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in reply to a message by Kitty
Just a guess but it seems to be a cross between, Ella (pet form of Eleanor) and wyn (usually male welsh suffix meaning beautiful or white for get which now)
Or it's a feminine variation on Elwin which is probably unlikely
Or it's a feminine variation on Elwin which is probably unlikely
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wyn means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh, yes; it's the male form, the feminine form being wen. win also means "friend" in Old English, and wyn can be a variant of that. There's also wynn, Germanic for "joy" (see Rowena).
Ella is short for Eleanor or Ellen, but it's also short for any Germanic name containing the element ali, which means "other" (which is usually intended to mean "foreign" or "stranger", i.e. "anybody other than us").
So, in short, depending on the elements used and their translations, Ellawyn could mean:
1. "White stranger", "fair stranger", "white foreigner", or "fair foreigner"
2. "Blessed stranger" or "blessed foreigner"
4. "Foreign friend" ("stranger" doesn't sound quite right in this meaning)
5. "Joyful stranger" (or, less literally perhaps, "stranger who brings joy")
Miranda
wyn means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh, yes; it's the male form, the feminine form being wen. win also means "friend" in Old English, and wyn can be a variant of that. There's also wynn, Germanic for "joy" (see Rowena).
Ella is short for Eleanor or Ellen, but it's also short for any Germanic name containing the element ali, which means "other" (which is usually intended to mean "foreign" or "stranger", i.e. "anybody other than us").
So, in short, depending on the elements used and their translations, Ellawyn could mean:
1. "White stranger", "fair stranger", "white foreigner", or "fair foreigner"
2. "Blessed stranger" or "blessed foreigner"
4. "Foreign friend" ("stranger" doesn't sound quite right in this meaning)
5. "Joyful stranger" (or, less literally perhaps, "stranger who brings joy")
Miranda
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