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from North Wales
(m) Gwern Ifan, parents Rhian & Gareth, brothers Sion & Deio, sister Nanw
(f) Sioned Emma, parents Bari & Paula, sisters Llio, Lisa & Rhian
(m) Morus Ifan, parents Iwan & Claire, brother Guto
(f) Llio, parents Esyllt & Seimon, sister Elain
(f) Enlli, parents Vaughan & Nia
(m) Calan Wyn, parents Ceri & Seamus, sibs Cara & Sean, grandparents Hywel & Margaret
(f) Briallen Haf, parents Paul & Dwynwen, brother Brenig Dafydd, grandparents Geraint & Glenys and Idris & Jane
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First time I've ever seen Briallen used IRL in Wales!
Notes on other names:
Gwern: name from a story in the Mabinogion. Means alder tree, amongst other things. Extremely rare as a name.
Deio, Nanw, Llio: Welsh nns for David / Dafydd, Ann and Gwenllian
Bari, Morus: Welsh spellings of Barry and Maurice
Calan: Welsh word meaning start of the month, haven't seen this before
Brenig: name of a Welsh river
(m) Gwern Ifan, parents Rhian & Gareth, brothers Sion & Deio, sister Nanw
(f) Sioned Emma, parents Bari & Paula, sisters Llio, Lisa & Rhian
(m) Morus Ifan, parents Iwan & Claire, brother Guto
(f) Llio, parents Esyllt & Seimon, sister Elain
(f) Enlli, parents Vaughan & Nia
(m) Calan Wyn, parents Ceri & Seamus, sibs Cara & Sean, grandparents Hywel & Margaret
(f) Briallen Haf, parents Paul & Dwynwen, brother Brenig Dafydd, grandparents Geraint & Glenys and Idris & Jane
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First time I've ever seen Briallen used IRL in Wales!
Notes on other names:
Gwern: name from a story in the Mabinogion. Means alder tree, amongst other things. Extremely rare as a name.
Deio, Nanw, Llio: Welsh nns for David / Dafydd, Ann and Gwenllian
Bari, Morus: Welsh spellings of Barry and Maurice
Calan: Welsh word meaning start of the month, haven't seen this before
Brenig: name of a Welsh river
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I like Gwern Ifan and Sioned Emma. Do you know what Enlli is? It's kind of neat.
Also I wanted to ask you if you remembered a name you'd mentioned a little while ago that started with a G (maybe Gwy-?) and you said it was a medieval or obscure Welsh saint. I liked it and wanted to remember it but never wrote it down and don't remember which thread it was in.
From your BAs it does seem like the English nicknames as fullnames trend has been applied to Welsh names, too. At least they're cute? I do love Nanw. I'd totally use it as an Anne nn.
Also I wanted to ask you if you remembered a name you'd mentioned a little while ago that started with a G (maybe Gwy-?) and you said it was a medieval or obscure Welsh saint. I liked it and wanted to remember it but never wrote it down and don't remember which thread it was in.
From your BAs it does seem like the English nicknames as fullnames trend has been applied to Welsh names, too. At least they're cute? I do love Nanw. I'd totally use it as an Anne nn.
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Enlli is from Ynys Enlli, which is a small island off the NW Welsh coast - the name basically meaning 'island in the currents'. I love it to bits, because I have connections with the island. But it wouldn't be an easy name to have, anywhere other than Wales.
Was it Gwyndaf?
And yes, we do have the nicknames thing too. I compiled a chart of Welsh names from the recent data, and there are quite a few nns in there as full names - Cadi, Mali, Nel, Beca, Llio - and I was quite surprised to find 3 Myfis! (for Myfanwy, which is very dated and hardly ever used now)
Was it Gwyndaf?
And yes, we do have the nicknames thing too. I compiled a chart of Welsh names from the recent data, and there are quite a few nns in there as full names - Cadi, Mali, Nel, Beca, Llio - and I was quite surprised to find 3 Myfis! (for Myfanwy, which is very dated and hardly ever used now)
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Oh, neat about Enlli.
Yes, I think it might've been Gwyndaf. *writes down*
I wonder if the nickname thing will ever come over here. If it's not one annoying trend, I guess it's another!
Yes, I think it might've been Gwyndaf. *writes down*
I wonder if the nickname thing will ever come over here. If it's not one annoying trend, I guess it's another!
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