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Beautiful!
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As well as being endearing as a character, Eilonwy has a gorgeous name. Always has been a favorite of mine.
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This name reminds me of Elon Musk but I like this name nonetheless.
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Pronunciation: ie-LON-wee, ay-LON-wee
Meaning: Combination of the literary Welsh word eilon meaning "deer, stag" and "song, melody" with the suffix wy meaning "river". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his series 'The Chronicles of Prydain' (1964-1968). Princess Eilonwy also appears in the Disney film adaption of Alexander's novels, 'The Black Cauldron' (1985).
It wasn't invented by Alexander Lloyd, it was used earlier, as early as 1881:
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/03/eilonwy.html
Eilon has a double meaning: deer, stag and song, melody:
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/03/eilonwy.html
From http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm - [Welsh] pronunciation: ei-LÔ-nui [eiˈloˑnui]
NOTES: An invented twentieth-century name. -> NO, this name was used as early as 1881. See link above.
It could be based on literary Welsh EILON (= deer, stag) or more likely on the dictionary word EILON (= music, melody, harmony). This second word is in fact the same as the first - but the lexicographer William Owen-Pughe, in compiling his Welsh-English dictionary (1795 onwards) had misunderstood the word and had given it the meaning of music. To this has been added the suffix -WY, with no real meaning, to give the name more substance.
(Information from name #20619 originally submitted by user mousey)
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Meaning: Combination of the literary Welsh word eilon meaning "deer, stag" and "song, melody" with the suffix wy meaning "river". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his series 'The Chronicles of Prydain' (1964-1968). Princess Eilonwy also appears in the Disney film adaption of Alexander's novels, 'The Black Cauldron' (1985).
It wasn't invented by Alexander Lloyd, it was used earlier, as early as 1881:
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/03/eilonwy.html
Eilon has a double meaning: deer, stag and song, melody:
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/03/eilonwy.html
From http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm - [Welsh] pronunciation: ei-LÔ-nui [eiˈloˑnui]
NOTES: An invented twentieth-century name. -> NO, this name was used as early as 1881. See link above.
It could be based on literary Welsh EILON (= deer, stag) or more likely on the dictionary word EILON (= music, melody, harmony). This second word is in fact the same as the first - but the lexicographer William Owen-Pughe, in compiling his Welsh-English dictionary (1795 onwards) had misunderstood the word and had given it the meaning of music. To this has been added the suffix -WY, with no real meaning, to give the name more substance.
(Information from name #20619 originally submitted by user mousey)
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