on Seren.

Bronwen, Eluned, Elin, Mair, Mari, Olwyn, Teleri, Eirwen, Eira, Awen, Menai or Menna.

I have a Carys.

I also have a Celyn.

Eleri and Megan are "safe"

I love Ffion, Tesni, Seren, Iola (but probably difficult to pronounce looking at it), Eleri

Betsan
I would have had Angharad but had 2 boys!
Elin

Medi, Gwenno, Anest

Just had a quick look on DD’s class list
Mali
Nia
Megan
Ffion

My personal favourite is Eleri but was put off by reading on a names board that it rhymes with celery (it doesn’t!).

I love Betsan, but then if I think too much about it it sounds like an antiseptic cream.

Non and Betsan. No pronunciation issues and both pretty.

@tywysoges how is it pronounced? Lovely looking name

Ell-AIRY

I used to work with a Llinos but no-one could pronounce her name.

I also know an Alys, who pronounces it AY-liss.

@Piptastic what Blyatiful said - I would have said eh-LEH-ri but her version is probably a closer match. I’m terrible at transcribing sounds, but the stress is in the penultimate syllable (I don’t speak Welsh but think that’s the standard stressed syllable for Welsh).

Mabli

I love Ffion, Meredith (nickname Eadie) and I quite like Manon

@Piptastic, it's El-erry not El-airy.

Yes I wouldn't go for Tarian, it's the name of the organised crime unit in South Wales for a start

I don't any Sians under about 25 but may just be my area.

@Blyatiful, It's definitely El-eh-ri. Rhymes with Ceri and sherry.

@SpottyOrange

I love Ffion, Tesni, Seren, Iola (but probably difficult to pronounce looking at it), Eleri

I had Iola (Yola) on my list. Wondered if she would always be saying no its Yola not I-ola

Eleri rhymes with Kerry and Terry - EL-erry. It can sound a little like 'EL-airy in some accents.

Olwyn isn't a name, it's the Welsh word for wheel and a misspelling of Olwen. In Welsh 'wen' names are feminine and 'wyn' names masculine. So Gwen for a girl and Gwyn for a boy.

It's quite common for wen names to be misspelled and mispronounced as 'wyn'. A relative has a wen name and gets this a lot.