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Welsh names

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Sorrento79 · 20/07/2023 13:20

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?

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DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 14:48

It's the Welsh word for toy @SuePine69 .

Ceryss · 29/07/2023 14:55

I have a Steffan, would have been Alys if a girl.

sophieliz · 29/07/2023 16:44

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 14:30

There's nothing wrong with Welsh spelling or pronunciation, @GettingStuffed, it's phonetic!

Ieuan is pretty much impossible to get right unless you speak Welsh. It's nearer YEY-ann. You might hear Yigh-un (from non-speakers).
Ffion is FEE-onn, but might get spelt as Fionn or Fion.
Dafydd - RTFT. Smile

@sophieliz , I'm trying to imagine a very Welsh double-barrelled surname, ap Iorwerth-ap Rhydderch or something more like Morgan-Parry.Smile

Haha no, it's probably just really Welsh to me as I'm English. It's Allen-Jones so Violet is off our baby name list at VAJ as the initials just isn't right 😂😂

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 17:20

I thought Allen was english and Allan was scottish. It's not welsh.
Bowen seems a bit strange as a first name - it's a surname, son of Owen, like Owens. Rhydderch is nice, but probably wouldn't travel well.

sophieliz · 29/07/2023 17:45

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 17:20

I thought Allen was english and Allan was scottish. It's not welsh.
Bowen seems a bit strange as a first name - it's a surname, son of Owen, like Owens. Rhydderch is nice, but probably wouldn't travel well.

Right

sophieliz · 29/07/2023 17:50

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 17:20

I thought Allen was english and Allan was scottish. It's not welsh.
Bowen seems a bit strange as a first name - it's a surname, son of Owen, like Owens. Rhydderch is nice, but probably wouldn't travel well.

Everyone I've spoken to has said Allen-Jones sounds like a very welsh last name. I also like the name Bowen due to its links to Owain Glyndwr but each to there own

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 17:52

I like Owen and Elis, and Steffan, but Steffan because I know two really nice Steffans. Arthur said the Welsh way is great.

DaNiYmaOHyd · 29/07/2023 17:58

I can't argue with you about what people say to you. Jones certainly sounds welsh, but it makes me think of Bridget Jones and Samantha Jones

You'd need to explain the link to Owain Glyndwr to me.

DaNiYmaOHyd · 31/07/2023 07:54

You can find where surnames are most popular using this link:
named - Map your surname across the UK (publicprofiler.org)

Allen seems to be most popular in the midlands and south of England and Northern Ireland, and Allan in Scotland.

Might be useful if you are planning on using a surname as a first name.

named - Map your surname across the UK

named - Map your surname across the UK. Find out where your surname is unusually popular, or where we think you might have met your partner.

https://named.publicprofiler.org/

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