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in reply to a message by Erin.Ff
A little melodramatic don't you think? Anyways, I can't find any reference to Erin being an especially Welsh name. Anyone else know any better? Merriment? Daividh?
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So long as when you say English/Irish, you mean people who speak English or Irish, you're quite right. English-speaking people would include Wales, but more pertinently it would include the US, Canada and Australia, which is where this name is most popular and was probably first used...In fact, asked for the origin of this name myself, I'd be more likely to say American.
From my perspective here in Wales, Erin is by no means a Welsh name, either culturally or in terms of usage...
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So long as when you say English/Irish, you mean people who speak English or Irish, you're quite right. English-speaking people would include Wales, but more pertinently it would include the US, Canada and Australia, which is where this name is most popular and was probably first used...In fact, asked for the origin of this name myself, I'd be more likely to say American.
From my perspective here in Wales, Erin is by no means a Welsh name, either culturally or in terms of usage...
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Well, Mike, I don't claim to have anywhere near the knowledge of Welsh names that Merriment does (a ggdad from Pembrokeshire's a fairly thin connection), but can't say that "Erin" (f) sounds or pronounces like a traditional Welsh name. The initial "eh" sound isn't very Welsh.
I even e-mailed a family friend (native of Swansea) and she replied, "Erin? That would be Irish." So that's my (our) opinion, FWIW.
Which is not to say Erin's not a "Welsh" name if people of Welsh extraction bear it. Just that it came from somewhere else first. And there's no discrace in that...
Regards,
Da.
I even e-mailed a family friend (native of Swansea) and she replied, "Erin? That would be Irish." So that's my (our) opinion, FWIW.
Which is not to say Erin's not a "Welsh" name if people of Welsh extraction bear it. Just that it came from somewhere else first. And there's no discrace in that...
Regards,
Da.
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