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in reply to a message by egyptianpanda
Is that a LL at the start or IL? LL is very hard for Australians of non-welsh decent to say... It would just come out sounding like Lana...
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ohhh hehe... that's ok... pretty name...
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The post name is ILANA, not a Welsh name. The Welsh name which she proposes is Claerwen. It is a place name (a river in Powys) used as first name in Wales (an example is Claerwen James); it comes from the Brythonic roots claer, "bright", and gwen, "white, fair, holy". Since the place name ends in (g)wen, the name is used as feminine name.
Here you have a link to the only reliable online source in Welsh names that I know:
A-M
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm
N-Y
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_2_2524e.htm
Here you have a link to the only reliable online source in Welsh names that I know:
A-M
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm
N-Y
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_2_2524e.htm
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