Welsh baby names

[ethanchristopher]

I cant decide between these 5 names

Seryn (welsh for star)
Lowri
Eleri
Iola
Carys

They are all lovely... but...

Lowri (Low-ree)is likely to be mispronounced as 'Lowry' (as in L.S.)

My middle name is Eleri and it is usually mispronounced as 'Ellery' (as in Ellery Queen).

Agree with differentID - correct spelling is Seren (Seh-ren).

Iola is pronounced Eeo-la/Eeol-a not like the Scottish Iona.

Carys is pretty as is Cerys - both difficult to mispronounce I think.

agree with bronze too. mine is a very, very common name but has different spellings so I am always having to tell people how to spell it. same with my surname lol

I like all of your choices actually.
and I don't think a welsh first name and english second name is a problem at all. my boys both have real mixes

I also have a well known welsh name and have spent my whole life spelling it out for people and teeling them how to pronounce it. Before I was married I had a Dutch surname and had to do the same with that too. It honestly has never really bothered me.

Oh they sound familiar Califrau. You alright Blodwen ugh

I like Cerys, rather than Carys. Eleri is pretty and I prefer the spelling Seren to Seryn - also a very pretty name.

Eleri is my middle name, I really like it but people do pronounce it wrong (to rhyme with celery!). I really like Welsh names (and DH and I are both Welsh) but he really doesn't so I'm not allowed any for the baby

My first name is Welsh as well and we live in England now, yes I do always have to spell it and everyone pronounces it wrong, but it's not a really big problem, I don't really mind and I like that I have that link back to Wales now I don't live there.

thanks guys

i hadnt realised the yn/en spelling differed to sex as id only ever heard it as a name at that nursery and it is a girl spelt yn. i wont mention that to the mother tho lol.

dh has decided he likes Eleri Jane or Eleri Elizabeth

our last name is Powell-Jones but i think i will drop the powell for her and me when she is born.

i think Eleri Elizabeth Jones is nice, any thoughts?

I love Eleri, but couldn't get it past dh. He had already fallen in love with another welsh name (and he's a scot). I really like Powell-Jones too and think it works better than plain Jones.

My brother's ex-wife was welsh, her middle name was Eirlys, which means 'snowdrop', which I always thought was very pretty.

I like your choices though.

Keep the Powell. My name doesn't sound so good with Dhs boring surname.

I loved a particular welsh boys name for our DS, but it wouldn't work with our surname unfortunately. He has my welsh maiden name as his middle name. He will get the piss taken.

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What about Angharad?

ew ew ew tis my mothers middle name

and we dont get on...

I know a girl called Meleri, slight change from Eleri?

I so agree with the en for girls and yn for boys. I know two "Bronwyns" here in Suffolk who are girls, and I cringe every time I hear of them! Cali!

I also like Ceridwen, Nia and Bethan for Welsh girls' names. Out of the ones you mention, my favourites are Eleri and Iola.

Ooo, Angharad is lovely!
Myfanwy is lovely as well, but that's on Little Britain isn't it? (Don't watch it, not sure) Would get the micky taken in England I think.

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I know someone who called his daughter Jemima Cariad which I thought was unusual at the time, but has grown on me over the years. They live in England but have welsh relatives.

I really, really wanted to use Cariad as a middle name but I have a DS and to me it's pretty girly (although it's obviously not actually a name)

I like Eirlys as a Welsh name...means snow.

cariad is a bit odd, you wouldn't name a child 'darling', would you?

We gave ds the English spelling of a Welsh name, because we live in England. Kind of regret not going for the proper pronunciation and spelling now although it would make a life a bit more difficult.

My DH is welsh and our boys all have welsh first names - if we had ever had a girl she would have been called Haf . DS1 is Osian and is constantly called ocean where we live. DH's cousin is Lowri and here in London is constantly called Low-(as in Ouch)-ri it drives her mad.

Jemima Cariad reminds me of Beatrix Potter - same rhythm.