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[Opinions] Welsh BAs
from North Wales:(m) Dafydd Arthur, parents Trystan & Sioned
(f) Eluned Gwen & Lotti Mae, parents Rhun & Dawn
(f) Erin Lois, parents Alwyn & Julie, grandparents Wyn & Olwen and Gwyndaf & Anwen
(f) Gwenno Lois, parents Owain & Menna, grandparents Huw & Magi and Brian & Teleri
(m) Noa Llywelyn, parents Elfed & Tina, grandparents Ted & Ann and Evan
(m) Gethin, parents Richard & Sian
(m) Macsen Llywelyn, parents Ste & Carys, sister Lleucu Haf
(f) Elain, parents Gethin & Angharad, grandparents John & Eleri and Eryl & Edwina, uncles Elgan & Gerallt
(f) Martha Celyn, parents Arwyn & Cerian, brothers Elgan & Owain
(m) Gruff Elis, parents Wil & Anwen
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I likeMenna
Noa
Evan
Elis
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I always like looking at these. From this set, I love these the best...Angharad
Cerian - I don't think I've seen this one before!
Elain
Eluned
Gwenno
Llywelyn
Owain - I might prefer this to Owen
Teleri
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I always look forward to these. :-) I love the traditional spellings although I can't see Dafydd going over well where I live, lol. Faves:Dafydd Arthur
Trystan
Eluned Gwen (prefer Eluned Gwendolen)
Elain
Eleri
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Erin Lois is too cute! Gruff Elis is simply adorable. Wales is like the land of perpetual adorability.Is Lois also a Welsh name? Seems unusual to see it twice, never mind at all!
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Aww thank you.:)
Lois is just the usual biblical Lois afaik, but surprisingly popular in Wales - it's been top 100 for at least the last 10 years. I have no idea why! Erin is very popular too.
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Pie, in a thread above you suggested Anwen as a possible choice instead of Arwen, and here we find two Anwens and an Arwyn among the parents! Good timing ...Can you put me straight about something? I taught a girl some years ago who called herself Ann but it seems that her actual given name was Annwen with two Ns instead of one. Could that exist as a variant, or was it just a family choice? I think her surname was Davies, but I'm not sure any more.And another thing: wasn't the underworld or part thereof called Annwn? Is there any connection? Seems a gloomy kind of name, if so. This site gives the meaning of Anwen as Very Beautiful, but I suppose it's just as well to stay on the right side of the powers of darkness - like calling the Furies the Eumenides!
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It did suggest itself. There's an Alwyn too :)I've only ever met people with the Anwen spelling, but the birth records show quite a few Annwen births (from 1913 onwards; use of both names seems to be fairly modern) and it's not uncommon for name-spelling to be flexible, or for new ones to be invented, even. It might be influenced by annwyl ('dear').
I'd think of Annwn too - but there are several spellings of that, too! And in some versions, the Otherworld is a lovely place.
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