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Help[Opinions] Re: Irish girl's name that would work in Wales?
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Those are some good suggestions, thank you! The issue I have is that I'm not really finding Welsh 'translations' of typically Irish names, or vice versa. I can only really find names with a Germanic, Latin or Greek/Hebrew origin that have since been translated in both Welsh and Irish.
An Irish name that could be "welshified" without too many modifications would be perfect, unfortunately I don't know enough about the Welsh language to know what would happen to the name in question. How would one, for example, welshify a lovely Irish name as Saoirse? The Welsh word for 'freedom' is "rhyddid" according to my dictionary, but that doesn't have a similar sound so would work less well as a name... (at least Charles and Siarl have a similar proununciaton).
An Irish name that could be "welshified" without too many modifications would be perfect, unfortunately I don't know enough about the Welsh language to know what would happen to the name in question. How would one, for example, welshify a lovely Irish name as Saoirse? The Welsh word for 'freedom' is "rhyddid" according to my dictionary, but that doesn't have a similar sound so would work less well as a name... (at least Charles and Siarl have a similar proununciaton).
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I wish I could help more. Another idea I had was to look at Irish saints because their names are commonly translated but the only one I could find was Bridget (Bríd) who apparently in Wales has two names and "Brîd is more common in the south and Ffraid in the north" but it's a very common name and strongly associated with the saint. I'm afraid that's as far as my research will get me without speaking Welsh. I hope you find the right name soon.
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