Girls name help - sister for Elin

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We are expecting our second DD in a couple of months and struggling to pick a name. Our first DD is called Elin (DH is Welsh but we live in England).

We love both love Seren or Robin but worried they are too similar to Elin - what do you think? (Also love Erin but that is definitely out!)

Any other suggestions?

Elin and Alys
Elin and Catrin
Elin and Mali
Elin and Siwan
Elin and Angharad

Seren rhymes a bit with Elin, but I think the look and overall sound of the name is different enough. I like that it’s also Welsh.
Personally don’t like Robin, but again I think it’s ok with Elin.
There are lots of great Welsh girl names. I love Mabli, Nansi, Eleri, Eira and Betrys

I love Seren.

Elin and

Eira
Medi
Mabli
Cadi
Iola
Lowri
Manon

Ooh Nansi, love that one!

Serena?

I don't have any suggestions, but I just wanted to say that I love the name Elin! It is a common name in Scandinavia, I didn't know that it's a Welsh name too. Very interesting!

Thanks so much for all your responses and suggestions!

Some really lovely suggestions (sadly quite a few are also the names of friends/ family) but really helpful to hear your thoughts. Particularly love Alys, Mabli, Manon and Nansi

and thank you, @SkaneTos , we love Elin too! Out of interest, how is it pronounced in Scandinavia? I think it may be slightly different in Welsh (we pronounce it as El-in)

Love both Elin and Seren but they do sound very similar (which is probably why I like them both!) Other Welsh names I like include Tanith, Eira and Gwen.

Arian or Eirian? Was at uni with a Welsh speaker called Eirian, lovely name

Nia?

Nansi
Eleri
Mali
Cali
Cari
Alys
Bethan

I love Seren but agree it doesn’t go well with Elin.
Mali is my fave ♥️

Elin and Seren don't rhyme.
Arian is awful. It's 'Money'

Oh I love Elin. My great grandmother was an Elin and had a sister called Mari.

Elin and:
Mali
Alys
Tesni
Mabli
Nia
Cadi
Catrin

Mari would go and is nice. I also like Mared.

Seren doesn't sound like Elin. Go for it. I think they go well together

I'm not good at phonetics or explaining pronounciation, but I would say that in Sweden we pronounce the name Elin like "Eh-linn", so it might be similar to the Welsh way.

I think they are too similar but what about Ffion which has a slightly different sound? It’s lovely

They rhyme exactly!

@SkaneTos , the Welsh Elin has the same ending as the Swedish version, but the first syllable is El like in Ella, Ellie etc

@continentallentil , they don't rhyme at all. One ends in an enn sound, and the other in an eenn sound (short ee), and

They don't rhyme

El -lyn
Su- ren

Those pronunciations are anglecised @RuthW .
They are EL-in (i like the y in daisy) and SERR-enn in Welsh.