Welsh names

[Sorrento79]

We're expecting our first baby in dec/jan
My partner is welsh and so were my grandparents and we are looking into welsh names
they really like dafyd, which is a good name in wales but I suspect may become daffy like the duck in england
welsh girls names seem easier somehow, more familiar/easy spelling and pronunciation, so any ideas for boy names?

Rhys Owain Evan Geraint Sion Ioan

I doubt that they like Dafyd, seeing as it's not a name.

Dewi is due a comeback.

Dafydd has no ff sound in it so would end up like daffy the duck. It usually gets shortened to daf which sounds like Dav. Many English people find it hard to say and say David or Davvid though so might be a tricky one if you live in England

other welsh boy names you could consider are
Dylan
Aled
Owen
Gethin
Idris
Rhys
Efan
Hari
Cai
Elis
Iwan
Tomos
Osian
Jac

Sorry that should say wouldnt end up like daffy the duck

Love welsh names. I was born there but now live in England.

My DD is Cerys.

Boy names we considered were;

Owen (love)
Hywel
Huw

Some similar threads:
Welsh name ideas | Mumsnet
Boys names you could say in Welsh and English | Mumsnet
there are probably other ones too

I think people will know how to say Huw.

If I’d have had a boy Id have likely gone with Emrys. It’s easy to say and spell in England too.

Iolo
Ieuan
Gwyn
Rhodri

are all nice. Of those, probably Gwyn is the only one which would be reliably correctly pronounced in England though.

Wyn, Tomos (Welsh for Thomas), Gwylim (Welsh for William), Osian, Elis, Iwan and Llewellyn

I like Bryn for boy Seren for girl.

Why not use a family Welsh name?

Daffydd is a lovely name! Dav for short. Meirion.

Nye is a great name and is a Welsh name in its own right, not just an abbreviation, as many think. Deri is another nice one.

@Ritasueandbobtoo9 , It's Dafydd, not Daffydd or Dafyd.
@Mamofteenager , Gwilym not Gwylim. Llywelyn or Llywelyn not Llewellyn
@marshmallowfinder , try pronouncing Nye as if it was a Welsh word! It is occasionally used as a name, but isn't a Welsh language name

I really like:

Osian
Tomos
Macsen
Ioan
Idris
Emrys
Harri

They're not saying it properly, mostly! Just as 'Hugh'!

I like Taliesin
Caradog
Eifion
Gruffydd
Meredydd
Bedwyr
Ceri
Gethin
Ieuan
Geraint

Nye is not a Welsh name.

I think people will know how to say Huw

Not the Welsh way they don't.

Emrys and Bryn are my faves.

I have a Gruffydd , shortened to Gruff ( pronounced Griff like Griff Rhys Jones)

@KnickerlessParsons ,@Whataretheodds It was my attempt at a topical joke It's like someone who sounds the Ls at the end of words as Ws saying Hill. South Walians tend to say it as Hugh.

@DaNiYmaOHyd I know.

@Sorrento79 , which girls' names do you like?

Eleri
Ffion
Megan
Myfanwy

@DaNiYmaOHyd

Well i work with Daffydd spelt like that so maybe you are not always right?