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Subject: Does Marion Zimmer Bradley....
Author: Merriment McOhtheh**lwiththis   (guest, 195.92.67.70)
Date: February 25, 2003 at 4:58:07 PM
Reply to: Re: Sorry - modern name by scye
Really strike you as a reliable source for Welsh names?

Look, I'm glad you're enthusiastic - but use your common sense.

Meilyn looks like a misreading of the Welsh MALE name Meilyr 'prince/chief'. Meilyn wouldn't really be an acceptable feminisation of the name amongst Welsh speakers.

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