What do you think of Osian?

[ohnelly]

What do you think of Osian as a boy's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

Quite cool actually... doesn't have any particular connotations for me anyway. Could be a bit try-hard...?

Puts me in mind of Osama actually, sorry...

Its Welsh by the way!

A very close relative of mine is called Oisin - it's Irish. Getting more popular.

Love it! It's DS1's middle name and I wish we'd been brave enough to use it as his first name as we'd originally intended.

Is this the Welsh version of the Irish Oisin.

I suppose it's what you're used to, but it sounds a bit weird to me. Makes me understand how Oisin might seem to somebody who wasn't familiar with it.

Not come across it before (only Oisin) but it seems nice

I prefer Oisin, which I love. But if you're Welsh then I would understand using Osian which is also nice.

I like it. I know an Oisin. It's definitely a name you have to hear if you;re not familiar with it ... the first times you see it written it's like "eh?? what?"

Its from Welsh mythology My daughters named after Osians love.

How do you pronounce it?

And how do you pronounce Oisin?

Like Osh-in

Are they both pronounced the same?

Oisin sounds nice. Osian sounds like part of the Caucasus/Georgia etc that is always being fought over.

These are good sites for hearing how Irish and Welsh names are pronounced; Oisín and Osian.

The irish Oisin is pronounced osh-een (I'm irish and know a few Oisins)

reminds me of bones 'os' meaning bone in French

I like Osian.

DH vetoed.

Grrr.

I think Oisin is "osh een" (or ush een) and Osian is more like "osh an".

yes Osian is pronounced osh an in Wales. Thanks for your input everyone

It's a bit too like Ocean, imo.

Love Osian - was on short-list but dc2 was a girl

Def Osh-an

I like Oisin as in Osh-een, with a soft O, but if Osian is pron. Oh - shian, then it's a bit too much like Ocean, which is a made-up downmarket 'C' word name - sorry. (though it's better for a boy than a girl, esp. if you can argue that it's a proper Welsh name)

Ah, now I get the Ocean thing. It's not pronounced Oh-shan, as it's a short 'O', like in otter.

I've never come across the Welsh version before, but after practising saying it a few times.. I really reaaly like it! Might have to do alot of correcting/name spelling to ingnoramus's but there are alot of names like that!