Bronwen or Bronwyn - correct spelling?

[expectingno2]

New member here so be kind to me. Anyone have any thoughts on the correct spelling - me and DP can't agree on it.

IIRC 'wen' is female, 'wyn' is male. So Bronwen would be the female version of the name. Bit like Lesley/Leslie in English.

I always thought it was spelt with a y but now you have me wondering too!!

So should all the (male) Owens really be Owyns?

Bronwen for a girl isn't it??

I love Olwen. I'm not Welsh but I would have used it.

Owen is Eoghain in Ireland!!! Well, sometimes it is. People use Owen too.

Ah... a quick wiki shows me that the Welsh hero was indeed Owain Glyndwr, who was anglicised by Shakespear into an Owen ... wonder if the bard was deliberately emasculating him... doesn't explain why I've come across plenty of Owens and never seen the correct spelling till today!

Because you don't live in Wales? Ds has a Welsh name but we chose an Anglicised spelling (and pronunciation) to make things easier, as we live in England.

We've bumped into one or two other kids with his name but never found anyone with the Welsh spelling - because we don't live there. Think of David/Dafydd, Evan/Ifan, Hugh/Huw.

Mind you, I do sometimes regret not giving him the full-strength version! The manager of the baby room at nursery was Welsh and used to call him the Welsh version sometimes. Very sweet.

i love all the -wen names. aelwen's my total fave but a bit too lord of the rings now i fear. anwen is also lovely.

It is definitely Bronwen !

I know of two Bronwyns, and I have to resist the urge to say to their parents "Why have you called your dd a name that is not a name?"

Califrau - I knew you would be on this thread!

Was King David an anglicized welshman then

He was probably a Dovid (Israei equivalent)

By the way Grimma, my ds is currently reading the boOks in which you feature!

Ooohh, sorry for lack of l in Israeli and capital O in boOks!

DH's sister is Bronwyn, she's Irish...is a lovely name.

Grimma

I never said ALL Davids were Welsh, just that David is much more common in England than Dafydd. Or Dewi.

I'm from the US and my name is Bronwyn, I love it. I don't care if it's the "england" way, I'd much rather the "Y" than the "E", much prettier and feminine looking on paper :) and I've been writing it for 24 years :)

don't know how to spell it, but just wanted to add that it is a beautiful beautiful name! would be v tempted to use it myself.

I've only ever seen Bronwen. I live in North Wales.

Bronwen

My sister is called Bronwen.

The only Bronwyn I have ever met was Australian, so I always assumed that it was the Australian spelling?

Just to put you off the name though it does mean Weasel in Welsh. Not that I spent years teasing my sister about it, of course...

It also means "white breast". I used to find that even more embarrassing, but it doesn't bother me any more.

Bronwen is the Welsh spelling. One possible explanation for the "y" spelling being popular in the United States is that it was mis-spelt in this way on the credits of the 1941 film adaptation of "How Green Was My Valley".

Oh yes, I may have mentioned white breasts to her once or twice too...

I have the advantage of being called pretty (Delyth)