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Help[Facts] Gwyneira, Eirwen, Eira
I love snow very much, and find 3 names mean "snow". Are they too trendy or out of style? Would you please give me some suggestion? Thank you.
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Snow names for girls:
Aneira (Welsh: really white or really golden [snow])
Berfu (Turkish: snow queen)
Chilali (Native Amerikan [?]: snow bird)
Drífa (Old Norse / Icelandic: snow flurry)
Edurne (Basque: snow)
Eira, Eiry (Welsh: snow)
Eirawen, Eirwen (Welsh: snow + holy, beautiful, white, pure)
Eiriol (Welsh: snow drop)
Fanndís (Old Norse: snow + goddess)
Fanney (Old Norse: snow + luck)
Fannlaug (Old Norse: snow + promise or light)
Fönn (Old Norse / Icelandic: snow, snow-drift)
Gwyneira (Welsh: holy, beautiful, white, pure + snow)
Haukea (Polynesian: snow + white)
Istas (Native American [?]: snow)
Lixue (Chinese: beautiful + snow)
Lumi, Lumikki (Finnish: snow)
Miyuki (Japanese: deep snow)
Mjallhvít (Old Norse + Icelandic: snow white)
Mjöll (Old Norse / Icelandic: newfallen snow)
Neva, Nevara, Neve, Nevein, Nevia, Nieve, Nieves, Nives, Niwes, Neiva, Neyva, Neus (Latin: snow)
Nevada (Spanish / American: covered with snow)
Pyry (Finnish: snow storm)
Schneewitta, Schneewittchen (Old German: snow white)
Sigurdríf (Old Norse / Icelandic: victory + snow flurry)
Snæfríður + Snjáfríður + Snjófríður (Icelandic) Snøfrid (Norwegian), Snöfrid (Swedish), Snefrid (Danish) (Old Norse: snow + beauty)
Snæbjörg (Old Norse: snow + salvation)
Snædís (Old Norse: snow + goddess)
Snælaug, Snjálaug, Snjólaug (Old Norse: snow + promise)
Snövit (Swedish: snow white)
Tarku Huhtsu (Native American [Komantsche]: snow bird)
Tuyet (Vietnamese: snow)
Xue (Chinese: snow)
Xue Fang, Xuefang (Chinese: snow + fragrant)
Xue-Hua, Xue-hua, Xuehua (Chinese: snow + flower [snow flake])
Yepa (Native American: snow girl, snow woman)
Yuki, Yukiyo (Japanese: snow)
Yukie (Japanese: snow + branch)
Yukiko (Japanese: snow + child)
Regards, Satu
Aneira (Welsh: really white or really golden [snow])
Berfu (Turkish: snow queen)
Chilali (Native Amerikan [?]: snow bird)
Drífa (Old Norse / Icelandic: snow flurry)
Edurne (Basque: snow)
Eira, Eiry (Welsh: snow)
Eirawen, Eirwen (Welsh: snow + holy, beautiful, white, pure)
Eiriol (Welsh: snow drop)
Fanndís (Old Norse: snow + goddess)
Fanney (Old Norse: snow + luck)
Fannlaug (Old Norse: snow + promise or light)
Fönn (Old Norse / Icelandic: snow, snow-drift)
Gwyneira (Welsh: holy, beautiful, white, pure + snow)
Haukea (Polynesian: snow + white)
Istas (Native American [?]: snow)
Lixue (Chinese: beautiful + snow)
Lumi, Lumikki (Finnish: snow)
Miyuki (Japanese: deep snow)
Mjallhvít (Old Norse + Icelandic: snow white)
Mjöll (Old Norse / Icelandic: newfallen snow)
Neva, Nevara, Neve, Nevein, Nevia, Nieve, Nieves, Nives, Niwes, Neiva, Neyva, Neus (Latin: snow)
Nevada (Spanish / American: covered with snow)
Pyry (Finnish: snow storm)
Schneewitta, Schneewittchen (Old German: snow white)
Sigurdríf (Old Norse / Icelandic: victory + snow flurry)
Snæfríður + Snjáfríður + Snjófríður (Icelandic) Snøfrid (Norwegian), Snöfrid (Swedish), Snefrid (Danish) (Old Norse: snow + beauty)
Snæbjörg (Old Norse: snow + salvation)
Snædís (Old Norse: snow + goddess)
Snælaug, Snjálaug, Snjólaug (Old Norse: snow + promise)
Snövit (Swedish: snow white)
Tarku Huhtsu (Native American [Komantsche]: snow bird)
Tuyet (Vietnamese: snow)
Xue (Chinese: snow)
Xue Fang, Xuefang (Chinese: snow + fragrant)
Xue-Hua, Xue-hua, Xuehua (Chinese: snow + flower [snow flake])
Yepa (Native American: snow girl, snow woman)
Yuki, Yukiyo (Japanese: snow)
Yukie (Japanese: snow + branch)
Yukiko (Japanese: snow + child)
Regards, Satu
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Satu, do you know about Icelandic pronounciation?
