[Opinions] Welsh BAs
from North Wales:
(m) Caio Bryn Japheth, parents Ilid & Gwennan
(f) Eilir Fflur, parents Euros & Katie, aunts Mared & Kate & uncle Arwyn
(f) Cadi Lois, parents Huw & Eirian, sister Gwen Elin, grandparents Dora & Gwilym and Nant & Tegid
(m) Twm, parents Iwan & Elen, sister Mabli, grandparents Robat & Linda and Aled & Helen
(m) Trystan Pierre, parents Sion & Cecile, brother Iwan Luc
(f) Lydia Alys, parents Dave & Menna
(f) Elenid Gwen, parents Jonathan & Gwenan, sister Mared Ann
(m) Caio Bryn Japheth, parents Ilid & Gwennan
(f) Eilir Fflur, parents Euros & Katie, aunts Mared & Kate & uncle Arwyn
(f) Cadi Lois, parents Huw & Eirian, sister Gwen Elin, grandparents Dora & Gwilym and Nant & Tegid
(m) Twm, parents Iwan & Elen, sister Mabli, grandparents Robat & Linda and Aled & Helen
(m) Trystan Pierre, parents Sion & Cecile, brother Iwan Luc
(f) Lydia Alys, parents Dave & Menna
(f) Elenid Gwen, parents Jonathan & Gwenan, sister Mared Ann
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Yay, new Welsh BAs! :-)
Elenid looks really pretty. What does it mean?
Is Alys a Welsh name or is it the English variant of Alice, as the database says? Either way, I quite like Lydia Alys. And I've always been a fan of Menna (be it the Welsh or the Frisian name).
Mabli, Gwilym and Caio are intriguing as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Elenid looks really pretty. What does it mean?
Is Alys a Welsh name or is it the English variant of Alice, as the database says? Either way, I quite like Lydia Alys. And I've always been a fan of Menna (be it the Welsh or the Frisian name).
Mabli, Gwilym and Caio are intriguing as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Alys is both, afaik - it works as a 'Wenglish' version of Alys and it's one of umpteen medieval English spellings used before standardisation.
I didn't know Menna was a Frisian name - I wonder if they're connected somehow. Looking at the birth records of Mennas here, there's a couple amidst all the Welsh Mennas who could be Frisian - one with 'Mistje' as a middle name and one with a very Dutch-sounding last name.
I didn't know Menna was a Frisian name - I wonder if they're connected somehow. Looking at the birth records of Mennas here, there's a couple amidst all the Welsh Mennas who could be Frisian - one with 'Mistje' as a middle name and one with a very Dutch-sounding last name.
Ask away, foreign names aren't obvious! - and it's always really nice that people are interested.
Gwen(n)an (f) - apparently from gwen + nant, 'white stream'
Tegid (m) - TEH gid - probably from teg, 'fair', 'beautiful', but given that this one's in N Wales he was probably named for Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), our biggest lake
Eilir (m & f, but mostly m) - AY leer, ay to rhyme with hey - it's an old word for butterfly & the only one I've ever met is male.
Gwen(n)an (f) - apparently from gwen + nant, 'white stream'
Tegid (m) - TEH gid - probably from teg, 'fair', 'beautiful', but given that this one's in N Wales he was probably named for Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), our biggest lake
Eilir (m & f, but mostly m) - AY leer, ay to rhyme with hey - it's an old word for butterfly & the only one I've ever met is male.
I like all of those, especially Tegid. Thanks. :)