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Cornish Girls Names

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lizzielu · 02/06/2008 17:03

We are looking to give our DD2 a Cornish
name (DH's roots) but do not live England anymore, so I've no idea of what's popular in Cornwall. I currently like Tamara or Tamsin, but I've also heard Zena is Cornish but I can't find any info on the internet. Can anyone from Cornwall confirm this?

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cheesesarnie · 02/07/2008 11:19

piran is very popular here atm.theres a few morwenas,kerensa,lowennas.also demelza,denzil,gorran,hendra,jago,jory(cornish versio of george),jowan,and tigger(means pretty or beutiful)

cheesesarnie · 02/07/2008 11:20

emjking-where in cornwall are you?were north cornwall.

cheesesarnie · 02/07/2008 11:43

sorry i put boys and girls.whoops

Inquisitive · 02/07/2008 11:52

I think Zillah is Cornish?

Kara is the Cornish word for love.

Remotew · 02/07/2008 12:00

Some lovely names on these lists. Love Kayna.

HuwEdwards · 02/07/2008 12:03

Pasty

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lizzielu · 02/07/2008 18:40

We are still deciding between Tamara, Tamsin or Tegen.
What do all you all think of Tegen? (Pronounced Teg - un).

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Flum · 02/07/2008 22:20

Lowenna is lovely. A girl with that name did my nails in Cornwall in May and I have loved it ever since.... got it in running for dd3, but DH not persuaded - yet.

greenelizabeth · 02/07/2008 22:42

Tegen is nice.

KassieB · 11/08/2008 21:55

Kerensa is actually Cornish for love. wil spend whole life spelling it but it is worth it everytime you tell someone new what your name is and the reaction is always " that is a beautiful nam"

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emjking · 23/08/2008 10:30

hi cheesesarnie, we live in south cornwall by the lizard, we moved here last autumn.
the book we had said to pronounce elowen- el-low-en but have also seen it as el-lo-wen and el-low-an

serin · 23/08/2008 20:37

Buriana.

Irish princess who travelled to Cornwall with St Piran.

swans22 · 13/03/2010 13:45

Zennor is a cornish name. Not Zena. Althought I have also seen it spelt Zenna or Zennah. But the spelling is usually Zennor, like the village.

Bunsouttheoven · 13/03/2010 13:58

My dd is Elowen (El -o-wen), I love it (of course) & dd is complimented on it all the time.!

mathanxiety · 13/03/2010 21:26

This thread started in June 08...

FatSeal · 15/03/2010 10:19

Kerensa gets my vote, I've loved it ever since I heard it (DH veto though )

jurisfictionoperative · 06/04/2010 05:11

What about Clowance as in Poldark? I know this thread is hopelessly out of date, but its my favourite and I had to add it!

JaMmRocks · 06/04/2010 19:31

Why has this been bumped?!

Er - Clowance is a timeshare estate near here, wouldn't go down too well as a name

kaymarie · 04/04/2013 06:05

Does anyone know if Kensa is pretty rare in cornwall? Have you met a kensa before? It sounds like a shortened Kerensa to me

mewkins · 05/04/2013 20:37

Morwenna is a lovely name.

Branwalather7 · 28/05/2013 21:06

Sum proper Cornish names here: www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/bodmin/celtic.htm#Celtic

Turniptwirl · 28/05/2013 21:09

I love Merryn, it jumped out at me immediately

I used to know a Loveday, not sure if she had Cornish roots, at the time I just thought her parents must've been hippies!

LD10 · 28/06/2013 22:12

I'm called Loveday! Not strictly Cornish myself, but Cornish is in my family in the not so distant past and lived there since I was 7. So nice to have such a different name :)