Is it too unique?

[kaezarose]

Okay guys here's the thing. My first daughter sort of chose her own name. I just knew it was meant to be her name. And I feel like that's happened now I'm pregnant with my second daughter. I really like the name but I worry it's just too different. I've done a lot of research and a lot of things say it's masculine but equally enough say gender neutral so I'm torn. The name is Elwynn and my oldest's name is Aurora. I love how the names sound together and Elwynn sounds great with our surname. Are there any names that give this vibe? ~ not Elowen because at that point I would just use Elwynn.

It's a lot better than I thought it was going to be from your thread title! Unless you live somewhere where people will constantly thinking your child is a boy until they meet her I wouldn't worry. Nothing can be "too unique" btw - it's either unique or it's not; it doesn't mean the same as unusual.

Elwyn is a very commonly used boys name in Wales

Evelyn?

It's perfectly nice but feels a little flat and dull to my ears alongside Aurora which is such a big, grand sounding name. How about Elodie, Araminta or Rosalia?

Arwen
Anwen
Eluned (El lin ed)

I thought Elwynn was a boys name.

So no, not unique at all

It’s nice. Definitely not as bad as I thought it would be!

How did your first choose her name?

It isn't unique, it is a boy's name.

I’m English and even I know that it’s a Welsh boys name.
The suffix -wyn is masculine. -Wen is the female equivalent

Do you have any Welsh connections?

honestly it will make you look a bit ignorant and is basically the equivalent of calling your DD Hamish or Fraser

The only Elwyn I've ever known was male. Elowen is far nicer imo....

If you're going to use it, you only need the one N. Why would you use two? What purpose does the extra N serve?

If you don't mind giving your daughter a male Welsh name (assume you're not Welsh), then go for it. It's a nice name.

But it's not at all unique if that's what you're after.

Evelyn is a beautiful name. Eve/Evie for short. Go that route.

I have to admit to not having heard of it before, so didn't know it was more of a boys name. I like to sound of Aurora and Elwynn together. I think though the last N will be missed a lot and she'll probably be Ellie or Winnie at school. So it depends if those things would annoy you.

Are you Welsh? Just so you know, that’s not how it’s spelled, and it’s a male name normally. I’m not sure that it goes with Aurora, tbh.

How does a baby choose their own name? I’m intrigued

Definitely a boys name. I mean I know a girl called Timmie (not a nickname) so guess you could call her a boys name.

Can’t you have Alwen or Anwen which are girls names?

How about Branwen?

I live in Wales and love welsh names, as someone else said - it's a well-known boys name here with one 'n'. 'wyn' names are male and 'wen' is female. We went with a very quirky name for our son (as in only 13 of that name registered in the UK that year kind of quirky) but it is a well-known male name in another country. So in relation to your OP the quirkiness wouldn't bother me at all but the giving an established boys name to a girl would be a trickier one for me to reason out. As others have said, over here it would be a bit like calling your daughter Robert or David.

There's a boy Elwyn in my daughters class. I have a friend with a girl toddler Elowen. To me one is a male name, the other a female name, so I don't understand why you say you'd not use Elowen (fair enough if you just like the name though).

Evelyn. Arwen.

Elwyn is lovely for a boy.

Maybe your unborn child is telling you he's a boy.

Never heard of the name before but as a side note its not uncommon to use what people class as a boys name for a girl and vice versa. Maybe you could start a new trend. Anyhow I think it's lovely and it's your child as long as its not a name that they will be bullied for then there's nothing wrong with it.

Boys name , David Cameron’s son is called Elwyn, not sure why that’s relevant , just remember the press coverage .