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boys name osian??

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winjy · 13/12/2009 10:31

just after some views on the name osian for a buy? we are both welsh and its a welsh name, dp loves it and i do too but not sure its a bit too unusual??

chosen ruby for a girl..but seren is also in our shortlist...

other boys names, finlay and oliver...

help!!

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happymerrychristmas · 13/12/2009 10:41

Osian is great! I much prefer it to Finlay and Oliver, both of which are so, so common these days.

Good luck!

Littlefish · 13/12/2009 10:49

Ruby was the number 2 most popular name last year, so there will be thousands of them around. Seren is lovely.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/12/2009 10:51

How do you pr. Osian?

expatinscotland · 13/12/2009 10:56

waa-sheen.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/12/2009 10:57

Thanks, Expat. Not too keen. The other names are nice, or my ear is more accustomed to hearing them.

pinkmagic1 · 13/12/2009 10:59

Beautiful name, so much nicer than Finlay and Oliver of which there are so many now. I like different names though.

BarbieLovesKen · 13/12/2009 11:03

When I seen it, I thought it was like the Irish Oisín (pronounced Ush-een), which I absolutely love.

Waa-sheen I really dont like though, sorry. reminds me too much of the washing.

Seren is beautiful though and I like Oliver.

ohnelly · 13/12/2009 12:05

We have an Osian and its pronounced osh-an. Were Welsh, and I love his name and the fact that its unusual. Though not that unusual around here - I know another two Osians (grown up ones!) and I do think its one of those names thats coming back into fashion.
Love it - really suits him. We now have another boy on the way and thinking of Ifan for him

ohnelly · 13/12/2009 12:07

Cant see how anyone would pronounce it waa-sheen where is the W? It starts with O!!! Its defo Osh-an in Wales

BarbieLovesKen · 13/12/2009 12:16

oh! well if its Osh-an then yes, I think its gorgeous.

tstar · 13/12/2009 12:21

Oh my goddness Osian is soooo lovely, I also like Seren( I know a Seran) I love the way both names are spelt.

Imagine being introduced to a child when first meeting Osian as a baby then child then teens then adult.
Does it fit?

I think you have some lovely, beautiful names,

Thissideofchannel · 13/12/2009 12:33

Osian is lovely! And much, much nicer than Oliver and Finlay.

I also love Seren. Not keen on Ruby - always reminds me of the movie Ruby & Quentin - which are both blokes .

Swedington · 13/12/2009 12:58

I know an Ossian (pronouncied Oshun). Mother is Highland Scots. Father English.

Swedington · 13/12/2009 12:59

I think it's lovely by the way.

lowrib · 13/12/2009 13:16

Osian is a truly beautiful name! But then I'm biased because our DS is Ossian (Scottish version). We've had really good responses from people. Irish people often know the name, Scottish and Welsh less so, and occasionally English people have heard of it. But it's such beautiful sounding name, people really like it, and I don't think it matters that's it's unusual. (But then I like unusual names!)

It has a lovely meaning too. Osian means 'little deer'. He appears in Celtic mythology as the son of Finn McCool, a bard/poet and member of the Fianna tribe, and also the lover of the fairy Nia (Niamh), who he goes to Tir Na N-og with (the land of the forever-young).

Finn was at the top of my list for a while, until I realised just how popular it is these days. I remember someone on a mnet thread at the time said that out of 25 children in her DC's nursey class, 5 of them were called some version of Finn! And it's really lucky we didn't go for it in the end, as DS's cousin was born 3 weeks earlier, and named Findlay.

I'm not too fussed on Oliver. (A bit too posh English perhaps ). Ollie is a nice NN though.

I really like Ruby and Seren. Seren was on my list originally, but a friend got there first with her DD (and bump was a DS in the end anyway). I do wonder if it's getting a bit popular now, although I don't know if that matters to you or not?

Ruby is just a lovely name .

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winjy · 13/12/2009 14:14

yeh sorry...is pronounced osh-an...thank u so much for all of ur lovely comments!! i think i will go for that if bean turns out to be a boy!! middle name ray after dp's late father...think they go quite well...thanks lowrib for the history of the name, what a beautiful story...think its a celtic name not just welsh

it would be ollie not oliver, im not remotely posh!!

still undecided between seren and ruby, leaning more towards ruby...

such a hard decision to make

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slimeysnails · 13/12/2009 16:20

I dislike it. I really dislike the Osh sound which is similar to Joshua - which I cannot stand.

Finlay and Oliver are popular but much nicer in my opinion. They also have much nicer nicknames. Finn and Ollie.. or Osh?

BarbieLovesKen · 13/12/2009 21:06

Yep, since its definately pronounced osh-an then I love it and Osian Ray goes perfectly... really lovely

We're Irish and due ds in January who is 99% going to be an Oisín

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winjy · 16/12/2009 10:04

i love it too...thank you all for ur lovely comments...knowing my luck now it'll be a girl anyway after all this!!

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welshlady · 03/01/2011 21:10

We are thinking of Osian for our little boy due at the end of this month. Did you have a little boy or girl? if you had a boy, did you call him Osian? If so, what has been the response? We live in London and so am wondering if he will have problems with it. Although it's such a mulicultural city I'm thinking we should be OK.

ShoppingDays · 03/01/2011 21:16

Not keen on Osian, Finlay or Seren (we must have different tastes). I do like Ruby and Oliver :)

KenDoddsDadsDog · 03/01/2011 21:39

I really love it. Would have had Oisín had DD been a boy and didn't realise there were different versions.

freerangeeggs · 04/01/2011 20:25

Love it! In fact might nick it :P

Love the prn Osh-an too - much simpler than the Irish version, which I also love but wi=hich I think might be nigh-on unusable in some areas.

Seren is one of my favourites, it's really beautiful. Wish I was Welsh :)

Ruby, Finn, Oliver - all very nice but a bit blah these days because there's so many of them around.

winjy, Welsh is a Celtic language which is why there are Irish and Scottish versions of the same name. They're all related.

hellymelly · 04/01/2011 20:28

My friends's son is called Osian,Oshy for short (!).Unusual for them in London (my friend is Welsh) but where I live its quite common to hear it, not unusual at all (very Welsh speaking area).Wherever you live its easy for non-welsh speakers to pronounce and a really nice name,so go for it.

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