Thoughts on Dylan? Open to other Welsh boy names suggestions

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I'm really liking Dylan more and more, and love the meaning behind it too.
I've been trying to find a Welsh boys name that works well in England (no ruining of pronunciation), we live in the south east but my mum's family are Welsh so would love to honour the heritage with a name without ruining it with English accents 😂

My son is called Tomos. But Tom for short.

Names in his class include Taliesin. But Tally for short.

Other names easy to pronounce… Sean, Gareth, Geraint, Dafydd, Dai

I like Dylan.
I also love:
Meirion
Alun
Osian
Owain

How are you pronouncing Dylan?!

Rhodry

I like Dylan :)

Also like Elis, I'm in the south west and noone mispronounces it.

After posting I've since read some more posts and realised I definitely pronounce it the English way 😅 how does it differ? I've actually realised I've never heard a Welsh person say Dylan

I like it

My nephew is a Dylan,he's fantastic.Have had it misspelt as Dillon a handful of times in his 18 yrs.Dont know how as we live in the Welsh valleys but still.

I like Dylan, Tomos and Owen. I also love Llyr.

Pronounced Dill-an.

rhys

Tomos

Griff

Harri

Owen

Cai

Ceri

Evan

Ceri being my favourite.

A good friend's son is a Dylan. She has often complained that people misspell it, e.g. Dilon, Dillon.

It's my DH name, he's from North Wales and it's pronounced dull-ann instead of dil-ann xxx

Dylan had a real moment in the mid 2000s- it seemed every other baby boy born to slightly alternative parents was called Dylan.

My personal opinion is that if you use a non-English name, it’s important to use the original pronunciation instead of the anglicisation. Appreciate Dylan, like Caitlín, is probably a lost cause at this stage, but I wouldn’t use a minority language name and then not use their pronunciation.

Efor (think its Ivan in English?) or Yolin?

Not quite. English pronunciation is more like dill-unn
welsh pronunciation is dull-ann but the /a/ is like the /a/ in cat. English people really struggle with this. Especially as the emphasis is on the first syllable.

How does he spell it? A U is an I in Welsh. My old neighbour is called Dulan, pronounced Dillan.

Aled

For Dylan most non-Welsh will think (wrongly) that they know how to pronounce it.

Aled, Marc, Owen, Elis, Wyn, Bryn - all straightforward pronunciation though may be mispelled

Rhodri, Huw, Hefin, Morgan, Rhys, Sion, pronunciation likely won't be quite right but may be near enough.

I like Nye (short for Aneurin)

I also like
Ifor
Ifan
Ieuan
Iestyn

Owain, Alun, Llŷr, Llewelyn, Tudur, Dylan, will all be mispronounced at first/by some.

There was a contestant on an afternoon game show this past week called Llyr, he spent the whole show being called Clear. He explained how it was pronounced, presenter almost got it then immediately reverted to Clear.

I like it

I really like Idris and I like Gawain both of which work fine in England

I have a Dylan, I’m Welsh but live in England. I personally love the name

That's how they say it in Ireland too

Dylan is nice - I like Gethin