Welsh name ideas

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Hi there

We are expecting our first baby soon. We live in wales and though I am English DH is welsh (not welsh speaking) and thought as baby would be born in wales be nice to have a welsh name. However, we want something we can pronounce and spell.

We are having a surprise and set with the girls name Elinor.

We have told family we like the boys name Huw but have had mixed reactions. Anymore welsh boy names ideas that are easy to pronounce.

Thank you!

I like Dylan, Lewis and the more unusual Bedo

Love the name Huw.

Dylan's a confusing one as Welsh and English pronunciations are different.

Others that I like:

Lloyd
Aled
Tomos

Congratulations! Dafi is a nice welsh name, as is Cai, Penri, Rhys, Bobi.

Love Elinor! My half-Welsh DD is Enid.

For boys I liked Rhys, Wyn, Idris and Rhodri.

Thank you some great suggestions!
I like wyn
Yes Dylan we thought would cause an issue I say it the English way and DH says it the welsh way.
I still really like Huw but was told "it's a bit old man like" but then most names in fashion are these days such as Arthur and Charles ect

Elinor is gorgeous.

Tomos
Macsen
Osian
Idris
Harri
Ioan

Sorry Huw reminds me of the middle aged news reader ( great newsreader btw)
I forgotten Idris, that’s lovely, Arthur is sweet too

Whereabouts in Wales are you?

Huw is a great name. If you love it, use it.

Other suggestions
Aled
Rhys/Reece
Gareth
Emlyn
Emyr
Dewi
Cadfael

North wales

Emrys

Thanks, but that doesn't narrow it down much. Are you in an area where you don't hear much Welsh?

Rhydian, Rhys, Rhodri, Ioan, Evan, Macsen, Aled. I like Huw though - I know a fab one who's about 12.

Elis
Idris
Osian
Gruff

My favourite boys name is Emrys. Easy to spell and say. I also like Rhys but it’ll end up always pronounced like Reece and I really don’t like that. Idris is nice and simple too.

off the top of my head these are the names that we come across most often

Morgan
Elian
Osian - though I heard it pronounced oh sharn by someone English the other day
Emrys - looks easy but I’d be worried about people saying Em Rees
Emlyn
Elis
Owen
iwan
deri
Evan - not strictly Welsh but there’s quite a lot about!
Joseff
Aled
Huw is a fab name but it’s not pronounced the same as Hugh
Jac
Harri / Hari
Lewis
Arwel
Marc
Cai
Gethin
Glyn
Owain
Stef
Steffan
Tomos

Thank you!
I do like Elis
It's nice and simple
But even then I'm thinking

Huw Elis sounds lovely.
Now thinking we should stick with our gut even with the old man comments

Huw Elis Surname is nice. I think Huw was quite popular in the second half of the 20th century, but it's not as middle aged as Dylan, which is very 1960s/70s - Dylan Wyn even more so.

The reason why I asked where you are was more to do with whether or not the name would be popular/old-fashioned/tricky in the area.

My suggestion would be to go for something like David Gwilym or David Gwyn if right on the border, to avoid spelling & pronunciation issues, or to use an anglicised name like Evan, Vaughan, Owen or Lloyd.

Love Huw

Aled
Dewi
Mascen
Osain

I think Mascen andOsain are typos.
Macsen is nice but currently popular when it was previously not really used. Doesn't sound great when said as Maxun
Idris was hardly used until fairly recently, and Idris/Idriss (islamic) is also suddenly popular.
Osian - great but I know so many of them
Gethin - I also know a lot of these and they are not babies.

My BF listened to her family and changed the name of her DS and regretted it for years. I'd stick with Huw. Huw Elis is lovely

That's motivated us to stick with Huw.
Huw Elis

Ah that's great. You've chosen such lovely names and it sounds as though he'll be a real cutie

We wanted a Welsh name and I loved Elinor! We had boys so didn't get to use it but did use some of the names from this thread. Everyone will get used to the name so go with whatever you feel is the right choice.

I love Auryn, I'm not Welsh but it was on my list because I love it some much. My son is called Eben and someone told me that the welsh version is Ebon, which is also nice.