Baby girl 3 - welsh name needed!!!!

[prizeelliott]

Hello, this is the first time doing this... how strangely liberating!!
I am expecting our third daughter and need a name to match our 2 other daughters. As welsh speakers living in Wales we want to stick with the welsh theme we started! Any suggestions? How do some of these sound to non welsh ears? Don't want anything too out there in case she ends up living in London!!

Betsan.... Beti for short!
Mena,
Cerys,
Carys,
Marged,
Sian
Eleri
Elin,
Luned
Sali

Not doing very well am I?!

Other daughters are Tesni Angharad and Nia Haf.
Just feel have dragged through all the names twice already!!!!
Is it just me that finds this hard?
x

Bryony.

Is Rowan Welsh?

Cerys is lovely, sadly no Welsh connections and it doesn't go with surname or I'd be very tempted. Friend has just had a girl with middle name Seren which she tells me is Welsh?

With your DDs name is like Elin best.

Like Mena, Cerys and Carys too. The only one that should be given a wide berth is Marged IMVHO.

DDs names

My friend has called her kids Rhiannon and Cai. They are both Welsh she tells me.

Eleri is lovely, or Nia?

Thank you ladies... waw how quick was that - this is fab thank you!

Catrin?

I love Siân, it's one of my top names for a girl I had a midwife with that name and I know some others too, there are famous Siâns too so it's not too unusual to the English.

Love Cerys best but there are 2 in my DD's playgroup and we are not even in Wales so would worry it might be too popular.

I love Siân, it's one of my top names for a girl I had a midwife with that name and I know some others too, there are famous Siâns too so it's not too unusual to the English.

Myfanwy

not keen on Betsan, Sali not really welsh, the others are nice, but if you're worried about pronunciation outside of wales I would avoid Marged and Luned. Also Mena with 1 'n' would be pronounced Meena.

Saffir

Neve - my friend told me that was Welsh and its lovely.

Bethan - not sure if its particularly Welsh.

Like Sian and Cerys from your list. Also Eleri is very pretty.

Saw you on the Betty thread and mentioned there I like the Betsan / Beti combo. Also like Marged.

Agree that would do Menna not Mena.

Mererid?

Ffion or Mari?

Deryn?

Oh i love Betsan!! Also like Eleri, provided it's said properly.

What about

Arrianna
Arrianwen
Mali
Marni

Betsan sounds like a bookies cleaning firm. Sorry. I love Morwen or Morwenna but am biased as is a family name. But like most on your list too!

Menna is with 2 'n's (waving at Migola ).

I like Betsan - makes a change from Bethan and I would use Betsi as a nn. Marged is lovely but I would imagine she'd probably end up being called something close to Marj if she moved out of Wales!

Some others

Mabli
Mali
Mared
Alys
Gwenno
Anwen
Awen
Elan
Elain
Heledd

It is difficult I agree - we have relations in England so had to try and make sure that DD's name was pronouncable to them so we ended up rejecting quite a few lovely names.

Anwen was my choice of girls name. I love it. However DS says thank god he was born a boy so he didn't have that name!!!!

was going to suggest Angharad which is my DN's name but you already have that. Lovely name and congratulations on your third girl

Love Betsan and Eleri, also have v good friend called Catrin who we all call Cat which sounds quite cool! Can't think of anything original to add sorry, found it v hard with what we thought was DD1 as we already had a Rhodri Arwel and a Tomos Owain, he's DS3 though and suits Gwilym down to the ground (although don't get me started on my mum who called a week after he was born and said 'I've told everyone he's called William, that's ok isn't it?!'

Had a long thought, Meleri or Delyth?