Aneurin. ????

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Dh reckons it's his turn to choose, and wants Aneurin. (3 guesses of his political persuasion!)

Is it: Too obscure? daft as we are not Welsh? Doomed to be always mis-spelt and mis-pronounced?

Not sure I can make the leap of faith.

I love it
but
I'm welsh and live in wales!

Saying that, I chose to name both my children Irish names because of my ancestors - do you have any welsh ancestors?

Annoying would be his nickname at school!

I love it, but then I would, as I'm welsh!

Tough to cope with if you don't live in Wales, I think!

I was also a little put off it once by hearing a real fish wife of a woman screaming at her (beautiful) son, 'NY-Rin, come here you little bastid'

It's lovely. I'm really stunned that lots of people seem to have never heard of it.

But maybe that kid really was called Nyrin? Stranger names have been proposed on here!

No, he was an Aneurin, I read his name on our registers!

His poor brother was Christian.

that too was bellowed across the playground, 'Christian, come here you little Bastid!!!'

I like it. Personally. Although I will also concede that I have two names that I have to spell out, which can be a PITA.

I think you should suggest to DH that you go for Mandelson instead . Just to see his face.

Motherinferior, I'm afraid it has to be vintage lefty not new version! We did consider Clement if dd had been a boy (Clemency for a girl) but where we live the local accentflattens e to a, so would have been shortened to Clam or Clammy.

We don't live in Wales, but I'd really like to so does that count....?

I think it'd be brilliant.

I love it and was strongly recommending it to a friend today,but she is Welsh and I'm not so I was trying to live vicariously. I also know a girl with the female variant. It is fab fab fab!

Female variant? Do tell, we run to girls in my family, so there's a fair chance Aneurin will be a moot point.

Clement is lovely. Clem is really lovely. Clam is kind of fishy, but, hey, you might move.

Love to move! Keep on doing the lottery. If my numbers come up before April then a little Clem it could be.

The female version is Aneira.

See story here of the first baby born after the NHS came into being.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7478283.stm

I really like unusual names but this one instantly makes me think brain anyeurism (sp?)

Clement is lovely.

I always hankered after a little Che or Fidel.

If you want vintage lefty girls' names you could have Emmeline, Christabel or Sylvia (we had rats called these). Or Barbara. Or Simone.

I'm not very keen on Aneurin but it's the sort of name you could get used to.

I like Aneurin, It sounds nicer than it looks written down. There was one in my brother's year at school and I don't remember hearing anyone picking on his name.

no one will be able to say it when its written down. he will have, "how do you pronounce your name" for thr rest of his life.

Not 'no one' - lots of people will pronounce it fine, admittedly most of them in Wales. And having a name you have to explain is quite liveable with, really. I've managed 45 years of it so far.