OK, I've had so much fun on your name threads, please come and slate my delusional choices

[Lionstar]

Still TTC No. 2 at the moment. Girls names are impossible, but for a boy I am liking:

Cyrus
Tyrone
Oshian (Oshi for short)
Oren
Keir
Lukas
Amies
Bryn

DP is stuggling with all except Bryn (which is probably my least favourite) - we need a Welsh element so it may become the middle name.

Ah yes sorry Oisin which I was thinking of is Irish. If you want a Welsh name go for Osian.

Ceri is a nice Welsh name too.

More welsh names;

Steffan, Evan, Owain, Aled, Cai, Iwan.

this site is good for pronunciation of welsh names. Some of them can be quite hard to say without a welsh accent so you might want to avoid those.

My Dad is called Hywel and my brother's second name is Elwyn. Bless 'em...

I know a little boy Oisin (I think it's spelt that way). I like it.

Oh people can be so boring!! Don't listen to the nay sayers, your choices are great.

Personally I love Oshian, but then I'm biased my DS (4 weeks old) is Ossian - the same name, although we pronounce it Osh-ian (Ossian is another 'proper' spelling!).

We've had loads of compliments on his name from people in RL, and there's a great story behind the name. Here's one version

I also like
Oren
Keir
Lukas
Bryn
Amez

Ok, it's

Oisín - Irish (pronounced O-sheen)
Osian - Welsh (Pronounced O-shan) (Long O)
Ossian - Scottish (Pronounced Osh-ian)

Oshian - think this is a made up version to help the ignorant English pronounce it!!

They are all versions of the same name.

Yes, you will have to spell it out, but I think this shouldn;t be a reason not to go for a name you love. There are a whole load of beautiful Celtic names (for example) with unusual (i.e. not English) spellings, which would die out completely if people didn't use them, which would be a great shame.

I have had to spell my surname out all my life, and it doesn't bother me at all!

nappyaddict that's a great site

I am not keen on any of the boy's names, sorry.

If I had to chose one - Lukas - but prefer it spelt with a c (Lucas)

every welsh osian i know pronounces it with a short o lowri- btw how do you pronounce lowri?

Thanks lowrib, and Yey an Ossian - congrats on your new son. I admit I have probably chosen an anglicised form of the name, but as I like Oshi for short I thought it fitted better. Do you shorten yours?

Having lived in Wales I have always pronounced Osian with a long O as in orange. If it was a short O woulnd't it come out sounding rather like 'ocean'? Maybe only in an English voice though, with a Welsh inflexion it is different? It's so hard describing Welsh pronunciation!

I do realise the Oren/orange problem in Welsh. It probably does rule it out as we spend a fair amount of time in Wales.

lol at brainachey long/short o confusion orange=short o, ocean=long o, surely?

Oren is spelt Odhran here (Ireland). I dare ya to use it and get people to spell it!

I only really like Bryn. I know of a little one but (the lovely) Rob Brydon's portrayal of Bryn in Gavin and Stacey is putting me off.

Well, it was you who used the adjective delusional. How about David for the Welsh connection?

It's just too hard to get the pronunciation written down . The site nappyaddict linked to has sound clips - THAT's how I would pronounce it (but not in a male voice obviously)

And yes, I can see that I'm totally delusional, as DP has been telling me all along. Thanks for the reality check (still like the names though)

oh cool, yep me too, that's a relief. now, about the spelling... ;)

shame that site doesn't have lleucu, now there's a name i'd like to see used more often

That is a great girls name actually. I like Esyllt too - but there's no way that works well in England (even the anglicised versions Iseult/Isolde is hard to say in English!). As a completely random fact my DD has a stuffed dog called Isotta which is the Italian form (thought you'd all be riveted by that factiod)

Please don't make me link to my baby naming advice post again!

Oshian is actually spelled Osian as an S in welsh has a SH sound (like Sian)

I love Bryn and if I have a ds3 I would name him that! Not keen on any of the others though

We have an Aled and Evan already.

What about Rhys, Wyn, Gwyn, Iwan?

Oh dear! I hope I'm not adding to the confusion! I was trying to describe this ...

Welsh Osian
(nappyaddict's brilliant site - it actually says it out loud)

Lionstar we haven?t started using a nick name yet, but one of my friends has started calling him Oshi already, and I really like it.

Well spotted millenniumfalcon, everyone thinks I'm Low-Rib! (Although I don't mind )

I pronounce Lowri the anglicised way I'm afraid, like the painter Lowri. But I think if you want to do it the Welsh (proper!) way it's more like Low-ree (Low as in low-down, and rolling the r if you can - sadly I can't )
Like this

Oh no, Lionstar, you're not delusional! Don't lose heart!
These are much nicer names than something like David (sorry boccadellaverita but that's just too boring!!)

millenniumfalcon ooh I love lleucu!!!
Although using "LL" is probably pushing it I suspect

Lowri - No offence taken! I know David scores -10 on the originality-o-meter - and it wasn't an entirely serious suggestion - but, if you live outside Wales, I think you risk making life difficult for a child if you give him or her a name which is so hard for English speakers to pronounce that they need to listen to a website to get the right pronunciation!

I dislike the name Bryn because the only one I know is a love rat. I like Rhys, though, and once had a lovely colleague called Ifor.

hmm Oren = Orange and Bryn = hill so im not keen on either ! lol

wha tabout Dewi ? Dafydd ? Geraint ? Gethin ?

I love all of those

also quite like Osian