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I like Demelza, Kerensa and Elowen. My mum actually considered calling me Demelza, but wasn't game enough! I think it's a great name and find Elowen quite beautiful.

I like:

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Demelza
Kerensa
Morwenna
Kensa
Tamsin
Elowen - LOVE!

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Jago
Jowan
Piran
Daveth

I like:

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Kerensa
Morwenna
Lamorna
Lowenna
Endellion
Kensa
Tamsin / Tamsyn
Elowen
Senara
Rosenwyn

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Jory
Jowan
Sennen
Perran
Petroc
Sulien
Talan
Daveth

Loving these!!

I like/love*:

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Demelza - this could grow on me!
Kerenza*
Morwenna
Merryn
Lowenna*
Tamsin*
Elowen*
Rosenwyn

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Jago*
Jowan
Talan
Daveth*

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I dislike:
Lamorna - unappealing in looks and sound
Loveday - it just seems surnamey and wordy to me. I like some surnames/words as names but this one just doesn't appeal
Tean - looks made up
Mylor - doesn't look feminine at all

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Yestin - I don't like Justin and this is worse. Yes to tin!

These FN's from Cornwall are quite similar to those from French Brittany (Bretagne), I like the following from your list:

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Elowen
Kensa
Kerensa
Senara

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Jago
Pasco
Sulien

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Rarely to not all:

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Bryher
Demelza
Endellion
Lamorna
Loveday, know Lovelyn, but also no excessive fan of it
Mawgan
Mylor
Steren, rather the usual suspects (sun-moon-star names) Sóley, Sole, Sunny, Sunnyi, Sunniva, Luna, Nova/Novalee & Stella
Tean
Zennor, prefer the Occitan Aliénor (the French Occitanie) or the Spanish Leonor

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Petroc
Piran
Sennen
Talan

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Neither to neutral:

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Lowenna
Merryn
Morwenna
Rosenwyn
Tamsin

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Daveth
Jory
Jowan
Yestin

I love Elowen. It sounds like a princess in a fantasy novel.

Hi !!!

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I don't know anything about Cornish names.

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I like Morwenna, Kerensa and Jory !!

I love Morwenna, and I also like:

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Demelza
Kerensa
Merryn
Lowenna
Steren
Tamsin
Loveday
Elowen
Rosenwyn

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Perran
Sulien
Talan

I love Endellion, and Kerensa and Elowen are nice.

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Pasco, Jory, Sulien, Rosenwyn, Merryn are interesting.

I really like Demelza, Merryn and Elowen. I know a couple of Tamsins so while I like it, it's used too much already in my circle for me to ever consider it.

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I also really like Jago, Jory, and Talan.

My grandfather (born end of the 1800s) was from Cornwall and was a Cornish speaker

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Loveday, Jago and Jory are three of my very favourite names. I find quite a lot of Cornish female names a bit overblown, but I do like Tamsin. I think Demelza was made up quite recently?

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I also like Pasco and Petroc a lot

Demelza is one of my favourite names. For a long time I had her as top name for a second girl. I love the fire and feistiness of it, as well as the character connection. I really started crushing on it after watching Poldark (the newer adaptation).

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I also love:
Morwenna
Lamorna
Lowenna (another second girl consideration)
Elowen, although I'm not a fan of the proper Ell-OH-wen pronunciation, so I don't think I'd use it.
Senara
Rosenwyn
Zennor

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I really want to like Kerensa/Kerenza (espeically with the meaning), but there's something about the sound I just can't get around, it really reminds me credenza. And I like a few more Cornish names like Caja (kay-juh), Sowenna (but I do prefer Lowenna), Gwener, and Eseld.

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And for boys I love:
Jago (didn't realise it was in the top 1000 here)
Jory
Jowan
Sennen
Pasco

Some Cornish names really are wonderful. I love Kerensa and Morwenna! I also like:

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Endellion
Kensa (similar to Arabic "Kenza")
Loveday (more Cornish usage than origin)
Lowenna
Elowen
Senara
Rosenwyn
&
Zennor (masculine usage)
Jowan
Perran
Daveth

This message was edited 7/10/2017, 7:39 AM