Ann-Harrod

[HollyCanDoAnything]

I used to work with a lady who gave her daughter this name. Had never hear it before, or since, and always wondered if she'd just made it up to try to sound "posh"

Anyone ever come across this before?

I've also heard of women called sigh-o-ban - spelled Siobhan, of course!

Indeed - I bet she'd be really anry!

@SeanBeansMealDeal Haha. Indeed! She is extremely patriotic and will defend the 'ng' sound in her name to the hilt.

@harrietm87

Yes, i was familiar with the name before i posted. Familiar with a name that is pronounced differently and spelt differently to the one i'm asking about, which is why i started the thread.

And yes, i saw it written down. Ann-Harrod" Hyphenated, and spelt like the shop. Written on the back of the photos she was showing us.

Maybe she liked the name Ann-Harrod. People have different tastes.
It's more mellifluous than Ann-Selfridge.

In Welsh there's no g in it. The ng is one letter, and it's not an n-g/ng-g sound.

I know, I'm Welsh too and I know how to pronounce Angharad. The g isn't silent, it's what makes the ng sound next to the n. I wouldn't call that a silent g.

I wish people wouldn't take names from other cultures/languages if they don't know how to pronounce them.

@KnickerlessParsons , I meant that in Welsh NG is one letter so there is no G in it. The letters are A NG H A R A D not A N G H A R A D.

I wish people wouldn't take names from other cultures/languages if they don't know how to pronounce them. The trouble is that they think they do. I don't think the names sound nice other than in Welsh.
I think the same about names from other cultures/languages too.

With that spelling? Really? Not Angharad?

According to the registry going back to 1996 there are no babies that have been registered with this name and so I suspect the OP made a mistake and misheard the name Angharad and is now doubling down..

@user18 , @HollyCanDoAnything posted
This was in the early eighties, when people generally used "real names" for their kids. Very unusual at the time to come across something like that. That's why it's stuck in my mind for so long.

Ah ok, apologies I missed that and didn’t go back that far

I can remember that one too. Wonder how baby Cyan is now?

I thought that they don't release names now when there has been fewer than 3 registered in a year?

No, the name is still listed for the year, but they don’t give numbers. Or in that’s what happened in 2012, when DS was born. His name appeared on the stats but without a number of babies registered - he may have been the only one.

@KnickerlessParsons , I meant that in Welsh NG is one letter so there is no G in it. The letters are A NG H A R A D not A N G H A R A D.

I think we're saying the same thing in different ways. The g affects the pronunciation, so it's not ann harod.

Angharad is not pronounced Ann-Harrod, that's how English people say it but it's not right
It's more like Ang (as in Angry) har (as in Harry) ad (like add)

My daughter was the only one with her name born in the year so they must do. According to the statistics. It was quite something to be able to tell her she will never have someone else in her class of the same name unless they’ve come from abroad!

I think OP is doubling down…..

Oh wow. I worked with a Sian, pronounced Cyan. It must be the same one surely. Doomed. To. Every. Day. Correct. People.

what were her parents thinking???

I did once see it spelt
"Fyngharad"
which kind of makes sense...

The root of the name is car- = love

The mutation of c to ngh is caused by the intensifier 'an' which adds the element 'very, much, great', not by the first person possessive pronoun 'fy' meaning 'my'.

So the meaning is 'much loved, greatly loved, well-beloved'.

@KnickerlessParsons , not really, I'm saying there's no G in it, you're saying there is. It's like arguing if Åse starts with A; strictly speaking, it doesn't.
Many would write Åsa as Aose, so they would say it does.

This.