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Pronounced "May-fanny". We went to Wales on a school trip once and there was a woman with what I believe was this name. I admit, I look at the name and I don't immediately hear the woman's name as I never saw it spelled out, but finding out how this name was pronounced - I think it rather was.
Reading the pron slowly makes the name sound worse than it is because idk about anybody else, but I keep on seeing "My fanny". But reading it fast and actually saying it aloud, I think it's very pretty.
If this isn't how her name is spelled and if anybody else happens to know a name with a similar (if not the same) pronunciation, please let me know!
What does everybody think of this name?
Edit: ALAS! It seems that this name couldn't have been her name as Myfanwy is pronounced differently than I thought. Perhaps her name was literally May-Fanny, but I'm still open to ideas on what her name could have been - if it was Welsh or from elsewhere
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Reading the pron slowly makes the name sound worse than it is because idk about anybody else, but I keep on seeing "My fanny". But reading it fast and actually saying it aloud, I think it's very pretty.
If this isn't how her name is spelled and if anybody else happens to know a name with a similar (if not the same) pronunciation, please let me know!
What does everybody think of this name?
Edit: ALAS! It seems that this name couldn't have been her name as Myfanwy is pronounced differently than I thought. Perhaps her name was literally May-Fanny, but I'm still open to ideas on what her name could have been - if it was Welsh or from elsewhere
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"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)
Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
This message was edited 7/16/2021, 6:19 PM
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I love this name. I agree the spelling looks strange to those not familiar with the Welsh language but the pronunciation is lovely. The only problem with using the name would be the “my fanny” jokes.
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mahVANwee, actually. But it does look unfortunate, that's for sure.
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Don't like mayfanny or myfanwy. Maybe it was the name, I have heard numerous people try to spell myfanwy as my fanny, and maybe this family family just changed it to may fanny
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I am pretty sure that woman was called something else.
Myfanwy doesn't sounds like "may-fanny". Thank god! I love Eilonwy and the W should be pronounced as well.
"May-fanny" is beyond awful it makes me think of a fanny, and well, May. It is really odd.
Myfanwy should be mih-VAN-wee. A link is here: https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/04/welsh-diminutives.html (you can listen to it, scroll down to Myfi and read the entry).
Myfanwy with the correct pronunciation is fine but not a favorite. I love Eilonwy.
MAY-fanny is terrible.
My guess is that she wasn't Welsh but a tourist and that her parents had tried to give her a Welsh name but mispronounced it? Or that she was Welsh but her parents didn't speak Welsh? Or maybe she had a very similar name?
Maybe she was actually May-Fanny? Depending on how old she was Fanny could still have been a somewhat normal name when she was born. Or maybe you misheard it.
Similar names that I can think of:
May
May-Fanny (oh no)
Maryvonne (but this sounds really different)
Malvina
Maeve - this is sort of likely, maybe Maevie was her nickname or something?
Mayfair
Mavis
Myfanwy doesn't sounds like "may-fanny". Thank god! I love Eilonwy and the W should be pronounced as well.
"May-fanny" is beyond awful it makes me think of a fanny, and well, May. It is really odd.
Myfanwy should be mih-VAN-wee. A link is here: https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/04/welsh-diminutives.html (you can listen to it, scroll down to Myfi and read the entry).
Myfanwy with the correct pronunciation is fine but not a favorite. I love Eilonwy.
MAY-fanny is terrible.
My guess is that she wasn't Welsh but a tourist and that her parents had tried to give her a Welsh name but mispronounced it? Or that she was Welsh but her parents didn't speak Welsh? Or maybe she had a very similar name?
Maybe she was actually May-Fanny? Depending on how old she was Fanny could still have been a somewhat normal name when she was born. Or maybe you misheard it.
Similar names that I can think of:
May
May-Fanny (oh no)
Maryvonne (but this sounds really different)
Malvina
Maeve - this is sort of likely, maybe Maevie was her nickname or something?
Mayfair
Mavis
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Damnit! I was sure I finally found the name
Nono, she was Welsh. The school trip was to Lleda Hall where we stayed for a week and she taught us how to sing Happy Birthday in Welsh because one of our classmates had a birthday during the trip. It could be that her name isn't Welsh at all, though or maybe you're right with her parents not being Welsh. Or I could be misremembering (I was 10 at the time).
She WAS an older woman - over 50 I think. She could have actually been May-Fanny now that you mention it... Maybe I've been on a wild goose chase lmao (I'll edit the first post)
I quite like Maryvonne, thank you!
Nono, she was Welsh. The school trip was to Lleda Hall where we stayed for a week and she taught us how to sing Happy Birthday in Welsh because one of our classmates had a birthday during the trip. It could be that her name isn't Welsh at all, though or maybe you're right with her parents not being Welsh. Or I could be misremembering (I was 10 at the time).
She WAS an older woman - over 50 I think. She could have actually been May-Fanny now that you mention it... Maybe I've been on a wild goose chase lmao (I'll edit the first post)
I quite like Maryvonne, thank you!
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