Arian?

[Dhekaksnsjellfv]

This is the only name we can agree on, what do you think?

I have met a handful of Welsh people called Arian - all would be in their 30-50s now.

"I have met a handful of Welsh people called Arian - all would be in their 30-50s now."

Wow! Not a new thing then! I don't understand how I haven't met any if they're around that age.

@2024theplot oh I’m glad you know some too!

I was doubting myself for a minute there, we are in the south and there’s been a few we’ve met too

Other than one, these were all people from around the South too, perhaps it's regional.

Thanks everyone. Interesting to hear the aryan concerns.
I’m surprised though as it isn’t spelt or pronounced the same way.

It's beautiful.

I’m Welsh and don’t know any Arians here. It means money so I think would be an unusual name. I did teach a little boy called Arian once - he was Indian. I don’t remember how he spelt it but It was pronounced the same way as in welsh, not like Aryan.

Just to add that we aren’t in Wales or welsh heritage.
it is a name from our culture but I think it’s an established name in quite a lot of places

I immediately thought Hitler, sorry OP.

No, it’s useful to know.
is that because you’re pronouncing it aryan? Or you just thought that anyway?

I think both - I (wrongly) assumed it is pronounced Aryan but even the spelling just makes me think of the nazi connotations.

It's not a name just a collection of random letters. Whatever you call your child will remain with them all their lives. Please consider whether they will be mocked or bullied at school because of the name you have saddled them with

@DogsAreBetterThanHusbands ,In Welsh, it's ARR-yann. (2 syllables). As others have pointed out, it's the word for money and silver.

It's like calling a child Money or Cash.

It's not a name
a few comments like this, which seem really odd to me. You not knowing a name, doesn’t mean the name doesn’t exist.

and this too..
Please consider whether they will be mocked or bullied at school because of the name you have saddled them with
im literally asking about the name? What part of that implies I’m not considering the name?

these comments aren’t helpful.

@Startrekkeruniverse thank you that’s useful to know. I wondered if people were just pronouncing it wrong and that was the issue. Dh says as soon as you meet DS, you will see him and he will introduce himself / we will introduce him and it will be clear that his name is not aryan and there are no nazi connotations. Where we live is quite ethnically diverse too so I suspect a lot of people will already know the name. But I agree it’s definitely something I would worry about. Though it does seem unfair as I say it isn’t spelt or pronounced the same, and it’s a lovely name.

I didn’t know it was cash in Welsh, so that’s good to know. We aren’t Welsh so I’m not too concerned about that one. There’s lots of British names that don’t quite sound right in other languages, but this is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find out by posting so thank you

"i"s and "y"s are very often swapped Bryan Brian for an easy example

It's not very important, but it means money, not just cash which is 'arian parod' (literally 'ready money').

@Dhekaksnsjellfv , if you go into a bank in Wales, the word appears on signs.
It's not a British name.

Really no. Even if you are of Indian heritage, why would you choose a name that could cause offense or make you look ignorant of what happened in WW2.

It's a bit like Myra. Beautiful name, provided you haven't heard of Myra Hindley.

As I said it’s not pronounced or spelt the same, and it has a long standing history and tradition in my culture. I suppose I’d also (perhaps wrongly) assume anyone I met couldn’t possibly be so ignorant to not be aware of ww2 or the connotations of aryan, and so if I misread the name Arian and assumed it was Aryan, I’d probably also assume It was more likely that I was wrong, rather than that they were being offensive.

it has been very useful to see that not everyone agrees with me though and lots of people would still assume it’s Aryan anyway.

Hear what you’re saying but if you have to explain it doesn’t work

I know 2 little Arians in London both of Indian heritage, living in predominantly south Asian communities so the name doesn’t cause any issues for them. It’s a nice name.

Ds has a friend with this name and it hasn't caused any issues but he is at a multi-cultural school.

Pardon?! So because it's not a name in your language it's not a name?!
Wow....