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[Opinions] Welsh BAs
from North Wales:
(m) Wil Owain, parents Lois & Eryl
(m) Tomos Huw, parents Gareth & Sian, sister Cadi, brothers Sion & Guto
(m) Owain Eryri*, parents Sian & Paul, grandparents Eric & Eluned, Meic & Jane
(f) Cara Lliwen, parents Llinos & Adrian
(m) Harri Steffan, parents Rebeca & Owen
(m) Deio Hedd*, parents Branwen & Iwan, brother Tomos Hedd*
(f) Martha Emyr, parents Gwynedd & Sara, sister Anni Grug, grandparents Emyr & Gwenda and Wil & Anwen
(m) Theo Patrick Wyn, parents Nicola & Jason
(f) Gwen, cousins Gerallt, Gethin, Jac & Ifan
(m) Aled David, parents Natasha & Dafydd, grandparents Anwen & Gwyn* Eryri = mountain region of north Wales, called Snowdonia in English
* Hedd = peace

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I love Martha Emyr & Anni Grug, and I'm delighted by Lois, Gareth, Guto, Eluned, Llinos, Branwen, Gwynedd, Gwenda, Anwen, Theo Patrick Wyn, and Gerallt.
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Owain Eryri is really cool. Interesting that Hedd is used as a middle name for boys, given its meaning.
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I wish my middle name was Eryri.:D
Hedd is always a boy's name, afaik. It's not common but I've met one or two.
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I like Cara and Theo
I know a toddler Tomos and like its pronunciation. His sister is Beca Elen
Emyr is a grand name, and it looks great in that combo.
Not directly related to your post, but one very rare Welsh name seems to be Aeres - I wonder whether you have come across it. (The Aeres I know is from Camarthen)
I'm not really fond of Martha although since it was my great-grandmother's name I wish I could like it. A Welsh friend's elderly mother is called Martha ("Mattie" or perhaps "Matti").
Somewhat off-topic, I have noticed that in South Pembrokeshire ("Little England Beyond Wales"), the following names persisted over the generations among all families:
Ann
Elizabeth
Frances
Letitia
Martha
Phoebe
Nothing inherently Welsh among them, of course!
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I just looked up births for Aeres, as I've never seen it before as a name, and there were quite a few of them - mostly after 1900, almost every single one in Carmarthenshire. (I've just been on holiday round there! Strange coincidence.) It means 'heiress'. Interesting! I would imagine an awful lot of people think her name is Iris, it sounds so similar.Every single one of those English names is in my own family, too, & I'm from North Wales :)
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Thanks. I thought her name was Iris for months after first meeting her - when she sent me a Christmas card I realised my mistake!
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