And if you do, can you help me with the following sounds:
ll, rn - are these still the same as in Old Norse (e.g. something like ltl and rtn) or not?
Sigur - is this a hard g? is g ever pronounced as y?
ey - pronounced ay?
æ - also pronounced ay?
á - ahhh like car or ow like cow?
au - oy?
I am badly in love with Icelandic names and need to know.
And if you do, can you help me with the following sounds:
ll, rn - are these still the same as in Old Norse (e.g. something like ltl and rtn) or not?
Sigur - is this a hard g? is g ever pronounced as y?
ey - pronounced ay?
æ - also pronounced ay?
á - ahhh like car or ow like cow?
au - oy?
I am badly in love with Icelandic names and need to know.
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Yes, I do!
Icelandic pronunciation
LL
1) Between two vowels and between a vowel and N or R it is pronounced like DL (e.g. in fullur or hellna or allra)
2) In loan words it is pronounced like LL (e.g. pilla or Kalli)
RN
Behind a vowel it´s pronounced like RDN (e.g. örn, barn)
G
1) In the beginning of a word in front of A, Á, O, Ó, U, Ú, Ö and consonants it is pronounced like a hard G (e.g. góð)
2) In the middle of words in front of A, Á, O, Ó, U, Ú, Ö, Ð, R, S, T and at the end of a word it sounds like the CH – sound of the Scottish word ’loch’, but very much softer, almost like a French or German R (e.g. aga)
3) In the middle of the word in front of all the other consonants it sounds like hard GG (e.g. nagl)
4) In the beginning of a word in front of E, I, Í, Y, Ý, Æ, EI, EY it sounds like GY (e.g. gefa)
5) In the middle of a word in front of E, I, Í, Y, Ý, Æ, EI, EY, J it sounds like Y or rather like EEY (e.g. segja or bogi
6) Between L and D, T, N or S as well as between R and Ð, T or N it’s silent (e.g. bólgna, mergð)
If you’ll take the name Sigur you use the CH-sound (no. 2) – no G- or Y-sound here!
