A Welsh middle name for Alice

[LolaBumble]

Another thread from me! Please help me decide on a Welsh middle name

Yseult? I really like Seren but think it would be better as Seren Alys/Alice. Anghara Alice or Alice Nia also work

Yseult isn't Welsh @Londonmummy66 . The Welsh form is Esyllt, which is lovely.

Other suggestions:
Menai
Elliw
Heulwen

More suggestions: Llywela, Buddug, Morfydd, Dyddgu, Gaenor, Sioned, Mair/Meira

If you have links to somewhere that has a pretty river name, you could use that as a middle name.

Seasonal middle names: Haf, Mai, Medi, Hefin (boy's name but might work as a middle name)

Nansi.

I love the name Mair (Welsh for Mary) pronounce My-a. I think that would work well. Bronwen or Angharad would work well too. I also agree with spelling Alice as Alys if you want to go full Welsh.

@ginasevern , Mair is not pronounced My-a. It's like Myra without the a.

Sorry yes it is, I missed the "r" out!

I can't see your list but I think these pair well

Alice Mair
Alice Gwen
Alice Catrin

I'd possibly consider the Welsh spelling of Alys too.

I'd go for a single syllable name - Mai, Mair or Haf . Have you considered the Welsh spelling - Alys ?

If you pronounce it to rhyme with Celery you’re saying it wrong. Eleri is pronounced El-AIR-y.

Alice has two syllables and most suggestions have two syllables so I'd go for something that has one (Gwen, Nia, Sian) or three (Eleri, Ceriab, Angharad).

Your suggestions are nice! My friend named her baby Mabli and I think it's gorgeous.

I voted for Erin because I love that name. However I agree with some others that Alice Ffion sounds lovely.

@TheBlueRobin , Nia is 2 syllables.

@ginasevern , it's My with a R at the end. One syllable.

@KitKatKrums , Eleri is pronounced El-ERR-y. Rhymes with Ceri/Kerry.

Alice Ffion does sound nice. I haven't suggested some names I like (Annest, Nest, Tesni, Betsan ... ) because of the ss sound being in Alice, but middle names aren't used much.

Alys Mallt is nice.

I love the name Rhiannon, but out of the options I like Seren best.

I was going to suggest Myfanwy too!

Moonflower12 · 14/01/2026 21:08
I love Myfanwy but I think it’s considered quite dated now?
It hasn't been much used in the last 85 or so years.
I can think of 3 who are younger than that, but 2 of them are of partly Welsh heritage. One of them insists it's pronounced Miff-ann-way.

Thank you all!! Given me a lot to think about. Think the suggestions of a one syllable middle name are good. Perhaps Mai or Fflur… Ffion is my absolute fave but my eldest’s name haha xx

I think that 2 A's sounds good'
Alice Angharad.

I wouldn't use Mai because it is like May - overused as a middle name.

Single syllable names I can think of:
Siân
Mai
Haf
Mair
Mallt
Gwen
Gwawr
Glain
Nest
Non
Fflur
Ffraid
Grug
Swyn

Unisex:
Wyn
Gwyn
Glyn
Gwern
Llwyd
Rhys
Prys
Clwyd
Hedd

** most of the unisex ones are boys' names but could be used as middle names

Actually the suggestion of Nia is growing on me! Alice Nia? 🤔 I feel like that goes

Try saying it out loud with the surname. @LolaBumble .
Alice Bumble, Alice Nia Bumble, Alice N. Bumble, A. N. Bumble, ANB.

Angharad goes nicely with Alice.

The options in your poll don’t seem very Welsh to me.

@dontletmedownbruce , other than Erin they are all Welsh.
Seren - Welsh for 'Star'
Mali - Welsh equivalent of Molly
Eleri - Welsh equivalent of Hilary
Mabli - Welsh equivalent of Mabel

All are popular as first names.

Seren, (yes, ‘for star’ if you’re into that), is hugely popular everywhere.

There have been abundant Erins moving through high schools in the last ten years. Both Erin and Seren became peak fashion names about a generation ago.

Mali, to me, is a country in Africa 🇲🇱. If it’s now been commandeered as a name, then it’s certainly not a traditional one.

Mabli sounds similarly ‘new’ and is a bit too close to Chablis.