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Get out! sorry I've been absolutely in love with this name for a long time ever since one of my friends told me it was one of her favourite names. Il-on-wey is the way I pronounce it anway. I've never heard anyone say anything about it until this post. Ha!

I pronounce it the same way as chazda. I'm of Welsh heritage so I suppose I could get away with using it. I find Eilonwy very pretty, but my absolute fave is Myfanwy (mih-VAHN-we).

I always said it like: ISLE ennui. I spent some time looking up Welsh pronunciation and thought that this seems passable, and natural for me.

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I adored that name when I read the books, and I still do, although I probably wouldn't use it - it's too Welsh for me. I've adopted the name Eily in its place. I'm glad someone else has picked up on Eilonwy!

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AFAIK, it was invented by Lloyd Alexander. Anyone know if I'm right or wrong?

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- chazda