EY
that’s pronounced like EY in the English word grey. (e.g. leyfa)
Æ
that’s pronounced like I in the English word find (e.g. læknir)
Á
that´s pronounced like OW in the English word cow (e.g. ást)
AU
that´s pronounced like ÖJ in the Swedish word möjlig or a little bit like EUIL in the French word fauteuil (e.g. raust)
Regards, Satu
Icelandic pronunciation
LL
1) Between two vowels and between a vowel and N or R it is pronounced like DL (e.g. in fullur or hellna or allra)
2) In loan words it is pronounced like LL (e.g. pilla or Kalli)
RN
Behind a vowel it´s pronounced like RDN (e.g. örn, barn)
G
1) In the beginning of a word in front of A, Á, O, Ó, U, Ú, Ö and consonants it is pronounced like a hard G (e.g. góð)
2) In the middle of words in front of A, Á, O, Ó, U, Ú, Ö, Ð, R, S, T and at the end of a word it sounds like the CH – sound of the Scottish word ’loch’, but very much softer, almost like a French or German R (e.g. aga)
3) In the middle of the word in front of all the other consonants it sounds like hard GG (e.g. nagl)
4) In the beginning of a word in front of E, I, Í, Y, Ý, Æ, EI, EY it sounds like GY (e.g. gefa)
5) In the middle of a word in front of E, I, Í, Y, Ý, Æ, EI, EY, J it sounds like Y or rather like EEY (e.g. segja or bogi
6) Between L and D, T, N or S as well as between R and Ð, T or N it’s silent (e.g. bólgna, mergð)
If you’ll take the name Sigur you use the CH-sound (no. 2) – no G- or Y-sound here!
EY
that’s pronounced like EY in the English word grey. (e.g. leyfa)
Æ
that’s pronounced like I in the English word find (e.g. læknir)
Á
that´s pronounced like OW in the English word cow (e.g. ást)
AU
that´s pronounced like ÖJ in the Swedish word möjlig or a little bit like EUIL in the French word fauteuil (e.g. raust)
Regards, Satu
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Satu - you are my hero...
So not a huge lot of changes from Old Norse then...
that simplifies things. If I get it wrong I'll just claim to be very old.
So not a huge lot of changes from Old Norse then...
that simplifies things. If I get it wrong I'll just claim to be very old.
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Studied...
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at University - So I took papers on Old English, Medieval Latin, Old Norse, Old Irish, Middle Welsh, Middle Breton and Middle Cornish. Also did classical Latin and Greek till 18...But this is now 6 years ago - I want to go back. And do more work this time. And learn Hebrew. And Finnish. and Sanskrit. And so on and so on. I want, I want. Hey ho.
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at University - So I took papers on Old English, Medieval Latin, Old Norse, Old Irish, Middle Welsh, Middle Breton and Middle Cornish. Also did classical Latin and Greek till 18...But this is now 6 years ago - I want to go back. And do more work this time. And learn Hebrew. And Finnish. and Sanskrit. And so on and so on. I want, I want. Hey ho.
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Oooooh, one more language lover there! Isn't it a pitty we cannot learn to speak ALL languages?!
Unfortunately I don't know anything about those old languages you studied because I never studied languages at University (and I didn't learn Latin and Greek at school either, just "modern" languages), but it sounds very interesting!!!
Satu
Unfortunately I don't know anything about those old languages you studied because I never studied languages at University (and I didn't learn Latin and Greek at school either, just "modern" languages), but it sounds very interesting!!!
Satu
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Yay! Language lovers! I'm more in'rested in living languages, but if you know tidbits of Latin etc., it makes it easier.
Y :) Shalom, Goodbye, Adios, Adieu, *wave*(American Sign Language!), and I haven't started Japanese yet.
Y :) Shalom, Goodbye, Adios, Adieu, *wave*(American Sign Language!), and I haven't started Japanese yet.
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Me too! Living languages are the most interesting thing! But I wish I had a little Old-Languages-Background, too!
Good-bye
Dag
Tschüß
Hej då
Farvel
Näkemiin
Adios
Adieu
Auf Wiedersehen
Ciao
På gjensyn
Bless
Poka........
Satu
Good-bye
Dag
Tschüß
Hej då
Farvel
Näkemiin
Adios
Adieu
Auf Wiedersehen
Ciao
På gjensyn
Bless
Poka........
Satu
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Satu, your lists is great! Where did you find them all? I really like Lumi, Nieve and Nevia!
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Eirwen is incredibly pretty ( I like Eirlys, it means Snowdrop).
They're not trendy, they've never been in style. i like them.
They're not trendy, they've never been in style. i like them.
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