Lowri?

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Currently my favourite out of my shortlist. Welsh name, though she'll be mostly English, living in England. Pronounced Low-ree (as in opposite of high). Thoughts?

It’s a lovely name
I know girls called both Lowri and Lawri
Lowri pronounced like low
Lawri to rhyme with cow
Both pretty and user friendly names
And you have to explain once to people how your name is pronounced . It’s not hard.

Whoops! I've been pronouncing it completely wrong. 😳

Same thought.

I think it's a lovely name. I instinctively said Low - ree when I knew it was a Welsh first name. I think of the artist as a totally different name.

It is a lovely name. We have at least one on the thread.

I'm Welsh and when I say Lowri it rhymes with cow.

Makes me think of Bad Boys, Mike Lowry. That’s not necessarily a bad thing!

@KnickerlessParsons , if it was pronounced to rhyme with cow it would be Lawri.

That's not what all the Lowris I know would say.

All of them? All the Owens say their names to thyme with Cow-en as well, I suppose.

I've never heard of it before, It's lovely 😊

Lovely name, my sisters is spelt Lowrie

I always read this in my head as law (rhyming with bough) ree. I like it both ways to be honest!

@DemBonesDemBones , the 'ow' is the same as in Owen.

I see that now! Just saying I've always read it wrong!

Lovely name - here in Scotland I know a few people with the surname Lowrie pronounced to rhyme with dowry, so I'd probably get it wrong first time. Nice to learn the proper Welsh pronunciation

There is a Lowri in DDs school. Unfortunately the kids all call her "Larry"

Is it a Welsh pronunciation for law and bough to rhyme? Bough rhymes with cow for me, and law has the same vowel sound as raw or paw or lore or shore.

I don't know the name, but would have pronounced it Low-ri like the painter, or the verb 'to lower at someone' (look sullen or threateningly) or the adjective 'lowery' meaning dark and thundery.

But of course once I was told how to pronounce it I would have no trouble doing an Anglicized version of it.

None of these. 'Low' as in 'not high'

Someone upthread said that 'law' rhymed with 'bough'. Not that this name did. And I was confused, because 'law' and 'bough' have completely different sounds to me. 'Bough' rhymes with 'cow'. 'Law' rhymes with 'raw' and 'pore' and 'poor'.

@Ontopofthesunset , the 'Low' part doesn't rhyme with Law or Bough.
If it rhymed with Bough, the name would be Lawri. You don't really get the 'ough' and 'aw' sounds in Welsh.

No, I don't. That's why I asked.

But of course once I was told how to pronounce it I would have no trouble doing an Anglicized version of it.
Low - ow like in Owen
ri like the ''ry' in Harry

@Ontopofthesunset , I say like in Owen, because the sound is shorter than in Low.

The same sort of thing applies to 'ei' in names like Eira/Meirion etc the Ei is shorter than the Ay sound.